Unicity's Healthy Living Hub

We've spent years studying yerba mate at Unicity. It's the plant at the center of Unimate, and our work with it has taken us from how the leaves are harvested and processed to human research on appetite and food intake and preclinical research into metabolic signaling. The more closely you look at yerba mate, the harder it becomes to talk about it as one standard drink. Two products can both contain yerba mate and deliver very different amounts of caffeine, chlorogenic acids,

Eating triggers the release of GLP-1 from the gut. The question is whether you can influence that response through food, exercise, or other everyday choices. Human research suggests that some things can. Protein-containing meals, certain types of fiber, and exercise have all been studied for their effects on GLP-1. Smaller studies suggest the order in which you eat different parts of a meal may matter too. But that doesn't mean every food or supplement described online as a “

Word has gotten out that GLP-1, a hormone produced in the intestines in response to food intake, is an important weight-loss ally. Its primary roles include regulating blood sugar and slowing digestion, playing a significant role in appetite control, satiety, and gastric emptying. Our bodies produce GLP-1 on their own, but several potent GLP-1 agonists—medications that mimic the impact GLP-1 has on the body—are now on the market, used primarily by those managing diabetes or o