The medication improves blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure, and inflammation
Darker urine, or noticeably less of it: get a renal panel
STEP 1 [5] (Wilding et al., NEJM , 2021) Supplementary Appendix
Avoid greasy, fried, spicy, and heavy meals Other foods to avoid: Salty foods Processed foods Acidic foods like tomatoes Alcohol Caffeine Carbonated drinks Focus on bland, easy-to-digest foods like: Toast Potatoes Fish Chicken Rice Tofu Yogurt To ease nausea, eat these foods 30 minutes after taking semaglutide: Apples Mint Crackers Ginger drinks Eat something as soon as you wake up and then small meals every 3-4 hours about 5-6 meals a day to manage nausea, stomach pain, and other gastrointestinal side effects
Interference With Weight Loss On a practical level, alcohol consumption while on semaglutide may pose a threat to your weight loss efforts