Dramatically reduced food intake from GLP-1 users can lead to significant nutrient deficiencies, even conditions once thought obsolete, like scurvy.
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro have transformed the landscape of weight management. But recent reporting has sounded an important warning for GLP-1 users: dramatically reduced food intake can lead to significant nutrient deficiencies, even conditions once thought obsolete, like scurvy.
By mimicking a natural gut hormone, these drugs slow digestion and hugely reduce appetite. That makes it easier for people to eat less and lose weight, which is the goal for most who use GLP-1s. However, an unintended consequence is that it makes it possible to become seriously nutrient deficient.
Scurvy is caused by severe vitamin C deficiency, and it was the bane of sailors on long voyages who lacked access to fresh produce when much less was known about nutrition. But doctors and nutrition experts are now seeing similar patterns among some people on GLP-1 therapies.
Appetite suppression means smaller portions and less variety, and without careful nutritional planning, intake of critical vitamins and minerals can fall short of what the body needs for immune function, bone health, energy metabolism, and overall wellbeing.
One concerning issue is that many clinical trials focus heavily on weight loss outcomes, not on what study participants are actually eating or whether their diets are supplying essential micronutrients. As a result, health professionals are urging clinicians to integrate dietitian support and a focus on nutrition into chronic care plans for those using GLP-1 medications because weight loss alone isn’t a complete picture of health.
For anyone using or considering GLP-1 drugs, the priority should be to lose weight without sacrificing nutritional health. This is where thoughtful supplementation and leading-edge products like Living Fuel's SuperEssentials® Micros can play a valuable role.
Reduced appetite often means people consume fewer calories, but it also means they get fewer essential micronutrients, the vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients your body needs daily to function optimally.
Common nutrients at risk include:
Vitamin C - vital for connective tissue health, immune function, and antioxidant defenses
B vitamins - crucial for energy production and nervous system support
Vitamin D & K - key for bone health and immune regulation
Minerals like magnesium, zinc, and selenium - important for enzyme function, immunity, and thyroid health
Phytonutrients and antioxidants - which protect cells from oxidative stress
Because GLP-1 users are eating less, it becomes even more critical to ensure what they do eat and supplement delivers high-quality nutrition.
One supplement designed specifically to help fill nutritional gaps is Living Fuel's SuperEssentials® Micros. Unlike many traditional multivitamins, SuperEssentials® Micros is formulated to provide a comprehensive spectrum of micronutrients in highly bioavailable forms, including:
Clinical-strength vitamins and minerals in forms your body can absorb
Powerful antioxidants and phytonutrients to protect cellular health
Immune-supporting nutrients like vitamins C, D3, zinc, and selenium
Complete B-vitamin support for energy and metabolic health
Essential trace minerals often missing in low-calorie diets
This formula is designed to complement a reduced-calorie regimen, whether due to diet, fasting or appetite-suppression, and helps ensure your body still gets the essential building blocks it needs to function well. It's the only product of its kind that contains all 53 essential nutrients your body needs on a daily basis, as well as all 41 "longevity" vitamins identified by nutrition scientist Dr. Bruce Ames.
Because SuperEssentials® Micros delivers optimized levels of more than just the minimum daily requirements, it can help safeguard against the hidden costs of rapid weight loss like fatigue, impaired immunity, hair loss, poor wound healing, or long-term deficiency states that can develop when micronutrient intake is too low.
Importantly, supplementing is not a substitute for a balanced diet. But when food intake is limited, high-quality micronutrient supplementation becomes a smart tool for supporting long-term health and sustainable weight loss.
That's where a revolutionary product like SuperEssentials® Micros can make all the difference.
