After all, people with obesity have more muscle mass than people without obesity (because their bodies carry more weight), so it's normal to lose muscle when you lose weight whether by diet, exercise, medications, or surgery
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Even today, a patient of mine hesitated to start her FDA-approved bioidentical hormones because of that warningdespite struggling with severe hot flashes
The researchers who made the finding say that in mice, at least, this disturbance in the internal ecosystem actually raised blood sugar, thus defeating the purpose of these products by increasing risk for type 2 diabetes and obesity
A thoughtful weaning strategypaired with medication continuitycan preserve your metabolic gains
And other research shows it lowers levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker that when elevated indicates chronic inflammation