{"id":19479,"date":"2024-11-22T21:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/?p=19479"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:24:22","slug":"glp-1s-nutrition-nutritional-deficiencies-on-glp-1s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/glp-1s-nutrition-nutritional-deficiencies-on-glp-1s\/","title":{"rendered":"GLP-1s &#038; Nutrition: Nutritional Deficiencies on GLP-1s"},"content":{"rendered":"Taking GLP-1 medications can lead to nutritional deficiencies. \u202fLess food intake means less nutrient intake.\u00a0On top of it,\u00a0common side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, can further deplete nutrient reserves.\u00a0 Even borderline nutrient deficiencies could cause symptoms like fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, dry skin, and frequent infections.\u00a0 So how can you prevent deficiencies?\u00a0Focus on Nutrient-Dense Foods\u00a0When you eat, make it count.\u00a0\u00a0 Get the most bang for your buck with nutrient dense foods\u00a0 including lean proteins, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats.\u00a0Small, frequent meals and stick to a schedule\u00a0You may not be hungry, but don\u2019t skip meals.\u00a0 Instead, schedule small, frequent nutrient-dense meals into your schedule.\u00a0Take a Multivitamin\u00a0Cover a lot of nutritional ground with a multivitamin to give yourself a good nutritional insurance policy against deficiencies\u00a0Additional supplementation\u00a0\u00a0Studies have shown that many people with obesity have inadequate intake of iron, calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, copper, folate and vitamins A and B12.\u00a0 That combined with\u00a0 the reduced food intake on GLP-1\u2019s, means supplementation may be necessary.\u00a0","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking GLP-1 medications can lead to nutritional deficiencies. \u202fLess food intake means less nutrient intake.\u00a0On top of it,\u00a0common side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, can further deplete nutrient reserves.\u00a0","protected":false},"author":2759,"featured_media":19480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19526,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19479\/revisions\/19526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}