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How much protein do you need on a GLP-1?
When you’re losing weight on a GLP-1, muscle is one of the things worth protecting. Getting enough protein, alongside resistance exercise, can help support your strength and lean mass while your weight comes down. Work out a practical protein target below.
A practical target for you
0 g
of protein a day
A useful working range is
0–0g
One way to spread that across the day:
You don’t need to hit these numbers exactly. Think of this as a practical way to spread protein across the day, particularly when your appetite is smaller.
What about 0g of protein can look like
- Chicken breast —
- Greek yoghurt —
- Eggs —
- Tinned tuna —
- Firm tofu —
- Cottage cheese —
These examples are a guide to the approximate amount of protein in different foods.
Knowing the number is the easy part.
Hitting it when you’re not very hungry can be much harder. That’s the bit I can help with: working out what you’ll actually eat, and how to build enough protein into meals that work for you.
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This calculator provides a general nutrition estimate for healthy adults and is not medical or dietetic advice. Protein needs vary between people. If you have kidney or liver disease, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have significant medical conditions, or have been given a specific protein target by your doctor or dietitian, follow their guidance instead.
