A person starting GLP-1 weight-loss drugs should also be ready to scrutinize their diet and change some lifestyle habits. Dr. Corby Martin, a psychologist by training, conducts various studies each year at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge on weight-loss treatments to design and deliver “novel lifestyle change programs for time and exercise, for the hope of really helping people manage their life,” he said.
His next project: the possible benefits of adding almonds to the diet of patients taking GLP-1s.
Participation requires an eight-week commitment for 76 Louisianans either with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes with a body mass index above 27 or those living with obesity without Type 2 diabetes with a BMI of 30 and above, the first level of obesity on the index scale.
“This study is tricky in the sense that we have to recruit people before they start the GLP-1,” Martin said…