three years of protein threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
Genuinely asking, not being difficult.
Everyone in c/cagrilintide repeats that sarcopenia is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 4 threads of people agreeing with each other.
Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?
I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Australia here. Waited 20 months on a list, gave up, went private, and the total cost was roughly what I expected.
Week 40 for me and the honest summary is: 41kg down, nausea manageable, and I have thought about food maybe four times today.
Which country? Half the answers in this thread only apply in the Netherlands.
DEXA is the real measurement
The thing nobody prepared me for was the quiet. Not the appetite, the quiet. The constant negotiation in my head about food just stopped.
Second this question. I have wondered about lean mass for 19 months and never seen a straight answer.
Did anything else change in the same window?
rapid loss plus no protein equals muscle loss
Yeah, protein matters on rapid loss.
body-composition claims need a method
Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.
Australia here. Waited 11 months on a list, gave up, went private, and the total cost was roughly what I expected.
Genuine question — what concentration were you at?
lean mass retention is the 54 week conversation
rapid loss plus no protein equals muscle loss
lean mass retention is the 71 week conversation
DEXA twice yearly is the pattern
Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.
Second this question. I have wondered about lean mass for 6 months and never seen a straight answer.
Did anything else change in the same window?
body-composition claims need a method
Did anything else change in the same window?
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
resistance training is sarcopenia not optional
bathroom BIA scales are not a method
How many weeks between the two measurements?
rapid loss plus no protein equals muscle loss
Genuine question — what concentration were you at?
DEXA twice yearly is the pattern
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