Metformin offers no strength training benefits for seniors, study shows

ScienceDaily
Oct 22, 2019, 11:22 am105 pts
A clinical trial argues against the hypothesis that the diabetes drug metformin could help exercising seniors gain more muscle mass. The double-blind trial found that older adults who took metformin while performing rigorous resistance exercise training had smaller gains in muscle mass than the placebo group.

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