The honest answer is that it depends on your situation, and ultimately your clinician helps guide that decision
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But while gut health is an exciting area of research, todays supplements dont have the clinical evidence to show that they boost GLP-1 or create meaningful weight loss
Clinical trials for high-dose oral semaglutide (such as the OASIS trial) have shown that a daily 25mg or 50mg pill can produce weight loss results reaching roughly 14% on average, putting it on par with weekly injections
But here's where nutrition becomes critical: when food moves through your system more slowly and your appetite drops by 70-80%, you face three major challenges: The Muscle Loss Problem Research from a 2025 study published in Medical News Today found that proper supervision, strength training, and adequate protein intake are key to keeping muscle while losing weight on GLP-1s
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