This week on Sweet As! we're joined by dietitian Rachael Wilson and diabetes specialist Dr Ryan Paul to unpack Ozempic, Wegovy and GLP-1 weight loss medicines, and their role in diabetes care.
Rachael has more than 20 years of experience working in diabetes and now specialises in supporting people with nutrition, eating challenges and their relationship with food and their bodies. Dr Paul is an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist who regularly uses GLP-1 medicines in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
In this episode, they explain how GLP-1 medicines work, including semaglutide, widely known through the brand Ozempic and currently available in New Zealand as Wegovy, while Ozempic itself is not available here. They also discuss the benefits beyond weight loss, who can access GLP-1 medicines in Aotearoa, side effects, eating enough while taking them, protecting muscle mass, food noise and what people should realistically expect.
With so much attention on these medicines as weight-loss drugs, this conversation brings the focus back to diabetes and why GLP-1s can offer wider benefits for blood glucose, heart and kidney health.
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