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c/glp1muscle·submitted 1 year ago by u/incretin_ivy

[Question] DEXA — what am I missing here

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Trying to get a straight answer on this: DEXA — what am I missing here. How to make a DEXA comparison mean anything. Same machine, same clinic, same protocol. Same hydration and fasting state, as far as you can manage. At least three to four months apart, because the measurement error is large relative to short-term…

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u/halima_mbeki36 points·1 year ago

This. Same machine, same protocol, or the DEXA comparison is measuring the scanner.

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u/diego_iyer9 points·1 year ago·edited

What is protein intake actually looking like, measured rather than estimated?

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u/emil_okwuosa3 points·1 year ago

protein and resistance training, that is the entire intervention

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u/titration_marshalmod · c/semaglutide5 points·1 year ago

That protein figure is grams per day, not grams per kilogram. Different claim entirely.

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u/sanne_novak0 points·1 year ago

Agreed — protein and resistance training. Everything else in these threads is a rounding error on those two.

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