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GLP-1 Decoder

GLP-1 Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and a Sample Day

GLP-1 diet: what to eat, what to limit, and why it matters on a GLP-1 medicine.

GLP-1 diet: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Weight loss and half-life at a glance

How long each drug stays in your body
Wegovy7 dOzempic7 dRybelsus7 dZepbound5.5 dMounjaro5 dTrulicity5 dFoundayo1.6 dSaxenda0.5 dVictoza0.5 dByetta0.1 d

Half-life measures the days needed for the body to clear half a dose, based on section 12.3 of each FDA label.

The weight loss shown in each medicine's main weight trial
Zepbound20.9%Wegovy14.9%Foundayo11.1%Saxenda7.4%

A percentage of body weight. Because the trials used different doses and lengths, check each one against its own placebo on that page.

Sources (10)

FDA label, from DailyMed: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.