{"id":19975,"date":"2025-05-06T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/?p=19975"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:32:58","slug":"semaglutide-nutritional-gaps-clinical-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/diet\/semaglutide-nutritional-gaps-clinical-study.html","title":{"rendered":"First-ever Clinical Study Finds Nutritional Gaps in GLP-1 Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19975\" class=\"elementor elementor-19975\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da0a7ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da0a7ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a505a8\" data-id=\"3a505a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb493ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb493ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">As a nutrition researcher, I often see trends leading faster than science <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">can<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> catch up<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> and the quick<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">advances<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">weight loss drugs <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">have been studied with<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">li<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">ttle investigation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> of nutritional concerns<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">With the rapid growth and popularity of glucagon-like-peptide-1 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">(GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">) for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">medical weight loss<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> and the evolving science, GNC set out to better understand nutritionally <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">what\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> happening. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">There\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> a lot we are still learning about <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">GLP-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">1 medications<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">, but they<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\"> have taken the obesity industry by <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">storm<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198559286 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW198559286 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-379702e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"379702e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a546f\" data-id=\"70a546f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20a00a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f20a00a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">We know <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">GLP-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">1 slows<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> down the emptying <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> food from the stomach, helps manage blood sugars, and reduces appetite, all common sense <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">knowing it will l<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">ead to reduced calorie intakes. We can make highly educated science-backed <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">hypotheses<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> between how the medication works and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">previous<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">massive and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">rapid weight <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">loss<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> research<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">think weight loss surgery and the Biggest Loser),<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> but GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> specific nutrition science will take some time to catch up.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">That\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> why we did some grassroots research to help fill those gaps in scientific knowledge. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">GNC completed the first-ever clinical study investigating <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">specific <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">nutritional intake while using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\">GLP-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47663223 BCX0\"> outside a lab environment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51cdd30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51cdd30\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de0ec54\" data-id=\"de0ec54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4f8a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b4f8a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW155919460 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155919460 BCX0\">Read the peer-reviewed published paper: <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW155919460 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/nutrition\/articles\/10.3389\/fnut.2025.1566498\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW155919460 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155919460 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Frontiers | Investigating nutrient intake during use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist: a cross-sectional <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155919460 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">study<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"EOP SCXW155919460 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79506d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79506d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bbc440\" data-id=\"8bbc440\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c10d33a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c10d33a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Takeaways:  <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c68f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c68f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e298c1\" data-id=\"5e298c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c89d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50c89d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nutrition research in conjunction with GLP-1 drugs is in its infancy\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We conducted a clinical study to better understand nutritional intake while using GLP-1 to inform education and product development\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People using a GLP-1 consume too many calories, fat, and sodium\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People using a GLP-1 are not meeting the daily needs for fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, choline, vitamin A, C, D, and E<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People using GLP-1s did not meet the daily servings for fruits, vegetables, whole grains, or dairy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People using a GLP-1 are missing out on almost 40 grams of protein daily based on individual calculated needs!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca921ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca921ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9741d72\" data-id=\"9741d72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb2aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-anchor-link\" data-id=\"adb2aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"anchor-link.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n        <a href=\"##recos\" class=\"widget-anchor-link\" title=\"\">Skip To Recommendations<\/a>\n        \n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b35e3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b35e3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b5b87d\" data-id=\"2b5b87d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa035a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8aa035a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column 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.elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bd29d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bd29d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22a95c3\" data-id=\"22a95c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b2e07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67b2e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Inspired this Research?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28b7813 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28b7813\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13dd350\" data-id=\"13dd350\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba7ad1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba7ad1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">As a dietitian I understand <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">weight loss is so much more than the number on a scale<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> and our team is passionate about healthy, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">durable<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> weight loss. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">We <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">analyzed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> the available scientific evidence to understand how <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">GNC can best support customers<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> using a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> based on research. <\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">Since research is just <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">emerging<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> with GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">there\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> so much we <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">don\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> know<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> yet, data from weight loss surgery, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">previous<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">weight loss drugs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> like Orlistat<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">, and traditional weight loss<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> interventions<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> helped <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">guide us.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">A highly critical<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">comprehensive analy<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">sis of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> data <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">allowed us to guide customers <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">with our <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">initial<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> support. However, as these medications continue <span data-teams=\"true\">to grow<\/span>, our team<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> wanted data from current GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> users to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">create better<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\"> customized <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">education, solutions, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">formulas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW121079797 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW121079797 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05ac014 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05ac014\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcf07a9\" data-id=\"dcf07a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd66aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd66aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">There\u2019s basic information we know about how these medications work, such as slowing down your digestion which may cause nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. We also know there are ingredients and supplements known to support these side effects. But what we <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">didn\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> know is exactly <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">what\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> happening nutritionally while using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">ese<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> medication<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">, meaning are diets <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">truly different<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> than the average <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">American<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> diet, are they really a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">low-calorie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> diet, are people still able to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">achieve<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> a healthy diet and adequate vitamin and mineral intake? This is such an exciting area and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">there is so<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> much to learn. So GNC <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">led the way and conducted a clinical study, the first of its kind<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">, to help answer some of these questions.