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It can be cooked in stews and soups, brewed as an herbal tea, applied as an ointment and taken as a supplement
Monitoring schedule Healthcare providers who specialize in GLP-1 therapy typically recommend this monitoring cadence: Baseline: Full B12 panel before starting semaglutide 3 months: Repeat serum B12 and MMA 6 months: Full panel reassessment Annually: Once stable, annual monitoring is usually sufficient For high-risk patients (metformin users, vegans, those over 60, post-bariatric surgery), the 3-month check is particularly important
Studies indicate that supplementation with prebiotics such as inulin or -glucan increases the abundance of beneficial bacterial populations, enhances microbial diversity, reduces inflammatory cytokine expression, and facilitates periodontal tissue repair (Colamarino et al., 2023)