What do I wear for a DEXA body scan? If you’re thinking of having a DEXA scan, you may be wondering what you should wear. The short answer is as little as possible, but read below first – we […] Read more
Can I have a DEXA scan with a Pacemaker or metal implants? If you’re coming to Bodyscan for body composition analysis, you may be concerned if you have an implant, such as a Pacemaker or Cochlear, prosthesis or just jewellery/piercing that is […] Read more
The most incredible body re-composition we’ve ever seen 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 […] Read more
What are the Lean Indices on my DEXA report? Your Bodyscan DEXA 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 based […] Read more
How long will it take to regain muscle lost during lockdown? During the coronavirus lockdown period, the gyms were closed and so most of us stopped weight-training completely. The two questions we’ve been asked many times are “How quickly will I […] Read more
Does having muscles REALLY ‘torch’ body fat? “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 […] Read more
Why Tim Ferris’ ‘The 4-Hour Body’ is Impossible 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 (15.4kg) of muscle in just four weeks, […] Read more
The Big Insulin Myth 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 […] Read more
Is 17kg of fat a magic number? Between January and August (2015), more than 350 men and 150 women came for a DEXA scan at Bodyscan’s London location. The aggregated results are available here and show something […] Read more
The Tim Ferris ‘Slow Carb’ Diet 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 […] Read more
What’s the best rep range for building muscle? 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 […] Read more
What percentage fat before I see my abs? 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?” […] Read more
Netflix Game Changers – Fact or Propaganda? 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 […] Read more
How a DEXA scan can prove your calorie calculator is working 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 […] Read more
Why it’s Important to Track your Fitness Progress 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 […] Read more
Is Intermittent Fasting Magic?! Intermittent Fasting or IF (particularly the 16:8 protocol – fasting for 16 hours, with an 8-hour eating window) is seen by many to be a superior way to lose body […] Read more
Why your RMR is like a low bridge 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 […] Read more
Body Fat Percentage: What is healthy? 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 […] Read more
Why muscle loss ends up as fat gain 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 […] Read more
The Best Muscle Building Foods 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, […] Read more
Two Reasons Why Your Calorie Deficit Isn’t Working Many people can’t understand why they aren’t losing body fat even though they’re eating less than they burn. The simple, inescapable, unassailable fact is this: if you are not losing weight […] Read more
DEXA fat scans – the answer to the bodybuilder’s prayer 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 […] Read more
Calories and Macros – The Basics 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 […] Read more
DEXA: Why body fat percentage is not a good measure of fat Almost everyone who comes to Bodyscan wants to know their body fat percentage (BF%) and it’s the number so many people obsess about. But whilst BF% is a better measure […] Read more
Can A Ketogenic Diet Help You Lose Weight? 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 […] Read more
The Slow Metabolism Myth A popular notion among many dieters is that some people are blessed with a fast metabolism, meaning they can eat whatever they want without gaining significant weight. (Or, conversely, a […] Read more