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103: DEXA Scans Explained: Body Fat, Muscle Mass, Bone Density & What the Scale Misses
The number on the scale can change without telling you whether you gained muscle, lost fat, retained water, or changed your body composition at all.
In this episode, Morgan sits down with Jason and Abby Blonshine, co-owners of MetaTec, to break down what a DEXA scan measures and why body composition can give you a very different picture of progress than scale weight alone. Jason explains how DEXA measures fat mass, lean tissue, bone density, visceral fat, regional body composition, and asymmetries, and why having a reliable baseline can be useful when you’re trying to understand whether your…
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