Fasted exercise is a viable and effective strategy for weight loss that can stimulate GLP-1 release.

“You could do fasted cardio. You could drink yerba maté tea, keeping in mind that yerba maté tea does contain caffeine. We'll talk more about the specific forms of stimulants including caffeine that maté has. But maté would be a great way to stimulate GLP-1 release.”

Effective weight loss is fundamentally achieved by consuming fewer calories than the amount burned, particularly as metabolic rates decline with age.

“everything else that people do around weight loss that is not that is basically some sort of game you just have to consume fewer calories than you're burning”