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Victoza Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, and a Sample Day

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

Active ingredient
liraglutide
Manufacturer
Novo Nordisk
How it is taken
Daily injection
FDA-approved for
Type 2 diabetes, Heart risk
Victoza diet: a high-protein plate on a GLP-1

Victoza in brief

How long it lasts in the body
100%50%25%0%013 h26 h39 h2.2 d2.7 d50%25%12.5%time after the dose

Its half-life is about 13 hours: after 13 h half is gone, and five half-lives (2.7 d) leave about 3% behind.

Main trial: how much weight was lost
Victoza (LEAD-3)2.5 kgPlacebo1.1 kg

In LEAD-3, people with type 2 diabetes lost 2.5 kg over 52 weeks, versus 1.1 kg on placebo.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).