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Summary: Eating on retatrutide requires smaller, nutrient-dense meals eaten slowly, with a focus on lean protein, wholegrains, and non-starchy vegetables, whilst avoiding high-fat, fried, and heavily processed foods to minimise gastrointestinal side effects
When damaged mitochondria is unable to maintain their membrane potential, it needs to be degraded through mitophagy (Jin et al., 2021)
A few small studies indicate it may influence sleep regulation and help promote deeper rest phases, but results differ between studies
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It is a peptide the body produces in response to metabolic demand and that declines when that capacity is impaired