Pragma Journal
Constipation hits about a quarter of people on semaglutide. The mechanism is the same one that makes the drug work, and fiber is the practical fix.
Whitney Brooke Isola, MBA, RDN · · 2 min read
The "everything I'm doing right stopped working" wall in your 40s is real, and it's not a metabolism that broke. Four levers explain most of it: muscle, protein, sleep and cortisol, and blood sugar. Here's the honest order to pull them.
Whitney Brooke Isola, MBA, RDN · · 6 min read
GLP-1 medications have predictable nutritional consequences: muscle loss, micronutrient gaps, hair shedding. Here's how to handle the nutrition side without fighting the medicine. Doses, protein math, and what's worth supplementing.
Samantha Peebles, DCN, RDN · · 6 min read
Up to 25-40% of weight lost on GLP-1 medications can be lean mass. Here's the protein and resistance-training math that changes that number.
Samantha Peebles, DCN, RDN · · 2 min read