Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Recently there was a study that seemed to show like they saw a huge improvements in metabolic health in the first 5% of weight loss.
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Recently there was a study that seemed to show like they saw a huge improvements in metabolic health in the first 5% of weight loss.
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So it looks like even modest weight loss can really improve your metabolic health.
And then they said, if you looked at 5% to 10% of weight loss, it's like it flattened out. There wasn't, you know, it isn't like a linear thing.