How to eat on Ozempic and Mounjaro, the foods to avoid, and why a dinner you’ve eaten for years can suddenly feel like a brick. A triple boarded physician and pathologist trained in metabolic health and obesity medicine explains the muscle loss, constipation and dehydration risks these drugs can carry, the 10 eating rules that stop working on a GLP-1, the 7-day reset for nausea after a dose increase, and what the new retatrutide trial means for your plate.
These drugs shrink your appetite by about a third and, early on, slow your stomach. Nobody itemizes what that costs. This video is the bill.
The full 7-day meal plan, grocery list and protein grams are on Instagram:
The GLP-1 Method inside the UNINFLAMED™ platform, next cohort January 2, 2027:
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Ozempic and Mounjaro changed the rules of eating
00:03:07 Muscle loss, constipation and dehydration: the 3 places your body can pay
00:08:00 10 foods and eating rules that stop working on GLP-1 drugs
00:14:55 The studies behind the eating tax (STEP 1, SURMOUNT-1)
00:17:53 Retatrutide: the TRIUMPH-1 results
00:18:32 The 7-day reset for nausea after a dose increase
00:19:23 Protein first: how much protein on Ozempic
00:21:08 Fiber on Ozempic, built up slowly
00:22:08 Hydration and the best foods for nausea
00:22:36 A full day of eating on Ozempic (plate and Instagram plan)
00:23:29 The UNINFLAMED™ platform and the GLP-1 Method
00:24:27 Warning signs: when to call your doctor on Ozempic
00:25:01 For the person 3 months in
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R2 Neeland IJ, et al. Changes in lean body mass with GLP-1-based therapies. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024.
R3 Wilding JPH, et al. Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity (STEP 1). N Engl J Med. 2021.
R4 Jastreboff AM, et al. Tirzepatide once weekly for the treatment of obesity (SURMOUNT-1). N Engl J Med. 2022.
R5 Wegovy (semaglutide) US prescribing information, FDA.
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R11 Whitehead A, et al. Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat beta-glucan: meta-analysis of RCTs. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014.
R12 Tolhurst G, et al. Short-chain fatty acids stimulate GLP-1 secretion via FFAR2. Diabetes. 2012.
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OTHER VIDEOS MENTIONED
How coffee affects your body:
Natural GLP-1 video:
I’m a Pathologist. Ozempic & Mounjaro Proved It Wasn’t Your Willpower.
Do This To Quiet the Voice That Says Keep Eating. With or Without Ozempic & Mounjaro.
I’m a Pathologist. Do This When Ozempic & Mounjaro “Stop Working.”
I’m a Pathologist. The Ozempic & Mounjaro Cost You Can’t Feel Yet.
I’m a Pathologist. Do Sleep Peptides Work? DSIP, Epitalon, and Orexin
I’m a Pathologist. 15 Graded Ways To Increase Mitochondria.
DISCLAIMER
This video is for education only and is not medical, nutritional or diet advice for you specifically. Nothing here replaces a conversation with your own physician, who knows your history, your kidneys and your medications. Do not start, stop or change a medication or a diet because of this video. I am an independent educator; no pharmaceutical company or compounding pharmacy pays me, and I have no financial ties to any product named here.
#ozempic #mounjaro #glp1 #wegovy #zepbound #semaglutide #tirzepatide #retatrutide #weightloss #obesitymedicine #pathologist #uninflamed
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Which of the 10 hit you first? The food you could eat for years that your stomach can’t handle now. Reply with that and if you like to share publicly, share which drug you’re on. I’m reading every reply this weekend, and the future videos get built from what you say.
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The full 7-day meal plan, grocery list and protein grams: https://www.instagram.com/draminhedayat (saved post, pinned at the top)
Videos I mentioned:
How coffee affects your body: https://youtu.be/b80ADIRD6gk
Natural GLP-1 video: https://youtu.be/RFOrOt-z-Nk
Uninflamed Platform: Many of you have asked where to go after watching. I built UNINFLAMED™ for that. It’s a membership with 90 short lessons you can take at your own pace, simple tools, and a kind community, made for people on or off a GLP-1. It opens January 2, 2027. Join the free waitlist at getuninflamed.com and you’ll get your enrollment link by email before anyone else.
Education only, not medical advice. Independent educator, no pharma ties. Please keep in mind that comments are public and share what you feel comfortable sharing in public.
This was great! Artificial sweetener video, please.
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AGONISTS
I Work with fasting . Till now 15-20 kg down. Started working Out 6weeks earlier to Control the muscleloss. WE will See in 5-6 months If i lost the 20 kg i Seen for that time
ITS funny the rules dont Change,you Put an middlemen in. And they Work and then you Pay them. 😀
People are stupid to think the effect comes hours without unwanted effects
I’d love more information on sugar substitutes: I lost 185 pounds using low carb (keto) diet without Ozempic. I still mostly eat low carb and Ozempic helps me moderate my appetite so I’m slowly now losing weight because of this. So for years now, I’ve been satisfying my sweet tooth with sugar substitutes. I’ve migrated to monk fruit/ allurose. I’ve heard negative effects from surculose, aspartame and erythritol but want to know if they’re hard on the gut biome
Please do a deep dive on sugar alternatives. Thank you !
2:09 love this phrase-normal in society is the average of a sick population. This is so accurate based on blood test results eligible to be treated by the NHS
Why don’t you have a checkmark? Don’t say it’s too much money.
Sugar alternatives
Interested in a deep dive on sweetener. Thank you.
I'm on Zepbound, the heartburn was horrible the first week, but calmed way down after.
I lost 7lbs in 3 weeks ,not as much as I expected, or heard.
I have significantly increased my protein intake, which had been next to nothing.
*I can't stomach Greek yogurt, or that fermented cabbage
I really liked how this informative medical and health video by Dr. Amin Hedayat explored the hidden nutritional and physiological challenges of taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro—breaking down the impacts on muscle mass, gut health, and hydration, along with 10 outdated eating rules and a practical 7-day reset plan to protect your body in this video.
I’ve created an alternative professional thumbnail specifically for this video that I’d love to share with you. What would be the easiest way to send it for your review?
Sounds like you have the right dosage and you are nourishing your body well good job🎉🎉🎉 Laura Monohan❤❤❤
I have noticed 2 of my friends on GLP 1 injections hardly eat at all but when they do….they only eat ice cream cookies pizza fried chicken. My sister doesn't eat salad or fresh fruit anymore. She just can't eat high fiber foods. These are the most nutrient dense foods.
This stuff needs pulled off the market
So bad for people (i’m just a normal person yelling on the Internet. I could be wrong, but it just can’t be good for you.)
I ate dried jujubees for constipation and it gets the job done 👍🏻
Thank you for another informative video. I am definitely interested in Sweeteners. There is so much bad info out there about them. Please include those that are marketed to GLP-1 users like stevia, monk fruit, acesulfame potassium, Splenda/sucralose. And a video on Fiber would be much appreciated as well. How much fiber is in vegetables, not just beans. thanks
I’m not on medication, but I am 66 years old and getting even 100 g of protein is a lot of chewing (Beef, chicken and eggs.) I have Multiple Sclerosis, so I eat 8 eggs daily for the Myelin Basic Protein in the yolks.
i follow OMAD and have done fasting in the past for health and weight loss. I am now on Reta 2mg and i still do one meal a day (although I could skip if i wanted)
Allulose is probably the best sugar substitute
Is stevia okay as a sugar alternative?
How much Creatine should I have, if I’m just the other side of cancer treatment? Will it encourage growth of any lingering cancer cells?