alt Hacker NewsTo be fair, that comment was about the claim:
> emerging research showing that up to 40 per cent of the weight lost by people using weight-loss drugs is actually muscle
Which is… obviously bullshit.
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sabbaticaldev • last Thursday at 2:12 AM
they might have confused muscle and lean mass/FFM
_heimdall • last Thursday at 2:22 AM
The source article links to a reference for the 40 percent claim, which itself links to a couple articles that aren't available without a JAMA account.
I can't read the original sources there, but what makes you say its obviously bullshit?
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You lose muscle when you lose weight, especially if weight loss is rapid. This is why it's important to be physically active when you're losing weight. It doesn't matter if you're on drug or not.