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c/glp1muscle·submitted 2 years ago by u/line_demir

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

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on DEXA in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the…

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u/maren_ibarra132 points·2 years ago
^ this
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u/joaquin_wojcik74 points·2 years ago

Yeah, protein matters on rapid loss.

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u/lift_heavy_thingsresistance training21 points·2 years ago·edited

DEXA is the real measurement

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u/cold_chromatogram55 points·2 years ago

Genuine question — what concentration were you at?

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u/liv_dumitru33 points·2 years ago

Strongly agree. Resistance training counts.

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u/step_count_stan21 points·2 years ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/matias_falk6 points·2 years ago·edited

DEXA twice yearly is the pattern

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u/line_demirOP3 points·2 years ago

Came off after 37 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.

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u/dario_stanescu25 points·2 years ago

Which country? Half the answers in this thread only apply in Denmark.

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