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> This <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">is a big deal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">, as having a peer-reviewed publication is the highest <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\">gold-standard<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31754680 BCX0\"> in research.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW31754680 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb80d35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb80d35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-394efc0\" data-id=\"394efc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e846497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e846497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Did We Study<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0351416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0351416\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f3af7e\" data-id=\"6f3af7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e979120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e979120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">We recruited <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">people who have been taking a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> drug for at least one month to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">participate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> in a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">survey questionnaire and record everything they eat and drink, including <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">portion<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> sizes and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">supplements,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">3 days<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">. To standardize the approach, we asked participants to record their food for the first three days after their weekly injection<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> since there <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">isn\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> a lot of evidence to inform how food intake changes over the course of treatment<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">A total of 69 people <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">enrolled in our study <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">an<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> average age of 50 years old and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW258945911 BCX0\">majority<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> of them ha<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> been<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\"> using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">-1 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">for more than <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">a year<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258945911 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-102ef8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"102ef8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1a1fda\" data-id=\"a1a1fda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef2b2e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef2b2e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">After everyone completed the survey and food record<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">, the average nutrient intake was compared to dietary reference intakes (DRI). The DRIs are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">based <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">o<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">n years of scientific evidence and expert consensus on ho<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">w many grams, milligrams, micrograms, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">etc.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\"> are needed of each nutrient daily. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">These DRIs are designed to promote health and prevent chronic disease and toxicities. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW158986947 BCX0\">A lot of complicated statistical analyses were run on various measures to help find if there were any significant outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW158986947 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8877c88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8877c88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8466f5\" data-id=\"c8466f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659193a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"659193a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we found  <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e0917c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e0917c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e797ad\" data-id=\"7e797ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a90261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a90261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, what we found when analyzing <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">diets<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">didn\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\"> surprise me<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\"> too much, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">but a few <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">results <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">did! Our findings <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">will really help <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">provide<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\"> better advice and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">more targeted <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">recommendations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103869913 BCX0\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW103869913 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ac246e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac246e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a983f9\" data-id=\"4a983f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe8d9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbe8d9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Too Many Calories and Not the Right Kind<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40a768c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40a768c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5808692\" data-id=\"5808692\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8f1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c8f1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Takeaways:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b70bb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b70bb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57c51c4\" data-id=\"57c51c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be6ce4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be6ce4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Too many calories\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Too much fat from calories\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not enough protein for muscle mass preservation\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Too little fiber-rich <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">carbohydrates<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcdfa87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcdfa87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dac1180\" data-id=\"dac1180\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfb83e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dfb83e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">Overall, we found people are still consuming too many calories for weight loss. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">Experts<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">provide<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">current<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> calorie goal range of 1200-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">1500 calories<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> per day for females and 1500-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">1800 calories<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> for males. We found participants averaged almost <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">2,000 calories<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> per day, well above the calorie recommendations. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">S<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">omething we do not know is how many calories they <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW199310571 BCX0\">were consuming<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> before <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">starting their GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">They could have been consuming significantly more, meaning 2,000 is a much lower calorie intake for them. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\">However, based on expert recommendations, too many calories are consumed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW199310571 BCX0\"> from this group.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW199310571 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-545fea6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"545fea6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa64736\" data-id=\"aa64736\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff779fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff779fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">Second, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">the types of calories <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">being consumed <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">were not <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">right portions of carbohydrates, protein, and fat<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">. Interestingly, our findings were in line with other research studies <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">looking at the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">percentage<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\"> of calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">for<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">one<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\"> day of food intake <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">while <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">in a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">research <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">lab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165181361 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW165181361 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1ec80f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1ec80f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4eb248\" data-id=\"f4eb248\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c3c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8c3c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">Our sample of participants <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">did not consume<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> enough carbohydrates and too much fat.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> Fiber intake was also <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">significantly<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">below<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> the daily goal. This is important because fiber helps with digestive health and common side effects are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">constipation. