The Protocol Series 1 - You Got A Prescription: Now Understand the Protocol: A PharmD's Complete Guide to Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, and Foundayo

You got a prescription. Nobody told you the rest. Research from the STEP and SURMOUNT trials shows that 25 to 40 percent of the weight lost on GLP-1 therapy is lean soft tissue, not fat. That means if you lose 20 pounds on semaglutide or tirzepatide, up to 8 of those pounds could be lean soft tissue, which includes muscle. Muscle controls your metabolic rate. Muscle is why the majority of people regain weight after stopping the drug. Nobody covered that at your appointment. Dr. Shallanda Hunter is a Florida licensed pharmacist and Certified Functional Nutritional Medicine Practitioner (PharmD, MBA, RPh, CFNMP). She wrote this book because she kept seeing the same gap: people starting GLP-1 medications with almost no educational context for what comes next. This book covers it. All of it. Most books cover the drug. This one covers the protocol around the drug, which is the part that determines whether your results last. Inside, you will learn: The five things GLP-1 medications actually do inside your body and the two things they cannot do The protein and resistance training protocol that protects lean soft tissue while the medication works Every baseline lab you should have had ordered before starting and exactly what to say when your prescriber did not order them The supplement protocol that addresses what GLP-1 therapy depletes: exact forms, doses, and timing, with third-party certification standards Medication and supplement interactions most prescribers never flag, reviewed at PharmD depth Cultural food adaptations for Caribbean, Latin and Hispanic, South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, Southern American, West African, and Filipino traditions, making this the only GLP-1 book with this coverage The 90-day transition protocol for coming off the medication without…