GLP-1 Nutrition for Athletes and Weight Loss: How to Protect Muscle and Improve Results Ep 138

About this episode

This episode discusses the use of GLP-1 medications for athletes and how to optimize nutrition to lose fat without losing muscle.

Are GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound right for you, especially as an athlete or active adult? And if you are taking one, how do you lose fat without losing muscle? In this episode of Find Your Edge, Coach Chris Newport, RDN, LDN, CISSN, EP shares what she is seeing in practice with patients using GLP-1 medications and explains how to optimize nutrition for better results. You’ll learn: how GLP-1 medications workwhy protein is criticalhow to reduce nausea and constipationwhy...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Newport

Topics covered

• GLP-1 medications
• nutrition for athletes
• weight loss
• muscle protection
• sports nutrition

Keywords

• GLP-1
• Ozempic
• Wegovy
• Zepbound
• nutrition
• weight loss
• muscle protection
• athletes

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound

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