Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen

It's your calorie-burning machine.

It's your calorie-burning machine.

Muscle.

Muscle.

Muscle.

Muscles burn calories and muscle regulate your glucose. Because every time a muscle contracts, it's physically being used, it sucks sugar from the bloodstream to provide its energy.

Muscles burn calories and muscle regulate your glucose. Because every time a muscle contracts, it's physically being used, it sucks sugar from the bloodstream to provide its energy.

Muscles burn calories and muscle regulate your glucose. Because every time a muscle contracts, it's physically being used, it sucks sugar from the bloodstream to provide its energy.

For your glucose? Yes.

For your glucose? Yes.

For your glucose? Yes.

Yeah, whenever we hear, oh, if you lose weight, your metabolism slows down. One of the reasons is because you lost muscle along the way and that's slowing your metabolism. You're burning less calories. And I see that all the time with body compositions. When patients lose muscle... They don't lose significant amount of fat. It's harder for them to lose fat.

Yeah, whenever we hear, oh, if you lose weight, your metabolism slows down. One of the reasons is because you lost muscle along the way and that's slowing your metabolism. You're burning less calories. And I see that all the time with body compositions. When patients lose muscle... They don't lose significant amount of fat. It's harder for them to lose fat.

Yeah, whenever we hear, oh, if you lose weight, your metabolism slows down. One of the reasons is because you lost muscle along the way and that's slowing your metabolism. You're burning less calories. And I see that all the time with body compositions. When patients lose muscle... They don't lose significant amount of fat. It's harder for them to lose fat.

When patients maintain muscle or gain muscle while on these medications, the body fat drops rapidly and significantly. So really your muscle is going to determine how you lose the body fat. And that's why we need to have that conversation of muscle on day one.

When patients maintain muscle or gain muscle while on these medications, the body fat drops rapidly and significantly. So really your muscle is going to determine how you lose the body fat. And that's why we need to have that conversation of muscle on day one.

When patients maintain muscle or gain muscle while on these medications, the body fat drops rapidly and significantly. So really your muscle is going to determine how you lose the body fat. And that's why we need to have that conversation of muscle on day one.

On your first appointment, your doctor needs to discuss with you what exercise you should be doing, which is strength training, hitting the weights, and increasing your protein in your diet. Because you can lift as heavy as anybody and you will still lose muscle if the protein is not there.

On your first appointment, your doctor needs to discuss with you what exercise you should be doing, which is strength training, hitting the weights, and increasing your protein in your diet. Because you can lift as heavy as anybody and you will still lose muscle if the protein is not there.

On your first appointment, your doctor needs to discuss with you what exercise you should be doing, which is strength training, hitting the weights, and increasing your protein in your diet. Because you can lift as heavy as anybody and you will still lose muscle if the protein is not there.