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> Does it do these things any more than losing the same amount of weight by other means in a similar time frame?

"Diet-induced weight loss reduces muscle mass without adversely affecting muscle strength" [1]. (Not sure about magnitudes.)

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764193/



This doesn't answer whether the loss of muscle mass is caused by the weight loss or the drug itself, though.




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