VanRx_Mike said:

DEXA scan update relevant to protein intake: Scanned at months 0, 6, and 12.

Right, and protein targets should be set on a reference weight rather than current weight. Setting 1.6 g/kg on a starting weight of 130kg produces a target nobody hits on a suppressed appetite.

Worth separating that from lean-mass preservation, which this thread keeps folding into the same question. They behave differently and the advice does not transfer.

Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.

Following on from julia.endo — and this may be the naive question:

Whether resistance training and protein change the ratio or only the absolute amount?

Dr.RheumBOS said:

Right, and protein targets should be set on a reference weight rather than current weight.

I read this differently from Dr.RheumBOS, on substance rather than tone. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.

Dr.RheumBOS said:

Right, and protein targets should be set on a reference weight rather than current weight.

No disagreement, though it depends on where somebody is starting from, and this thread has been assuming a starting point nobody stated.

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