[Question] how do you actually verify protein
Genuine question, and the title is the question: how do you actually verify protein.
Hydration status and fasting state affect the lean mass estimate. Standardising both is the difference between a comparison and a coin toss.
DEXA has a meaningful coefficient of variation, and it differs between machines and protocols. Comparing scans from different clinics adds a systematic offset that is invisible on the report.
Some lean mass loss accompanies weight loss in any deficit. Resistance training and adequate protein intake are the two interventions with the best evidence for limiting the proportion.
Corrections welcome, especially the pedantic ones. Pedantry is how this board earns its reputation.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Nothing here is a training or nutrition prescription. Targets and programmes are matters for somebody who knows your history and your training background.
Not convinced by that DEXA comparison. Different machine, different protocol, and the difference is inside the error.
DEXA has a real error margin and people quote it to one decimal
How many weeks between the two scans?
Correction: those scans are from different machines, and the difference you are describing is within the measurement error.
I would not change the programme on the strength of one scan. The measurement error is larger than the effect you are reacting to.
protein intake gets harder exactly when appetite drops
I would not change the programme on the strength of one scan.
Disagreeing with this line: rate alone does not preserve lean mass. The training does.
Disagreeing with this line: rate alone does not preserve lean mass.
Agreed — and same machine, same conditions, or the two scans are not comparable.
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