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Washington Post
25-05-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
Patients navigate an ‘absolutely insane' maze to afford weight-loss drugs
Laura Davisson is an obesity medicine doctor and professor at West Virginia University, but a growing part of her job isn't something she trained for in medical school: looking for the best deal she can get for her patients. 'It's crazy,' she said of the ever-changing insurance landscape for weight-loss medications. 'It's absolutely insane to try to keep up with it all.'
Medscape
08-05-2025
- Health
- Medscape
The Benefits of High-Protein Diets for Weight Loss
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I'm Dr Lucas. I'm board certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine. In this video, I'll review the benefits of high-protein diets. For anyone trying to lose weight, a caloric deficit is required, which means that the amount of calories consumed is less than what is burned through rest and with exercise does not burn as many calories as we would like, and hyperconsumable sources of calories are ever-present at low cost in our modern food environment. A 30-minute brisk walk may burn 200 calories, but that can be entirely offset by consuming one candy bar or a single slice of is no intervention that rivals the total body benefits provided by regular exercise, but it's not an efficient weight loss strategy on its own for most people. Apart from medications, how can you consume less? One strategy is referred to as a protein leverage diet. With consumption of calories that are high in protein, say 30-40 grams or more,greater fullness occurs as a result of increases in pro -satiety hormones such as GLP-1. These effects are modest when compared with semaglutide or tirzepatide, but they can still be beneficial over time as a means to achieve or maintain a caloric deficit. Separately, vegetables and fiber-rich foods have also been found to generate more fullness relative to meals r ich in carbohydrates or fats. Putting this all together, during meals, eat protein first, then vegetables or fiber-rich foods second, and the third position is for everything else. With high-protein diets plus this type of food order, you'll be better able to maintain or enhance a caloric deficit, and this weight loss approachwill also include benefits for muscle mass, strength, and bone density.
