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GLP-1 Medications and Menopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Nutrition

You finally found something that is working. The cravings are quieter, the scale is moving, and for the first time in years, your body feels like it is on your side. But here is what your prescriber likely did not tell you: if you are going through perimenopause or menopause and you are on a GLP-1 medication, your nutritional needs are in a category all their own.

We hear this question every single week. Women who have eaten well for decades, who exercise, who do the things they are supposed to do, and they are still watching the scale creep up anyway. Most of them are frustrated. Some are convinced something is wrong with them. A few have started to believe this is just what getting older looks like. It certainly is not. But the answer is more complicated than eating less and moving more. Here is what is actually happening in your body, and what you can do about it.