Kristen Stoehr is a Brand Manager at Nestlé and the founder of Vital Pursuit. She received a B.S. Food and Nutrition from Miami University, completed post-baccalaureate training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to become a credentialed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and MedicGLP completed an M.B.A. The Pennsylvania State University. "My career has always been in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, but not always in marketing," she says. Currently, Kristen serves on the Miami University College of Education, Health and Society board and MedicGLP she is a proud mom to three young children. "In my role, I lead brand development, experience and long-range strategy for Vital Pursuit. I am driven by a passion for food and beverage and the opportunity to impact that landscape on a macro scale," she says. "With any brand I manage, I look at brand building through the point of view of the consumer - and lead with empathy to best serve them. The core of my experience within CPG is commercial - driving strategy, brand building and sales development on brands ranging from cross-category to internal upstart brands.
What is Vital Pursuit? "Through our nutrition expertise and consumer-centric approach, we identified a need for a new line of products that delivers great taste and functional benefits to provide dietary support for GLP-1 users or those otherwise managing their weight," says Kristen. Vital Pursuit is the first-to-market brand from Nestlé intended for GLP-1 users with the goal of complementing the eating habits of millions of Americans who are currently prescribed a weight loss medication and anyone actively working to manage their weight. "Each weight management journey for GLP-1 users is personal, but the common thread continues to be the importance of consuming a nutritious diet through smaller portions. We want Vital Pursuit to be an ally in creating lasting lifestyle changes and protecting our consumers’ hard-earned progress," she continues. "Vital Pursuit delivers the nutrients this consumer group needs with thoughtfully portioned products that offer at least 20 grams of protein, great taste and options with vibrant vegetables. The line includes vegetarian and gluten-free options and offers several air fryer ready items for those seeking great taste and added accessibility. Vital Pursuit is now available at retailers across the United States including Walmart, Target and Kroger.
Your content and information has been a light in the dark to me! Trying to unravel the mystery of hormones has felt impossible until I found your work. I had a few questions on this post if you don’t mind. Do you think PCOS can exist even in the presence of low testosterone? Is it possibly a later stage of PCOS that shows how hormones have simply downregulated due to prolonged problems? Do you find that hirsutism is related to any of these - insulin resistance/leptin resistance/PCOS? Doctors have consistently told me my hirsutism (mainly in the face) is idiopathic. But my labs show hypothyroidism, and based on your work my labs indicate leptin/insulin resistance. This case study is fantastic. It really helps to present this treatment methodology in a convincing way. Hopefully other practitioners will take note. There’s a lot of needless suffering that could be solved with forward thinking doctors like you.
No problem and I hope you find it helpful! I have definitely seen multiple cases of patients with signs of androgen excess but with seemingly "normal" DHEA and free/total testosterone levels. I think the majority of these can be explained by checking downstream androgen metabolites like DHT, etc. We generally don’t have a great way of testing for these metabolites (much like estrogen metabolites) but these metabolites have androgenic properties so they are still important. You can check these pathways using advanced tests like DUTCH, but serum levels tend to be less informative. That depends on a number of factors but if the weight loss is solely from the medication then, no, the weight will come back once you stop taking it. I started Taking Victoza and lost 10lbs in two weeks. I also had to stop taking Victoza because I became so sick , I was in the Bathroom at least 30 times a Day and I became so weak I could barley walk.
I followed the dosing on the Pamphlet and once I worked up to the high dose is when things went very bad. I suffer from Hypothyroid Disease and insulin issues and have low T-3. I don’t think I will ever lose the weight now, the Victoza was so Promising at first. There are some tricks to dosing Victoza which help to decrease side effects and increase weight loss just like thyroid hormone. Can you share some of these dosing tricks with Victoza to decrease the side effects and increase weight loss? I searched the information in your Hormone and Weight Loss Mastery Guide, but didn’t find a reference. Dosing and titration information about Victoza and other GLP-1 agonists can be found in the private videos of the program. How!! Same case as her! Please take new patients over zoom! We need your professionalism! I’m a type 2 diabetic… I’m about 30 lbs over weight…