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Emerging
Therapies

An evolving collection of investigations into therapies that are changing nutrition counseling. Not a drug encyclopedia. You enter through a compound, then follow the investigation.

This collection grows as new questions earn investigation.

Current investigations: 10 Mode: active Last studio update: July 2026

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Tirzepatide

Investigation

Can medication change appetite
without replacing nutrition?

Approved Last reviewed July 2026 · v1.1 frozen

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Retatrutide

Investigation

What do you do with a therapy
that already dominates conversation
before it has a label?

Pipeline · Phase 3 Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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CagriSema

Investigation

What changes when a familiar GLP-1
is paired with amylin?

NDA filed · Phase 3 published Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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Orforglipron

Investigation

What is actually new when a GLP-1
arrives as a daily tablet
that isn’t a peptide?

Approved (weight) Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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Survodutide

Investigation

When the dual is glucagon (not GIP),
and obesity and MASH develop
on different clocks,
what is the counseling object?

Pipeline · Phase 3 Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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GH
Secretagogues

Investigation · Class

How do you think clearly when patients
bring one name for several
different therapies?

Class review · evidence evolving Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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BPC-157

Investigation

How do we evaluate a therapy
when enthusiasm outpaces
human evidence?

Evidence evolving Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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TB-500

Investigation

Is the peptide in the vial
the same one the human trials studied?

Evidence evolving Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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MOTS-c

Investigation · Thin

When does a strong mitochondrial story
become a therapy you can counsel?

Thin · evidence evolving Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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Tesamorelin

Investigation

When does one therapy legitimately
belong in several conversations?

Approved (HIV) Last reviewed July 2026 · v0.1 frozen

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