It all starts in your gut.
If you’ve heard of GLP-1 lately, it was probably in the context of popular weight loss injections. But here’s what often gets overlooked: your body already makes this hormone on its own. And you can support it naturally…without prescriptions, side effects, or shortcuts, but by changing the way you eat.
Let’s walk through what GLP-1 is, why it matters, and how your daily diet (yes, even pasta) can help increase it the way nature intended.
What is GLP-1?
GLP-1 stands for Glucagon-Like Peptide-1. It’s a hormone released in your gut after eating, especially when food reaches the lower part of the small intestine. Once active, GLP-1 helps:
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Slow down how fast your stomach empties
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Balance post-meal blood sugar
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Trigger satiety signals in your brain
That means you feel full longer, avoid big energy crashes, and stay more in control of your appetite. It’s one of the most important hormones involved in metabolic health, yet most people don’t even know they have it.
How Can You Increase GLP-1 Naturally?
Certain foods and nutrients can help your body produce more GLP-1, especially ones that reach the large intestine intact and ferment into short-chain fatty acids like butyrate.
That’s where resistant starch and prebiotic fiber come in. When these nutrients bypass early digestion and travel to the large intestine, they feed beneficial gut bacteria and support the production of butyrate. This butyrate, in turn, stimulates GLP-1 secretion by activating specific receptors on the intestinal L-cells that produce it.
A 2023 review detailed how butyrate activates free fatty acid receptors (particularly FFAR2), leading to increased GLP-1 and PYY release. Animal and cell-culture studies confirm the hormone-stimulatory effect, and clinical trials of butyrate supplementation in type-2 diabetes patients showed significantly higher post-meal GLP-1 and improved insulin sensitivity.
In simple terms:
More fiber and resistant starch → more butyrate → more GLP-1 → improved satiety and metabolic balance.
How Our Pasta Supports This Process
We make our pasta from a specialty wheat that flips the usual starch ratio on its head. While most wheat contains about 25% amylose (a starch that resists digestion), ours contains over 70%. That means our pasta naturally delivers more resistant starch, even after cooking.
Instead of breaking down in the small intestine like traditional pasta, ours keeps moving to the large intestine, where it begins to ferment. This fermentation produces butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that strengthens the gut barrier, reduces inflammation, and stimulates GLP-1 release.
The resistant starch in our pasta contributes to a low glycemic index response, which means your blood sugar stays steadier, energy lasts longer, and you feel full without the crash. In short, this isn’t your average refined carb.
The Gut-GLP-1 Connection
You’ve most likely heard the mind-gut connection. Essentially, the gut is more than a digestive organ, it’s a signaling hub. The health of your microbiome, the diversity of your bacteria, and the types of fiber you feed it all impact hormone production.
Prebiotic fibers like those in our pasta support beneficial strains like Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus, which are associated with healthier body weight and better insulin sensitivity. And when these bacteria digest resistant starch, the butyrate they produce doesn't just boost GLP-1, it also helps reduce inflammation and support brain health via the gut-brain axis.
A Daily Habit That Works with Your Body
You don’t need to overhaul your diet or count macros to support GLP-1. You just need to be more mindful about what you’re feeding your gut.
That’s why we created pasta that works harder behind the scenes to fuel your microbiome, support metabolic balance, and increase natural GLP-1 production. It’s real food that helps your body do what it’s already built to do.
One bowl. Real fiber. Big impact.
Ready to support gut health and satiety in one simple step?
