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(KSL News) -- William Bloodworth, Patient: "It curbs your appetite. It doesn't stop you from eating but it tells your brain you're not really hungry."
He's talking about a new treatment that fights obesity and diabetes in one shot. Incretin Mimetics mimic hormones that control blood sugar levels and food cravings.
Doctors say patients who receive injections twice a day control their diabetes and see weight loss between five and thirty pounds.
Incretin hormone therapy works with type one and type two diabetes. Pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop a pill form of the drug.
