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Weight-loss injections are running low. Enter the world’s biggest drug firm
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I have read muscle loss is much more than 20%, but kudos to her for admitting one of the dangerous side effects! Quote:
From MaryAnn Demasi https://forum.lowcarber.org/showpos...83&postcount=64 |
Agree that muscle wasting and loss are common and not often noticed at the beginning by the patients. I'm sure this piece of information is being rigorously suppressed by the industry that controls a larger portion of our economy. Their tentacles run long and deep. Unfortunately, when those patients look in a mirror after a few weeks, it's hard to convince them of negatives unless they're the ones with severe side effects.
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Cut workouts and get more sleep?!? Even 1.6 g Protein per kg is low!
Ridiculous advice especially for a menopausal woman who has already lost muscle, which in turn reduces the tension on bones, and its strength. Some squats a few times a week is not going to reverse muscle loss! I am trying to rebuild the muscle lost last summer after injuring my back on a crunch machine in the gym… so know how hard it is! Demi's has a great program in her journal, weekly body weight and machine lifting, daily cardio, etc. and a healthy nutrient dense diet. :wave: |
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Probably one of the most meaningless comments I’ve read in a long time. Equivalent to “It wasn’t drinking the whole liter of whisky that killed the alcoholic, it was the concussion suffered resulting from the subsequent fall.” The potential damage from taking these drugs has yet to be tallied. I’m convinced there’s a much better way, but the seduction of achieving rapid weight loss and the massive profits to be made obscure clear thinking. |
I doubt that people who think a miracle drug will solve all their problems would prioritize protein, but that is the least they should do. I suspect they are eating their junky favourites, instead, when they do feel like eating. Or things like saltines if they are nauseous.
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The saltines when they're feeling nauseous is true. Once the nausea passes, some of them do actually try to make sure they get enough protein. Although given their diminished appetites and the fact that no food is off-limits (although the drug itself makes it very difficult to digest more than minimal fats), I can't imagine they're getting anywhere near enough protein. What seems to happen is if they're eating a sandwich (made with 2 big thick slices of bread) and it has a meat and/or cheese filling, they'll only be able to eat half the sandwich before being too full to eat any more. They don't ditch the bread (or even half the bread) so they have room in their stomach for all the protein, they just eat half the sandwich. Even if that sandwich had a LOT of meat/cheese in it (and it's highly unlikely there's even 4-6 oz combined in it), they're only getting half the protein from that sandwich, because once they're full, they can't stomach the idea of another bite, even if it is much needed protein. The same thing would happen if they were eating something like an Asian chicken stir fry - they'd have the full serving on their plate on a bed of rice, but you don't normally pick out the pieces of chicken to eat first since the attraction to it is the combination of ingredients and flavors. So they'd just eat it like they normally would, and stop when they were full, which would probably be at about the halfway mark, meaning they'd still only consume half the protein. In a situation where they really, really need all the protein they can get to help prevent muscle loss, even if they're actively trying to make sure they get enough protein, the concept that they can eat anything they want (but can only manage half the serving), it's automatically cutting down on the protein. It's going to be like that with any food - unless they intentionally pull the protein out of the meal and eat that, they're not going to get anywhere near enough protein. Exercise helps with retaining muscle, but feeling like you have an over-full stomach on half your usual food, while not getting nearly enough protein to help preserve muscle, it can be very difficult to exercise - especially if they're going through a bout of nausea from the drug. |
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