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Notes from the lab

How the measurement works, where it is reliable, and where it is not. Written by the people building it.

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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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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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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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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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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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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Measure it tomorrow morning

Three analytes, one exhale, and targets set against your goal.

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