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Keto vs Mediterranean vs high-protein — which diet pairs best with GLP-1?

DebRD_ATL Sat, May 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM 21 replies 912 viewsPage 2 of 5
Dr.ObesityMed
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May 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM#6
Dr.PainCLE said:
The RDA is the wrong reference and it is worth understanding why.

I will push back on the powder-first advice. It works and it also trains people out of eating food, and when the drug stops the habits are what remain. Getting protein from meals is slower and holds up better afterwards.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

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May 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM#7

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

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May 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM#8
Dr.ObesityMed said:
I will push back on the powder-first advice.

Coming at Dr.ObesityMed’s question from a different direction. The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions. Agreeing that something happens says nothing about whether it happens enough to act on.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

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May 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM#9

One thing that is still open after PharmD_Rodriguez’s answer:

Whether the RDA is the wrong reference entirely during rapid weight loss, and what the actual target should be?

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May 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM#10

Closing the loop on my own question.

Front-loading was the answer. Same total intake, same drug, but two thirds of the protein before midday and I am hitting the target most days now.

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