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GLP-1 Foods to Avoid: The Food Groups, Why

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

GLP-1 foods to avoid: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Half-life and weight loss in brief

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

Measured in days, the half-life shows how long your body needs to remove half of a dose. Each figure comes from section 12.3 of its FDA label.

Amount of weight loss in the main trial for each medicine
Zepbound20.9%Wegovy14.9%Foundayo11.1%Saxenda7.4%

Measured as a percentage of body weight. Trials, doses and lengths vary, so check each one against the placebo shown on its own page.

Sources (10)

FDA labels (DailyMed) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.