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Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as butyrate, a bacterial metabolite produced from dietary fibre, can directly trigger GLP-1 release by binding to the membrane receptor GPR43 (65)

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When to hold at a current dose If you are still experiencing moderate to severe gastrointestinal side effects at your current dose level, do not escalate

Study limitations include presence of statistical heterogeneity in the meta-analyses for change in HbA 1c and body weight, assessment of risk of bias solely for the primary outcome, and generalisation of findings mainly to individuals who are overweight or obese and already on metformin-based background therapy

MR-Egger: P = 0.9815) and horizontal pleiotropy (MR-Egger: P = 0.9151

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