The medications are also associated with nausea and vomiting, which can interfere with nutrient absorption, says Bonnie Newlin, RD, a nutritionist in Denver, who frequently counsels patients who are taking GLP-1 weight loss medications
If you've been spinning your wheels for months or years, doing all the right things but not seeing results, it's worth asking whether hormones and metabolism are working against you
Many things considered healthy for our bodies may influence endogenous GLP-1 in some way, but this does not mean theyre a replacement for this powerful medication
This drug class is the most efficacious compared to the limited number of other available obesity medications (for a recent review on these see, Chakhtoura et al
Both responses are typical