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">People <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">using GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">-1<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">drugs <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">should lower <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">their<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> fat intake and increase fiber intake to help with gastric<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> emptying. GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">-1<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">slows<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> this process down a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">nd<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> so does fat, potentially <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">causing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\"> more side effects like nausea<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148398575 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW148398575 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb719ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb719ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1e6b9c\" data-id=\"b1e6b9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5e44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f5e44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">Fiber will also help push things through the gastrointestinal tract. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">Based on the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">percentage<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> of calories, they were meeting the lower end of the range <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">for protein <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">at 18%<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">However, this goal does not take into consideration the higher protein needs for weight loss.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">P<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">rotein intake was significantly <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">under individual needs to meet the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> higher protein needs on a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">low-calorie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> diet during weight loss. To preserve lean mass during weight loss, higher protein intake <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> recommended<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">. For reference, based on body weight, our group of GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> users should be eating around 120 grams of protein per day<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> but were only eating 77 grams of protein per day. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">That\u2019s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">a significant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\"> gap in protein intake.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW104086052 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW104086052 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20a404f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20a404f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28545fe\" data-id=\"28545fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd10e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cd10e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\">Preserving muscle mass is a key indicator for long-term weight management.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> What was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW183665870 BCX0\">really interesting<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\">was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> based on the survey<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> responses before recording their food <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\">intake,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> they believe they are eating less protein than they <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW183665870 BCX0\">actually are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\">, so it shows more emphasis needs to be placed on protein intake. Getting 120 grams of protein from food can be hard, especially if your appetite is lower. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\">That\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> where very practical recommendations of adding in a <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW183665870 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/protein\/protein-powder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW183665870 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">protein supplement<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW183665870 BCX0\"> can go a long way to boosting daily protein intake to support lean mass.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW183665870 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26ba51e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26ba51e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ee7556\" data-id=\"7ee7556\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea35499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea35499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Macronutrients<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c90841 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c90841\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e803fc8\" data-id=\"e803fc8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736ef63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"736ef63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\">Too Much<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Calories\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fat\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Saturated Fat<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6267241\" data-id=\"6267241\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d1a52c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d1a52c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\">Not Enough<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fiber<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Protein(g\/kg)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-056bdc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"056bdc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ab0044\" data-id=\"5ab0044\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d91b8d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d91b8d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Food Groups <\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2016b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2016b6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e72dac\" data-id=\"0e72dac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3225b3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3225b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\">Too Much<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW91523709 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW91523709 BCX0\">Refined Grains<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95d0975\" data-id=\"95d0975\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57247de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57247de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\">Not Enough<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fruits<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vegetables\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whole Grains<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dbe33b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dbe33b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59c3ef3\" data-id=\"59c3ef3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a017819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a017819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Micronutrients \u2013 Tiny but Mighty and Missing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1533284 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1533284\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36ff77e\" data-id=\"36ff77e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e127afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e127afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">Often when going on a diet, micronutrients, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">vitamins<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">mineral<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW258027953 BCX0\">intake,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> are an afterthought. A large emphasis is placed on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">calories<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> and protein <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">intake;<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">however,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> vitamins and minerals <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">play essential roles in our health. When analyzing the data, we compared the average intake of vitamins and minerals and compared them to their respective daily needs (remember those DRIs), to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">determine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> if people using a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\"> are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258027953 BCX0\">getting enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW258027953 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b26359 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b26359\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc87655\" data-id=\"bc87655\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490957c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490957c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">Now you might be questioning, asking how can you know this\u2026 statistics! A fancy calculation takes all the averages from the group and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">determines<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\"> a 95% confidence <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">interval. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">T<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">his <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">means that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">we are 95% <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">confident that<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">most of the reported nutrient intake was within a certain range and was significant<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64955700 BCX0\">ly under or over the DRI.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW64955700 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d078cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d078cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6205d7\" data-id=\"a6205d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64119d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e64119d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">Compared to the DRIs, people using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW74290986 BCX0\">a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">-1<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">meet<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> their daily B-vitamin needs, and a few others<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> from food alone<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">. However, there were significant gaps in calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, C, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">E, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">D<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> This is where a <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW74290986 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/vitamins-supplements\/multivitamins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW74290986 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">multivitamin supplement<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> becomes crucial to help meet your daily vitamin and mineral needs while using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> drug.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">It\u2019s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">nearly<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> impossible<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> to get all the daily micronutrients at their recommended dose and reducing your food intake makes it even mor<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> challenging. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">Even in the subgroup who used supplements, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">some<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> nutrients fell short of their daily needs. