Provide lifestyle/diet/exercise support: semaglutide is an adjunct to behavior change, not a substitute
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Under sustained hypophagia, disproportion between oxidative demand and regenerative efficiency may therefore emerge as a functional constraint even in the absence of classical deficiency states
UC Davis Health discusses muscle preservation and nutrition considerations during GLP-1-related weight loss, and UCLA Health also discusses why proper nutrition matters for people taking weight loss medications
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