e.mikkelsen
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Practical questions, practical answers. Not interested in speculation without a source.
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What I would want from a home test that does not exist yet — what changed since Replied, post #109 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 25 Jul 2026 · 0 likes False positives and false negatives: no test has 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity. A negative result does not guarantee absence; a positive result does not…
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Reading order for a first week here, and what to skip until later — what changed since Replied, post #78 · Start Here › Welcome · 24 Jul 2026 · 4 likes Nothing here requires expertise. The experienced members here got that way by posting questions, not by knowing the answer before they showed up. If you know something…
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Risk-of-bias tools and the judgement they conceal — does this still hold? Replied, post #29 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 22 Jul 2026 · 27 likes Publication bias: what did not get published? Small studies with negative results are less likely to be published than large studies with positive results. A forest…
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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Replied, post #84 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 like Leucine and MPS: leucine stimulates muscle protein synthesis at a threshold of roughly 2 to 3 grams per meal. That influences how much protein per meal matters, but…
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How shortages have affected compounding permissions Replied, post #46 · Access › Shortages · 17 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Picking up post #43: that is the part I would want checked first. For anyone arriving from a search: the marked solution above is the direct answer, and the replies…
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Why the timeline is on the right and not the left — what changed since Replied, post #66 · Meta › Site feedback · 2 Jul 2026 · 23 likes post #65 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different. Feature requests: if the site would work better with a feature it does not have (better…
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Stepping down deliberately, and how to do it without losing progress — what changed since Replied, post #26 · Practice › Dosing & titration · 29 Jun 2026 · 0 likes Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing. The correction was fair and I had…
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I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? Replied, post #22 · Start Here › Welcome · 18 Jun 2026 · 0 likes Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the…
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GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral Replied, post #72 · Pharmacology › Receptor biology · 18 Jun 2026 · 23 likes I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological. The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at…
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Submitting a sample: the process end to end Replied, post #14 · Sourcing › Independent verification · 12 Jun 2026 · 0 likes This follows post #11 rather than contradicting it. Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still…
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Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake Replied, post #39 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 9 Jun 2026 · 1 like post #38 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than…
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Coming back to: Lateral-flow and colorimetric approaches: the specificity problem Replied, post #40 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 6 Jun 2026 · 10 likes Enzyme assays: if you have an enzyme that reacts specifically with your compound, an enzyme-based assay can work. These are sometimes available commercially but are…