Recipe Weekend: GLP-1 Meals Made Easy:75+ Recipes and Nutrition Advice for Your Weight Loss Journey by Aliza Olive MD; Kellie Bader PharmD

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Your essential guide to health and weight loss while taking a GLP-1 medication

Synopsis:

Millions of people are managing their weight and blood sugar with the help of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic. But understanding how GLP-1s affect your body can be overwhelming—which can make it hard to know what to eat. That's why GLP-1 Meals Made Easy simplifies everything you need to know in one place! Written by a doctor and pharmacist team, this complete resource features more than 75 simple recipes, along with practical meal-planning and lifestyle advice backed by real-world clinical experience.

How to succeed long term—Get an overview of how GLP-1 medications work, a flexible guide for building a 21-day meal plan, and tips on everything from navigating side effects to staying hydrated.

75+ recipes you'll love—Find tasty options like Cashew and Parmesan Crusted Salmon, Thai-Style Chicken Roll Ups, and Lemon Meringue Pie Smoothies that are high-protein, blood sugar-friendly, and designed for managing weight loss.

Created by experts—This ultimate guide is written by Aliza Olive, MD, and Kellie Bader, PharmD, who run a growing GLP-1 nutrition business and will support you as you learn about what to expect and how to best achieve your health goals.

Make the most of your GLP-1 weight loss journey with GLP-1 Meals Made Easy!

Recipe:

Here's a simple recipe that really packs a punch for mornings on the go!

Review:

The books gives you a brief run down about what happens with your body when you begin GLP-1s and what you need to do to help it along, before getting into the recipes. Meal planning is the best way to make sure that you are getting enough protein, not too much starch and enough fiber at every meal, to help you body work the most effectively with the GLP-1s. 

Something I've found is that meal prep makes it EASY on work days- there is no struggle-you can grab a quick breakfast/lunch to go, and not have to worry about what you need to eat/nutrition later in a busy day. Off days I save for trying new recipes and bringing more variety into our menu. Something I have found, that is also brought out in the meal prep in this book is flavor- don't give yourself bland food- that is the quickest way to spiral out-whether it's Cajun spice, Asian spices and sauces, or Mexican spice- make it tasty and you won't mind eating the same meal 3 times in one week! 

The book aims for a 21 day prepped plan, but you can also pick and choose from the meals, and put them into your own routine. Breakfast picks are the smoothie above, Open Faced Tacos (yes, for breakfast!) and the Spinach Artichoke Bake! Lunch and dinner picks are lemon-Garlic Shrimp Skewers, Cashew and Parmesan Crusted Salmon, Apple Slow-Cooker Pork Loin and Cajun Shrimp Quinoa Casserole. The desserts are pretty much smoothies, but you could probably swap them to a chilled dessert, similar to pudding, by swapping out Greek unflavored yogurt for the milk, and chilling for a few hours. You'll still get reduced calories, and high protein! Overall this book give you a varied menu, of different international flavors, that focus on 1 or 2 proteins and add in flavor and additional nutrition. It's a good starter book for your meal prep, so give it a check out, if you want to simplfy your cooking!

About the Authors:

ALIZA OLIVE, MD, is a pediatric intensivist, nutrition coach, and co-founder of GLP1 Enhanced. She specializes in helping people lose fat and maintain muscle while on or tapering off of GLP-1 medications.

KELLIE BADER, PharmD, is a clinical pharmacist, certified nutrition coach, and co-founder of GLP1 Enhanced. She’s passionate about making high-protein eating simple, satisfying, and sustainable.