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"Carbs from the meal convert to glucose, and the glucose goes to the cells. When glucose goes into the cells, water goes out - that means the water balance chan
by andrenotgiant 12y ago
"Carbs from the meal convert to glucose, and the glucose goes to the cells. When glucose goes into the cells, water goes out - that means the water balance changes. The bioimpedance sensor used measures this water flow, in and out."
How can this account for water differences produced from drinking water?
- stcredzero 12y agoMaybe it can't. However, I'm not sure it really makes all that much difference. I really doubt most people need even two significant digits of precision to monitor their diets. It would be enough to take a baseline and note changes to about one part in 15. However, one can't market that degree of precision. The American public naively demands unreasonable levels of precision as a proxy for quality. I wouldn't be surprised if such considerations have influenced GoBe marketing.
- swombat 12y agoMy guess based on the article would be it is not just looking at a spot change but at an overall curve, and considers the shape of the curve too (e.g. the comment about it getting flatter depending on the amounts of fat and protein). So, I'd guess the shape for water intake might be so radically different it can be cancelled out. Just a guess, doing the (perhaps) scamsters' work for them, though...