# @themacrosift on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-06-03T20:41:25.000+00:00
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🔎 Muscle Maintenance

As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass—by the time we’re 80, we will gradually lose around 30 percent of our muscle. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may speed up this process. In fact, about 25 to 40 percent of the pounds shed through these treatments is lean body mass, and that includes muscle.
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Why this matters: Muscles are not just for moving our bodies. They enable us to breathe, pump blood and keep our bones strong. Plus they power the metabolism and help regulate blood sugar and body temperature. Extensive muscle loss puts many of these processes at risk. One study awaiting peer review suggests there is a link between GLP-1 drugs and increased risk of osteoporosis.

What can be done: Doctors recommend eating enough protein and devoting about a third of your weekly exercise time to strength training. New treatments are in development to help retain muscle for those on weight loss drugs. A muscle-retention drug called bimagrumab blocks myostatin, a key protein that helps to suppress muscle growth. So far, trial results have been mixed. Another group of drugs called SARMs, or selective androgen-receptor modulators, are synthetic compounds that activate the body’s androgen receptors in a manner similar to testosterone, a hormone that can trigger muscle growth.

~Scientific American 

#GLP1 #Muscle #BoneDensity #Aging #Outlast

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aging, glp1, muscle, bonedensity, outlast

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