BODYSCAN BLOG

With increasing frequency Bodyscan customers will say the reason they have come for a DEXA scan is because they have read Outlive by Dr Peter Attia. Peter Attia is an […]

If you’ve tried and failed to lose weight, you are likely to have searched the internet for ‘what foods burn fat?’ or ‘how can I lose weight quickly?’ And your […]

Protein is referred to as the ‘building-block’ of muscle. Coupled with a great resistance training programme, consuming enough protein is critical if you want to build muscle mass. But how […]

Muscle-building is a slow, unpredictable process subject to a range of variables (unlike fat-loss, which essentially comes down to a calories-in/calories-out equation of energy balance). It’s therefore impossible to predict […]

Most of us, at some stage in our lives, have probably said that we “need to lose some weight”, likely triggered by standing on the scale, feeling clothes getting tighter […]

Many Bodyscan customers sing the praises of a ketogenic diet and attribute their successful fat-loss to it. The DEXA scan results below of a man in his fifties show an […]

Losing body fat is theoretically quite easy. Consume less energy (by way of fewer calories) than you expend and fat-loss will occur. Increasing muscle mass or ‘hypertrophy’, on the other […]

Intermittent Fasting (IF) has hit the headlines in recent years, touted by many to be a superior way to lose body fat (and build muscle). Many Bodyscan customers tell us […]

The fundamental principle of weight-loss is that you have to be in a sustained energy (calorie) deficit over time. Or more simply: over the long term, “calories in” has to […]

At the simplest level, a DEXA body composition scan measures how much fat, lean mass and bone you have in your body. DEXA scans are universally regarded as the ‘gold […]

What is body fat and body fat percentage? Body fat is just as essential to the proper functioning of your body as muscle, organs and bones. Body fat provides cushioning and […]

What are ‘maintenance calories’ or ‘calorie maintenance’? Most people start thinking about the calories in food and drink when they’re looking to lose weight.  That’s because, to achieve weight-loss, the […]

If you’re on this page you’re probably wondering how to prepare for a DEXA body scan. What to wear, whether you can eat or drink, are there any prohibited activities, […]

If you’re coming to Bodyscan for a DEXA body scan, you may be concerned if you have an implant, such as a Pacemaker or Cochlear, prosthesis, breast implant or just […]

Just before Christmas 2016 a Bodyscan client presented with a very dramatic change in body re-composition. Though the actual scans were 17 months apart, the client reported that the changes […]

Your Bodyscan DEXA scan report contains a vast array of data. On the front page of the report (bottom right) is a small table titled Lean Indices with two indices […]

How quickly can I regain muscle (and how quickly will I lose muscle)? During the pandemic in 2020/21, the gyms were closed and so most of us stopped weight-training completely. […]

“Pack on the muscle and torch that fat!!” “Turn yourself into a fat-burning inferno!!” ​So scream the headlines and advertisements from just about every muscle and fitness mag you lay eyes […]

Why you won’t achieve ‘the 4-Hour Body’ ​Tim Ferris’s bestselling book ‘The 4-Hour Body’ includes a chapter called ‘From Geek to Freak’, in which he claims to have gained 34lbs […]

In a paper published in 2018, titled ‘Is there an optimal diet for weight management and metabolic health?’, the authors rather refreshingly concluded that ‘Human beings prefer things to be […]

​Tim Ferris’s book The 4-Hour Body aims to tell us how to achieve maximum results with the least amount of effort required. Essentially, he attempts to give us the ‘minimum […]

For optimal muscle building (hypertrophy), most sets will fall somewhere between five and 20 reps per set as long as each set is performed close to failure. Failure is defined […]

One of the questions we get asked very often (by men) following a DEXA scan is: “what percentage body fat do I have to be before I see my abs?” […]

This blog contains two responses to the Netflix film Game Changers from Bodyscan consultants Kevin Garde and Rob Webster. Kevin is a Nutritionist and Founder of PRISM Nutrition. Rob is a […]

Many people come to Bodyscan to discover their resting metabolic rate (RMR) and, from there, their maintenance calories and a daily calorie target to lose fat (or gain muscle). Of […]

Measuring fat loss and muscle gain with DEXA will increase your chance of success When something moves or changes very slowly, it can be difficult to be sure if anything […]

The amount of energy you burn each day, in calories, is known as your TDEE – your total daily energy expenditure. It’s the sum of how many calories you burn at rest […]

Every fitness magazine, every Sunday newspaper supplement is bombarding us with ‘get fit quick’ programmes or promising us ‘beach bodies’ that take little effort. Most of these articles hinge around […]

We see many clients at Bodyscan who lose a lot of fat but who also lose a great deal of muscle too. Sometimes so much that their body fat percentage […]

Building lean muscle Before we start, let’s be pedantic for a moment and state that there is really no such thing, for humans, as ‘lean muscle’. It’s just muscle. Yes, […]

DEXA body scans – it’s what bodybuilders have been looking for The DEXA body composition scanner was originally designed to measure bone density; indeed, in technical-speak, the machine is known as a […]

​Embarking on a new way of eating and making better food choices can be a daunting prospect. To help those of you new to tracking what you eat or if […]

What is a ketogenic diet? According to the research, a ketogenic diet is defined as a diet that restricts carbohydrate intake to around 50g per day (about 50-150g of carbohydrates […]