Does Semaglutide Improve Lean Muscle Mass?

Name: Does Semaglutide Improve Lean Muscle Mass?
Uploaded: 2024-05-16T12:00:09+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: This short YouTube excerpt (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) summarizes a 2020 placebo-controlled clinical trial that used DEXA (DXA) to assess body composition…

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This short YouTube excerpt (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) summarizes a 2020 placebo-controlled clinical trial that used DEXA (DXA) to assess body composition in about 178 participants over roughly one year. Participants on semaglutide lost weight, experienced only an insignificant loss of muscle mass (roughly the expected amount when body size decreases), and showed an increase in fat-free mass as a proportion of total weight.

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DEXA (DXA).

2020.

178 (approximately).

About one year.

Semaglutide.

Another study done in 2020. This used DEXA DXA. Then they did 178 people. They did a looks like about almost a year long trial. They put them on semaglutide. They also did a placebo arm. They found that fat free mass went up as a portion of weight. They found that the patient lost weight. They lost basically insignificant amount of muscle mass, just the amount that you'd expect to occur when somebody is smaller. So their fat free mass got better, not worse.