Taking GLP-1 drugs might help your muscles stay strong even as you lose weight, by improving how your body uses insulin and reducing fat buildup in the muscles.

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Muscle Mass and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Adaptive or Maladaptive Response to Weight Loss?

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2024 Oct 15

The study looks at the same diabetes/weight-loss drugs mentioned in the claim and finds they improve muscle health in ways that likely help keep muscles strong, even as people lose weight.

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Muscle Mass and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Adaptive or Maladaptive Response to Weight Loss?

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DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.067676

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