Teach smart food choices before, during, and after GLP-1s

by Sifter
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Judy Seybold
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MS, RDN, LD, CLC
September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024
Ozempic, and other GLP-1 medications like Mounjaro and Wegovy, can help people lose weight because they suppress appetite. But they can also create side effects like nausea, diarrhea, low blood sugar, muscle loss, and taste aversions. Most of these issues can be avoided or mitigated with a high-quality diet before, during, and after GLP-1 treatment.
Sifter is the Food as Medicine Platform.

Ideally, any prescription for powerful weight loss medications should include a "wraparound" support program that teaches patients how to choose the right foods to optimize and sustain the benefits of GLP-1 use. Sifter's technology platform does exactly that: help patients make clinically approved food choices before they begin GLP-1 treatment, while they're taking GLP-1s, and once they stop.

Our proprietary “GLP-1 Food Choices" algorithm selects nutrient-dense whole and packaged foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, identifying only whole grains and lean proteins without added sugar, excess sodium, and cholesterol, and low in saturated fat. This dietary filter also identifies smart GLP-1 food options across all grocery categories — fresh, frozen, dried, canned. Sifter's grocery product database spans a network of 35,000+ national and local grocery stores, which means we can also pinpoint where these smart food options can be purchased.

Bottom line: Sifter connects nutrition guidance to the grocery cart.

This allows healthcare providers and dietitians to instantly generate accurate medically tailored grocery shopping lists that are customized not only for GLP-1 therapy, but also for the patient's cultural identity, food intolerances, and other health conditions. As the patient transitions off GLP-1 medications, food selection guidance can be easily modified for effective long-term weight management.

Sifter also offers an in-store shopping tool so that patients can scan grocery food barcodes with their smartphone and determine whether the item is a smart GLP-1 choice. This scanning tool, which can be easily integrated into any existing digital health app, gives critical nutrition guidance to your patients when they need it most: at the grocery store.

It's essential to teach GLP-1 patients that the foods they eat are just as important as the foods they're avoiding. Sifter technology can guide your patients to smarter food choices, helping them adopt healthy-eating habits for a lifetime.

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