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Or having a lower % of body fat (within healthy limits) is the factor improving a better immune response?

• Ecko123 1mo ago
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• tptacek 1mo ago
  Generally studies showing off-target effects with GLP1s are at least attempting to control for this.
  • mathgeek 1mo ago
    I’d be interested to see the data for that claim, since I would imagine a strong correlation between glp use and lower body fat.
    • tptacek 1mo ago
      I’m sure you can just look up the studies, but note that GLP1s are widely prescribed to people without weight issues —— weight loss itself was originally an off-target effect. I have friends who run marathons who are on semaglutide.
      • Melatonic 1mo ago
        Because they need to medically or it helps athletically ?
        • tptacek 1mo ago
          Because they need it medically.
    • olalonde 1mo ago
      This video by a medical doctor cites many studies showing that GLP-1 health benefits go beyond weight loss (see video description for link to papers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPaVhpomks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPaVhpomks
• snovv_crash 1mo ago
  It may be that those without repeated toxic caloric exposure allows the immune system to focus on other aspects.
  • relaxing 1mo ago
    > toxic caloric exposure Is that a thing?