Not the muscle
Fruits, vegetables, soups, and cooked grains all contain significant water
For patients on GLP-1 medications, preserving lean muscle is crucial to ensure that the weight lost comes primarily from fat, not muscle tissue
Beyond appetite suppression, semaglutide slows stomach emptying, meaning food moves through your digestive system more gradually
These modifications result in increased self-association, binding to albumin, and a longer half-life [20]
While 1544% of patients experience gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, these typically represent expected pharmacologic effects rather than true gastroparesis, which requires objective confirmation through gastric emptying studies