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c/glp1muscle·submitted 7 months ago by u/long_post_larry

[Question] how do you actually verify protein

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Right, the protein question again, but with numbers this time. I have 17 data points over 20 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign. The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am…

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u/plain_titration245 points·7 months ago
yep. 5 weeks in, same.
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[deleted]100 points·7 months ago

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u/lift_heavy_thingsresistance training106 points·7 months ago

body-composition claims need a method

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u/ferran_krastev72 points·7 months ago

This is correct. DEXA is the standard.

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u/karl_fischer_kev16 points·7 months ago

no supplement selling, no coaching solicitation

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u/long_post_larryOP12 points·7 months ago

Maintenance for 5 months now. Weight moves within about 3kg and the dose is a quarter of what it peaked at.

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u/soren_yildiz12 points·7 months ago

resistance training is sarcopenia not optional

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u/ferran_dahlberg6 points·7 months ago

Not to be pedantic but FFMI and sarcopenia are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/bence_zamora38 points·7 months ago

bathroom BIA scales are not a method

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u/kian_verhoeven36 points·7 months ago·edited

protein targets in g/kg

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u/tomas_broberg23 points·7 months ago

protein targets in g/kg

Adding to this: DEXA is doing more work than the comment implies.

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