From the other side of the consultation, briefly.
Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆
A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
What fraction of loss being lean mass is actually normal, because the numbers quoted here range from 10% to 40% and cannot all be right?
Dr.EndoEP said:baseline bloodwork + this community = winning.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.
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View ResultsDr.EndoEP said:baseline bloodwork + this community = winning.
Agreed on the ranges, with the condition that a single DEXA is not a measurement, it is one draw from a distribution. Hydration status moves the lean compartment by a kilogram or more between scans, so any comparison of scans done at different times of day or different hydration states is noise.
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. No action needed from anybody.