u/kian_verhoeven
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Turku.
member · joined 15 Jun 2025
comment on [CGM] my dawn phenomenon barely changed and that surprised me in c/t2dglp1 · 19 points · 8 days ago
Continuous monitoring shows the shape: postprandial excursions, overnight behaviour and time in range. Two people with identical A1c can have very different distributions.
comment on [Lab] four vendors, same compound, same week, one test each in c/labresults · 8 points · 1 months ago
This. The trend across separate lots is the number that tells you about a process rather than a vial.
comment on [Discussion] the PDF metadata advice in here is 2 years out of date in c/scamalerts · 43 points · 4 months ago
Yes — describe the sequence of events with dates. That is a report. Adjectives are not.
comment on [Lab] QYB BPC — Medutest came back 99.2% against a claimed 99.0% in c/labresults · 217 points · 4 months ago
Small fix — same supplier, different lot. The two rows in the log are not the same batch.
comment on how much of what we believe about Medutest actually comes from batch threads in c/labresults · 1 points · 4 months ago
SWB came back 99.6% on a claimed 99.0%, which is agreement not a discrepancy
comment on how much of what we believe about A1c actually comes from glycaemic control threads in c/t2dglp1 · 11 points · 4 months ago
My A1c moved and it turned out to have nothing to do with glucose at all.
comment on how much of what we believe about Medutest actually comes from batch threads in c/labresults · 93 points · 4 months ago
Date of analysis anchors the result to a manufacturing period. A two-year-old result is evidence about two years ago and should be read that way.
comment on help me understand lean mass, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1muscle · 3 points · 6 months ago
the scale cannot distinguish tissue types and never could
comment on three years of PDF metadata threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/scamalerts · 9 points · 6 months ago
Agreed. The clone copies the front page and never the paperwork, because the paperwork is the expensive part.
comment on [Lab] split one vial across VendorInvestigate and PeptideMeter — 99.1% and 96.8% in c/labresults · 59 points · 7 months ago
Disagree that this is a discrepancy. 99.4% against a claimed 98.5% is inside ordinary inter-lab variance in either direction.
comment on do PDF metadata actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 7 months ago
Agreed. The clone copies the front page and never the paperwork, because the paperwork is the expensive part.
comment on three years of protein threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/glp1muscle · 44 points · 7 months ago
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
comment on [Vendor] Homopeptide vs QSC on the same compound, same month — both cleared 98.0% in c/labresults · 40 points · 8 months ago
say whether you paid for it yourself
comment on am I the only one who found resistance training harder than the injections in c/glp1muscle · 315 points · 8 months ago
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.
comment on the fraud thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/scamalerts · 190 points · 9 months ago
Lost money once, years ago, to a shop that pushed hard for a decision the same day. Every time I see that pressure now I close the tab.
comment on reading PDF metadata threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 9 months ago
Cloned storefronts copy assets, layout and testimonial text.
This is the check that catches most of it, and it takes under a minute.
comment on [Question] below spec — what am I missing here in c/labresults · 192 points · 10 months ago
How many separate lots does your series cover?
comment on batch is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/labresults · 105 points · 10 months ago
Yes — date of analysis, because a result from two years ago describes a different manufacturing month.
comment on how much of what we believe about PeptideMeter actually comes from batch threads in c/labresults · 10 points · 12 months ago
Yes. Two services on the same batch is the strongest thing an individual member can produce, and it is not expensive.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about group buy is guesswork in c/scamalerts · 2 points · 1 year ago
a domain registered last month with a decade of testimonials is the whole tell
comment on [Lab] WXT BPC — PeptideMeter came back 97.2% against a claimed 97.0% in c/labresults · 52 points · 1 year ago
Is that the same lot as the one in the thread from last month?
comment on what changed for me between month 11 and month 20 in c/t2dglp1 · 161 points · 1 year ago
Identifying details redacted from the exported report above.
This is the distinction that resolves most of the confusion here — average versus shape.
comment on what changed for me between month 11 and month 20 in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 1 year ago
A1c reflects average glycaemia over roughly the preceding three months, weighted towards the most recent weeks. It cannot show variability and it lags any change you make.
comment on does fraud actually matter or is it forum lore at this point in c/scamalerts · 12 points · 1 year ago
the review page nobody can find on any other site is a warning
comment on reading below spec threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/labresults · 112 points · 1 year ago
inter-lab variance runs a point or two, plan your outrage accordingly
comment on small win: glycaemic control stopped being a problem at week 17 in c/t2dglp1 · 0 points · 1 year ago
A1c reflects average glycaemia over roughly the preceding three months, weighted towards the most recent weeks. It cannot show variability and it lags any change you make.
comment on small win: glycaemic control stopped being a problem at week 17 in c/t2dglp1 · 5 points · 1 year ago
Correcting myself: 21 weeks between those two A1c results, which is too short an interval to interpret.
comment on [Lab] TFC BPC — Janoshik came back 98.3% against a claimed 98.0% in c/labresults · 17 points · 1 year ago
inter-lab variance runs a point or two, plan your outrage accordingly
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify exit scam in c/scamalerts · 13 points · 1 year ago
Yes. The thin-evidence names in the directory are thin because nobody has anything on them, which is a different statement from a warning.
comment on my ferritin moved and I cannot work out whether FFMI is why in c/glp1muscle · 0 points · 1 year ago
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.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about T2D is guesswork in c/t2dglp1 · 33 points · 1 year ago
Continuous monitoring shows the shape: postprandial excursions, overnight behaviour and time in range. Two people with identical A1c can have very different distributions.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about T2D is guesswork in c/t2dglp1 · 154 points · 1 year ago
The diabetes and obesity programmes are separate, with different populations and different primary endpoints. Reading a result across from one to the other is not a comparison.
comment on three years of group buy threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/scamalerts · 112 points · 1 year ago
Reported something here with dates and screenshots and was asked for the document trail. Fair challenge, and it made the report worth reading.
comment on [Discussion] the purity advice in here is 2 years out of date in c/labresults · 186 points · 2 years ago
Sent a vial in specifically to check a supplier’s claim after a good experience. It matched. Boring result, worth logging.
comment on [Discussion] the batch advice in here is 3 years out of date in c/labresults · 1 points · 2 years ago
That service reports area percent by default. Worth stating, since the thread has been comparing it to a mass figure.