PharmHunterJen said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
PeptideSynthNJ said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it.
PharmHunterJen said:The mechanism and the magnitude are separate questions.
Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.
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Shop Reference StandardsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine. Half the figures circulating in this community trace back to a secondary summary that dropped a qualifier.
Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.