If a patient's gastric emptying rate increases dramatically due to vagus nerve stimulation, which consequence follows regarding the feedback loop involving GLP-1?

💡 Explanation

Increased gastric emptying delivers nutrients to the small intestine more rapidly, reducing the duration of GLP-1 secretion. Because GLP-1 contributes to satiety signaling, the effect is attenuated more quickly; therefore, the patient experiences diminished satiety signals rather than increased insulin secretion or liver glycogen synthesis.

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