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May 15
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2597: Before You Take Ozempic, Wegovy, o...

SAL DI STEFANO, ADAM SCHAFER, JUSTIN ANDREWS, DOUG EGGE
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Before You Take Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro Listen to This!

  • The challenges for people taking GLP-1s. (1:10)

  • GLP-1s do NOT cause muscle loss. (3:10)

  • The under-muscled epidemic. (5:48)

  • The way GLP-1s work and what they do. (7:45)

  • Obesity vs. under muscled. (11:12)

  • Losing muscle is bad. How do you stop that from happening when on a GLP-1?

  • #1 - Titrate the dose if too strong. Why you should go through a compound pharmacy. (13:30)

  • #2 - Eat high protein. (16:49)

  • #3 - Lift daily. (20:32)

  • #4 - Drink ½ to 1 gallon of water daily. (24:18)

  • #5 - Use essential amino acids, creatine, electrolytes, HMB. (25:42)

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