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Improving glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity

"Muscle is a sink for your glucose. And so it actually has mechanisms that allow you to absorb glucose without insulin... When I was 50, I couldn't do 10 push-ups... I could run 10 miles, but I didn't train at all. And so basically, muscle is the sink for gl..."

Mark Hyman, MD

Building lean muscle mass to lower estrogen excess and breast cancer risk

"Getting in some daily exercise, and a combination of both the cardiovascular exercise but also that strength training, because, as we were talking about before, having sufficient lean muscle mass is critical for overall health as well as breast cancer risk."

Elizabeth Boham

Assessing muscle mass before starting GLP-1 medications to identify sarcopenia risk

"In people that I'm concerned about that, it's good to get a DEXA scan beforehand, right? Make sure you have adequate muscle mass. And if you don't, you really have to think twice about if you want to do the GLP-1."

Chris Thompson

Monthly monitoring of muscle mass and body composition in patients on GLP-1 medications

"I've got patients on low-dose GLP-1s and I've said, 'Look, you have to be in the gym, you have to do DEXA scans every month, you have to eat this protein.' And they do it and it's quite amazing — the weight will go down, but they'll actually increase their ..."

Mark Hyman, MD