GLP-1 drugs shrink a layer of fat that surrounds the heart — this fat is linked to heart disease, and shrinking it may help protect the heart from damage.

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Cardiovascular Protective Properties of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: More than Just Diabetic and Weight Loss Drugs

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2024 Aug 9

The study says GLP-1 drugs help the heart, but it never measured the specific fat around the heart mentioned in the claim, so we can’t say for sure if it reduces that fat by 1.83 mm.

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Cardiovascular Protective Properties of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: More than Just Diabetic and Weight Loss Drugs

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DOI: 10.3390/jcm13164674

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