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How To Work Out Maintenance Calories
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...
What do I wear for a DEXA body scan?
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?”...
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...
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