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c/glp1muscle·submitted 9 months ago by u/milos_vestergaard

[PSA] protein is not what most of this community thinks it is

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protein is not what most of this community thinks it is. It comes up every few weeks and the answer has not changed. 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…

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u/cold_chromatogram_only51 points·9 months ago

Have the lifts held, dropped, or moved around?

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u/liv_dumitru21 points·9 months ago

Careful, that is a nutrition prescription aimed at another member and this board does not do those.

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u/line_demir17 points·9 months ago

a single DEXA is a number, two is a comparison, three is a trend

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u/joaquin_wojcik35 points·9 months ago

Not convinced by that DEXA comparison. Different machine, different protocol, and the difference is inside the error.

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch21 points·9 months ago

lean mass loss during weight loss is expected, the question is how much

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u/yara_mensah13 points·9 months ago

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

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