Low-Sugar Ginger Candies: Sucking on these provides a portable, quick option to curb unexpected nausea while away from home
For GLP-1 users, the aim is quality over quantity choosing foods that sustain fullness, help regulate blood glucose levels, and provide concentrated nutrition (4)
And while eating 20 to 30 grams of protein at each meal and snack doesn't seem hard, with a reduced appetite and side effects like nausea, it can be trickier than you'd think
A lower dose that still produces weight loss but allows adequate nutrition may be the right balance
Even clinicians who are not as familiar with these medications will ask me, 'I have a patient on Mounjaro who's not losing weight can we switch to Zepbound? without realizing its exactly the same drug. To complicate matters, pharmaceutical companies are quickly working on new drugs including triple agonists that target GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptors as well as oral versions of each drug
36 In some situations, the specific risk factor may have been mitigated and is no longer a concern (e.g., a high triglyceride level that is now within normal range, previous excess alcohol use in a patient who is currently sober, history of gallstones since resolved by cholecystectomy)
