If the cardiovascular protection preceded meaningful weight loss, then the weight loss and the cardiovascular protection are parallel effects of the same underlying biological mechanism rather than one being caused by the other
Pigmentation & Skin-Integrity Research Research involving Glutathione commonly investigates its interaction with: Tyrosinase-related mechanisms Melanin-related signaling pathways Oxidative-stress regulation within melanocyte research models Skin-integrity and dermal-maintenance pathways These pathways have contributed to broader research interest in Glutathione within pigmentation-related, dermatological, cosmetic, and skin-quality investigations
doi: 10.1016/S0016-5085(85)80176-1
Both work with the body, not against it
Robert Kushner: I haven't seen that paper, but what I can say which I thought you were getting to is that when we look at the categorical weight loss in all these trials, so some people lose 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% over the course of the trial, if you then stop the medication, the individuals who lost the greatest amount of body weight actually are the ones that regain it the quickest