A Sports Dietitian Weighs in on GLP-1s and Running
Another Mother Runner
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šļø 21 March 2025
ā±ļø 39 minutes
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Summary
This episode is required listening for anyone curious about how GLP-1 drugs likeĀ Ozempic, Trulicity, and Wegovy affect running and the ability to train for races. The guest, sports dietitian and 18x-marathonerĀ Meghann FeatherstunĀ of Featherstone Nutrition, talks with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Amanda Loudin, about:Ā
-how GLP-1 agonists work on various parts of the body;
-how to āeat aroundā these drugs to fuel (+Ā refuel) runs;
-balancing carbs and proteins given reduced appetite;Ā
-concerns about runners using these Rxās for āvanityā weight loss; and,
-whether you can train for a marathon while on these drugs.Ā Ā
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The guest joins around 8:26, but first Amanda tells about learning to curl (yes, as in, the icy Olympic sport!).Ā
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| 0:52.3 | Music with code AMR 2025 at Tofoseopics.com. Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen-She-Shea. I'm joined today by Amanda Loudon. Hello, Amanda. |
| 0:58.4 | Well, hey, Sarah. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I hear you had an interesting, should I call it athletic experience the other evening? |
| 1:06.9 | I'm going to say surprisingly so. I am no longer going to make fun of this sport in the next Olympics. |
| 1:14.0 | We got to try curling on Saturday night. |
| 1:18.1 | So I have a woman who belongs to my gym, who belongs to a curling club down in Potomac. |
| 1:26.3 | As one does. |
| 1:27.3 | As one does. As one does. |
| 1:28.4 | And so she was able to block off a three-hour time for anyone who wanted to come from my gym to come and learn how to curl. |
| 1:38.1 | Three hours. |
| 1:39.6 | That's amazing. |
| 1:40.7 | Yes. |
| 1:41.3 | So we first, we got lessons and learned you know, learned the techniques and everything else. |
| 1:45.9 | And then we actually had scrimmages. It was so much fun. It was so much fun. I was terrible. |
| 1:53.5 | Tossing around the term scrimaging. |
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