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Can I have a DEXA scan with a Pacemaker?
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...
25th Jul 2022
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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...
19th Jul 2022
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What are the Lean Indices on my DEXA report?
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...
16th Jul 2022
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How long will it take to regain lost muscle (eg, during lockdown)?
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....
13th Jul 2022
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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...
10th Jul 2022
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Why Tim Ferris’s ‘The 4-Hour Body’ is Impossible
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...
7th Jul 2022
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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...
4th Jul 2022
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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...
28th Jun 2022
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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...
25th Jun 2022
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