Nausea on a GLP-1: What to Eat, What to Avoid, How Long It Lasts

Nausea, with diarrhoea, headed the adverse events reported in the STEP 1 trial, and it clusters in the first weeks and after dose changes. Australian guidance is to eat small amounts more often and...

Neck, Chest and Arms: Where Weight Loss Shows Up, and What the Evidence Says Supports Skin

Training one area does not aim fat loss at it: in a 104-person trial, MRI found no more fat lost from the trained arm than the untrained one. DermNet NZ names the neck and arms as habitually expose...

GLP-1 Plateau: Why the Scale Stalls, and What to Change First

Protein, resistance training, sleep and alcohol are the first things the research points to. A stall is expected: in one adult energy-balance model, the bodyweight response to a change in intake ha...

Daily Greens Powder: Do You Need One Every Day? The Label Against 100g of Vegetables, and the Cost a Day

A daily greens powder is a dried-greens scoop taken every day, and its dietary fibre is the number to check. Three Australian labels read here print 1.2g to 2g per serve, against 2.5g in 100g of ra...

Foods That Help Nausea (and the Ones That Make It Worse): What Health Services List and What the Trials Show

Plain, dry and cold foods are the ones health services list for a queasy stomach: dry crackers, plain noodles or rice, clear soup, salty chips and small sips of cold clear fluid. Fatty, fried, spic...

GLP-1 Headaches and Dizziness: What Hydration, Electrolytes and Eating Enough Have to Do With It

Headache and dizziness appear among the side effects reported in weight-loss trials of this medication class, and they also follow from eating and drinking much less. Health services name dehydrati...

Probiotics for Bloating: What the Strains Do, and What the Trials Measured

Some probiotic strains reduce bloating in some people, mostly those with irritable bowel syndrome, and the evidence is rated moderate. In a 2018 consensus review of lower gut symptoms, 15 of 23 tri...

GLP-1 Hair Loss: Why It Starts 2 to 4 Months In, and When It Settles

Hair shedding after fast weight loss is usually telogen effluvium, a delayed shed that DermNet NZ places 2 to 4 months after the trigger and tapers over 6 to 9 months in most cases. Sudden weight l...

A 7-Day GLP-1 Nutrition Plan (Australian): Small, Protein-First Meals and the Protein Added Up for Every Day

A reduced appetite calls for small, protein-first meals about every 3 to 4 hours. This printable seven-day plan has five small eating times a day, with protein and dietary fibre added up from the A...