On the regulatory side, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has authorised a claim that glucomannan contributes to weight loss in the context of an energy-restricted diet at 3 g per day taken in three 1 g doses with water, subject to a mandatory choking warning for anyone with swallowing difficulty or inadequate fluid intake, and an authorised oat beta-glucan claim for maintenance of normal blood cholesterol at 3 g per day [6]
The quantity of medication should be reasonable for the trip durationtypically limited to 30-90 days depending on the country
Your methylation efficiency and hepatic fat transport will return to baseline levels within 23 weeks, but weight maintenance depends on whether you continue the caloric deficit that drove the original loss not on the injections themselves
Nick Dothe is a writer in Los Angeles
We explain why GLP-1 medications do not replace nutrition in the article Why GLP-1 Needs Guidance
doi: Gorgojo-Martnez JJ, Mezquita-Raya P, Carretero-Gmez J, et al