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c/glp1muscle·submitted 10 months ago by u/rasmus_petrescu

[Question] how do you actually verify protein

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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…

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u/maren_ibarra-30 points·10 months ago

How many weeks between the two scans?

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u/nayeli_fonseca1 point·10 months ago

Correction: those scans are from different machines, and the difference you are describing is within the measurement error.

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u/marisol_kravchenko1 point·10 months ago

I would not change the programme on the strength of one scan. The measurement error is larger than the effect you are reacting to.

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u/rina_nascimento1 point·10 months ago

protein intake gets harder exactly when appetite drops

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u/incretin_ivypharmacology1 point·10 months ago

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.

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u/amylin_amyamylin1 point·10 months ago

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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