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No, you’re NOT 8% body fat
Many of my patients are startled at their first DXA body composition reports. “How can this be? I was 8% body fat at the gym!” That’s because their personal trainer likely used a handheld bioimpedance device to measure their body composition. Those devices are notoriously inaccurate. If you’re a man, add 10-15% to the handheld…
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The problem with Agave Nectar…
…is that it is 85% fructose and if you drink jugs of homemade lemon juice sweetened with this sweetener (“it’s natural!”, “it’s healthier”) everyday for a month then you: -increase total % body fat (26.5% to 29.3%) -increase visceral/sick fat and likely liver fat as well (VAT area up from 117 to 146 cm2) Natural…
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What is DXA?
DXA (or DEXA) stands for Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry. It is a device that uses 2 X-ray beams of differing energy levels. This allows it to distinguish between soft tissue and bone absorption of the X-rays. Its original use was to determine bone density and it is also now used to evaluate body composition. With body…