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">Stay <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\">tuned<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74290986 BCX0\"> for those results!<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW74290986 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-323604e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"323604e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43329ec\" data-id=\"43329ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f43b610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f43b610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Micronutrients <\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-808d727 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"808d727\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0c5c87\" data-id=\"f0c5c87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46756c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46756c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64039335 BCX0\">Too Much<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW62477922 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62477922 BCX0\">Sodium<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW62477922 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8db9607\" data-id=\"8db9607\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bbd434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bbd434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147108335 BCX0\">Not Enough<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Calcium <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iron\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Magnesium\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Potassium\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vitamin A<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vitamin C<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vitamin D<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li data-leveltext=\"\u2022\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2022&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vitamin E\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-886a877 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"886a877\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee2b87a\" data-id=\"ee2b87a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f7aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2f7aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Balancing Plates and Food Group Servings <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8cae87f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8cae87f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1907105\" data-id=\"1907105\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d43de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d43de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">Another area<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\"> we explored was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\"> if <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">GLP-1 users are meeting the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">daily food group recommendations. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myplate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW184185154 BCX0\">MyPlate<\/span> <\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">is a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">visual guide for building balanced meals, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">where<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\"> half <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">y<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">our plate should be filled with fruits and vegetables, alongside \u00bc grains, \u00bc protein, and a serving of dairy for well-rounded <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW184185154 BCX0\">balanced meal.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW184185154 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aaea5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6aaea5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b074447\" data-id=\"b074447\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b405f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21b405f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">Many<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\"> participants in our study reported eating more fruits and vegetables since starting GLP-1\u2014an encouraging shift! However, despite these improvements, they still fall short of the recommended daily servings, leaving gaps in essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">This <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">further <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">highlights an important opportunity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\"> that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">even with positive dietary changes, nutritional support <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">remains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\"> crucial to ensure GLP-1 users get the nutrients they need for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\">optimal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW132694777 BCX0\"> health.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW132694777 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c3d28a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c3d28a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb04865\" data-id=\"cb04865\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe256a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fe256a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW1933727 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1933727 BCX0\">Here\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW1933727 BCX0\"> how their plates stacked up:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW1933727 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86fadfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86fadfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3289887\" data-id=\"3289887\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a142b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0a142b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse-768x570.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-19976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse-1536x1139.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/glp1_PublicationGraphiccropuse.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e0af15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e0af15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1502d24\" data-id=\"1502d24\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277c8ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"277c8ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"recos\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recommendations Based on Evidence<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b30b6b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b30b6b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96af819\" data-id=\"96af819\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a667bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a667bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">With our findings, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">previous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\"> understanding of the science of weight loss, you can have confidence in our GLP-1 Support wall<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\"> recommendations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">Here are some quick tips on how to help fill these nutritional gaps if <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\">you\u2019re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193795715 BCX0\"> using a GLP-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8efc00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8efc00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-481f12c\" data-id=\"481f12c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc4d9c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc4d9c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recommendations<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0f242e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0f242e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d224894\" data-id=\"d224894\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9077c3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9077c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Help meet your daily nutrient needs with daily <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/vitamins-supplements\/multivitamins\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">multivitamins<\/span><\/a> <span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Add fiber and reduce fat foods to help with some side effects. You can even incorporate a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/digestion\/fiber\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">fiber supplement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to help meet the daily goal<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Choose your favorite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/protein\/protein-powder\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">protein supplement<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to incorporate into your routine to help reach higher protein needs to help preserve lean mass<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Select other muscle supporting supplements like tried-and-true <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/muscle-builders\/creatine\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Creatine<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or HMB and combine with resistance training \u2013 this can help preserve muscle and help your metabolic rate!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4713802 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4713802\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e722af6\" data-id=\"e722af6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d63ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d63ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW129368256 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129368256 BCX0\">Bonus, here are two fun ideas for supplements<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129368256 BCX0\"> tha<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129368256 BCX0\">t you can try:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW129368256 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b87a3d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b87a3d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e78780\" data-id=\"8e78780\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d0a8b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d0a8b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you\u2019re feeling a pill fatigue, GNC\u2019s multi powder is delicious and has foundational vitamins and minerals, fiber, and 5 grams of protein! Trifecta!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Add in some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/green-foods\/green-food-blends\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">greens<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">! Amplified Greens of Vital Greens can be a great way to get 1.2 cups equivalent of fruits and veggies. Add a scoop of creatine and HMB. HMB can be a little bitter and the fruity flavors help mask this taste.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08d55e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08d55e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db116ea\" data-id=\"db116ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c05ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54c05ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW224039331 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW224039331 BCX0\">Read<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW224039331 BCX0\">\u00a0More: <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW224039331 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnc.com\/learn\/fitness\/hmb-what-you-should-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW224039331 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW224039331 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">HMB: What You Should Know from a Dietitian, PhD<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"EOP SCXW224039331 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83abb76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83abb76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0974bb1\" data-id=\"0974bb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f3768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95f3768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\">In <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\">conclusion<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\">, we found several nutritional gaps while using a GLP<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\">-1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48664502 BCX0\"> drug. 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