What should I eat when GLP-1 makes me nauseous?

Reach for crackers, mint or ginger, and keep strong smells away. That is the instruction Harvard Health gives for nausea on a GLP-1 drug.

The instruction, read plainly

Harvard Health says: "Nausea can be managed by avoiding strong smells and eating crackers, mint, or ginger-based food or drinks about a half hour after taking a GLP-1 drug."

Break that into three steps:

1. Avoid strong smells.
2. Choose crackers, mint, or something ginger-based, food or drink.
3. Time it for about a half hour after you take the drug.

Further reading on the medicine

Two pages cover the medicine tirzepatide: the NHS page on tirzepatide and the MedlinePlus drug information on tirzepatide injection.

Two more cover obesity itself: the CDC overview of obesity and the Cleveland Clinic guide to weight control and obesity.

Before you change what you eat

Tell the clinician who prescribes your medicine that nausea is happening. Ask whether the Harvard Health steps fit your plan.