VolsDoc81TX
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Just an FYI for VN for those that need to lose weight and for those who need to build muscle. If you don’t consume enough calories to be close to your basal metabolic rate then the first step your body takes is to burn muscle mass for calories and save the body fat because it does that in starvation mode.
If you burn a pound of muscle, it generates only 700 calories. Burn a pound of fat and you get 3,500 calories. In starvation mode, you put as many calories back into the fat cells as possible.
To regain that pound of lost muscle, it takes 3,500 calories to build a pound of muscle. Think about that. Also, your body will not build the muscle as long as you are in starvation mode.
I see many of my patients losing significant weight while on GLP1s. It actually concerns me how they look. All of them have lost a significant amount of muscle mass in addition to the fat loss. So please be careful out there.
Also, if you’re on a GLP1 and you need to have any type of surgical procedure, please hold your GLP1 for 2-3 weeks before the procedure. Your bowel and GI tract is still full of slow motility food. That can significantly increase your surgical risk…
List of GLP-1 meds:
If you burn a pound of muscle, it generates only 700 calories. Burn a pound of fat and you get 3,500 calories. In starvation mode, you put as many calories back into the fat cells as possible.
To regain that pound of lost muscle, it takes 3,500 calories to build a pound of muscle. Think about that. Also, your body will not build the muscle as long as you are in starvation mode.
I see many of my patients losing significant weight while on GLP1s. It actually concerns me how they look. All of them have lost a significant amount of muscle mass in addition to the fat loss. So please be careful out there.
Also, if you’re on a GLP1 and you need to have any type of surgical procedure, please hold your GLP1 for 2-3 weeks before the procedure. Your bowel and GI tract is still full of slow motility food. That can significantly increase your surgical risk…
List of GLP-1 meds:
- Exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon)
- Liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda)
- Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy)
- Dulaglutide (Trulicity)
- Albiglutide (Tanzeum)
- Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound)
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