[Discussion] we are measuring appetite at the wrong time and calling it noise
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: incretin matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 24 months without either producing anything. What would actually settle it is 5 people measuring the same…
This is correct. Rodent data is investigational, not predictive.
Stomach physiology changed when I moved up to 12.5mg. Gastric emptying lag is the whole story.
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 6–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
gastric emptying is real and explains most early nausea
amylin is not GLP-1, posts conflating them get corrected
I am going to push back on this slightly.