Method7 min read
What a metabolism score actually measures
The composite runs 0 to 100 and folds three independent signals into one number. This is how the sub-scores are weighted, and what a zone change does and does not tell you.
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Method5 min read
Why we report acetone as a trend, not a rate
Breath acetone tracks blood beta-hydroxybutyrate closely — the curve accounts for about 77 per cent of the variation. That is strong enough to read direction and too loose to quote a rate of fat loss.
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Limits6 min read
Hydrogen, methane, and the people we under-read
A substantial minority of people convert hydrogen to methane. A hydrogen-only reading under-represents their fermentation, and here is what we are doing about it.
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Practice4 min read
Reading a fasted morning correctly
Ventilated room, full warm-up, before coffee. The conditions are not ceremony — each one removes a known source of variance from the number.
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Clinical8 min read
What GLP-1 does to a breath reading
Slowed gastric emptying changes how food is handled, and appetite suppression changes how much arrives. Both show up in the signals, and both need interpreting.
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Clinical6 min read
Lean mass is the thing the scale cannot see
Two patients can lose the same weight with entirely different body composition outcomes. Acetone is one of the few home signals that separates them.
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