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“In Aliquot #128, I discuss how the new weight loss drugs like Ozempic® and Mounjaro® work, their pros and cons, and lifestyle strategies to optimize their effects for long-term health.”

“Suppressing this circuit is essential to successful weight loss before reaching a plateau. A recent study found that weight-loss interventions vary in their capacity to overcome the body's appetite feedback circuits by as much as threefold.”

“When body weight returns after a weight-loss program, it can obscure whether more specific changes in body fat lasted and still matter for metabolic health. A new study asked whether changes in visceral fat, the fat stored deep around the abdominal organs, were more closely linked to long-term metabolic health than weight loss alone.”

“Researchers enrolled 18 older adults with obesity in a six-month weight loss program that included daily calorie restriction. Half of the participants also wore a weighted vest (weighing a minimum of 10 pounds) for 10 hours daily.”

“These findings suggest that there is likely some flexibility in determining the window during which a person eats when practicing time-restricted eating. Studies also show that time-restricted eating improves circulating insulin and blood pressure independent of weight loss.”

“They found that a specific gut microbe called Alistipes putredinis played a crucial role in how physical activity influenced body weight. Participants with higher levels of A. putredinis experienced more weight loss when they increased their physical activity.”

“Traditional weight-loss programs typically emphasize calorie restriction – often cited as the primary reason participants drop out. But time-restricted eating is a weight loss strategy that limits one's daily eating window to a specific period without focusing on restricting calories.”

“The divergence suggests that the composition of rapid weight loss may depend on whether muscle can preserve the flexibility to switch toward alternative fuels when energy intake falls. In Aliquot #128, I examine how GLP-1 drugs promote weight loss, the trade-offs they may carry, and strategies that may help support long-term health.”

“This means that both groups were prescribed the same dietary restriction of ~35%, they just achieved it using two different approaches. Each participant was also prescribed 300 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity exercise each week—the standard recommendation for weight loss.”

“This study also sheds some light on why there is a high risk of regaining weight upon initial weight loss. The hunger hormone, PPY, increased immediately after weight loss but returned to normal levels after one year.”