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The sample daily meal plans below demonstrate how to incorporate high protein foods, smart carbohydrate choices, healthy fats, and meal replacements into a GLP-1 diet

The current therapy associated with repeated subcutaneous injections to maintain the drug therapeutic effect causes patient compliance issues and raises environmental concerns (due to sharp biohazard waste from disposed syringes/needles)

Also available: sublingual semaglutide drops if weekly injections are not your preference, and tirzepatide weight loss treatment for patients whose provider recommends a dual-action GLP-1 and GIP approach

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Certain compounds in fenugreek, such as saponins , can support fat metabolism by stimulating specific enzymes that break down fat

Brand-name medications come in proprietary injection pens with specific color coding: Ozempic: Red pen cap, doses labeled on pen Wegovy: Blue pen cap, doses labeled on pen Mounjaro: Purple pen cap, doses labeled on pen Zepbound: Teal pen cap, doses labeled on pen Trulicity: Green pen cap, single-dose pen (no dose selector) Victoza: Blue pen, multi-dose pen with dose selector Saxenda: Blue pen, multi-dose pen with dose selector Compounded medications typically come in glass vials with handwritten or printed labels, not prefilled pens