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jart10/12/20241 replyview on HN

Is there any evidence those things aren't just side effects of eating less food?


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oatmeal_croc10/12/2024

This. You'll need studies to prove that semaglutide causes muscle mass -so you need to have a group that loses weight using semaglutide and another group that loses weight without it and compare the muscle loss. I'm willing to bet you'll see similar numbers. If you don't exercise, you will lose muscle mass when reducing weight - which is why trainers recommend resistance training and higher than usual protein while cutting.