e.mikkelsen
TL2 Member · Frankfurt, DE
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 The honest cost comparison is a home kit against a single independent submission. For most people the second answers the question and the first answers a different,…
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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 Introducing yourself is fine and requires no question. Post in this subcategory, describe the context that matters for why you are here, and lurk for a bit before…
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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 What I want from this Risk-of-bias tools thread is the list of things that would need to be true for the claim to hold. If we can write that list, we can check it.
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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 Protein supplements: whey, casein, and plant-based protein powders can help hit targets when whole-food intake is limited by appetite. Protein quality (all essential…
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How shortages have affected compounding permissions Replied, post #46 · Access › Shortages · 17 Jul 2026 · 2 likes Narrowing post #43, because the general version has more than one answer. Compounding during shortages: some jurisdictions allow pharmacy compounding when a marketed…
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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 Seconded. It reads as careful rather than confident, which is the right register.
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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 If you are stepping up mainly because the schedule says so rather than because the current dose has stopped doing what you wanted, that is worth noticing before rather…
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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 The Lounge is a real category rather than a dumping ground. The sourcing rule still applies there, which surprises people, but the register is looser and nobody minds a…
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GLP-1 receptor distribution: central and peripheral Replied, post #72 · Pharmacology › Receptor biology · 18 Jun 2026 · 23 likes The strongest argument against my own position on GLP-1 receptor distribution, stated as well as I can state it, since nobody else has yet.
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Submitting a sample: the process end to end Replied, post #14 · Sourcing › Independent verification · 12 Jun 2026 · 0 likes Building on post #11 rather than restating it. Posting my submitting a sample numbers with the method attached so they can be discounted properly. Uncontrolled,…
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Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake Replied, post #39 · Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake · 9 Jun 2026 · 1 like Building on post #38 rather than restating it. Where the micronutrient adequacy reasoning breaks down for me is the step from the group result to the individual case.…
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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 Speaking only to Lateral-flow and colorimetric approaches as I have actually seen it, rather than as it is usually described: the effect is real, it is smaller than the…