Buckwheat Banana Bread (aka Ozempy in a loaf pan)

It seems like most celebrities are on big pharma’s latest injectable ‘wonder drug’. Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonists are a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. They work by mimicking the action of the hormone glucagon-like peptide 1, which helps to reduce blood sugar & appetite, primarily by slowing down digestion and triggering insulin release from the pancreas. While this drug may work for many it’s not without significant cost and a pretty lengthly side effect profile. It also seems to have around a 50/50 success rate from what I’m seeing clinically in my patients, some love it, many just end up constipated and with minimal weight loss. There is also some worry about potential long term effects on metabolism, which is fine if you plan on staying on it forever but drug shortages are a real thing you guys.

If committing to a lifelong injectable medication isn’t really your thing you can still benefit from this weight loss trend by adapting your diet to include more GLP-1 stimulating foods and supplements. Berberine, green tea, curcumin, cinnamon, buckwheat, soybean, fermentable fibres, rosemary, healthy fats,  resveratrol, gardenia, and protein (specifically casein, cod and egg) have all been shown to improve GLP-1 release in the body. This loaf contains a ton of fibre, buckwheat flour and a hefty dose of cinnamon, making it the perfect blood sugar-regulating treat. Top a warm slice of this loaf with organic butter or coconut oil, and pair with a few pistachios for even more GLP-1 action; one study found that found GLP-1 concentrations went up following the addition of 85.0 g of pistachios to a carb-heavy meal in overweight and pre-diabetic adults – (that’s about a quarter of a cup).