It may help to focus on making whole, unprocessed foods the majority of your diet and limiting those that are refined and high in sugar, Bannan adds
However, stopping the medication also means losing the appetite suppression and weight loss benefits
The only mitigation the label endorses is the dose escalation schedule, which is stated to exist to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal adverse reactions and which your prescriber controls
GLP-1 is both influenced by and exerts effects on variables like the microbiome, eating behaviour, glucose tolerance, metabolic profile, medication, sex and weight
And for bodybuilders who are pushing their bodies through intense training while simultaneously running a caloric deficit, certain side effects become more problematic than they would be for a sedentary individual losing weight