Metabolic Health

How CCK Hormone Might Contribute to Fat Loss and Lean Muscle Retention

Two practical tips to make cholecystokinin hormone more effective for digestion and satiety, leading to fat loss and muscle gain

Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA
Published in
9 min readApr 29, 2022

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Cholecystokinin for Satiety and Digestion

Hormones play a critical role in our metabolic and mental health. I posted several articles about the effects of metabolic hormones on fat loss and muscle gain. In this post, I introduce a metabolic hormone called cholecystokinin (CCK).

This article aims to provide two practical tips for a potential increase of the CCK hormone for satiety, improved digestion, and metabolic shift for healthy weight management.

CCK is not well known publicly but is well understood by scientists, endocrinologists, dieticians, and pharmacists.

For example, pharmaceutical companies pay attention to this hormone by investigating its use for weight loss solutions and creating CCK medications. This paper introduces the efficacy and safety of anti-obesity medicines.

I previously introduced six well-known hormones affecting our metabolism. The interest from my readers encouraged me to share my…

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com