BIO-IMPEDANCE BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS

Bio-impedance Analysis (BIA) is a method of assessing your body composition: the measurement of body fat in relation to lean body mass. It is an integral part of a health and nutrition assessment.

Research has shown that body composition is directly related to health. A normal balance of body fat is associated with good health and longevity. Excess fat in relation to lean body mass: altered body composition, can greatly increase your risks for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and more. BIA allows for early detection of an improper balance in your body composition, which fosters earlier intervention and prevention. BIA also provides a measurement of fluid and body mass that can be a critical assessment tool for your current state of health.

Measures vital in-depth information:

  • Body fat % – Too much or not enough fat?
  • Segmental Body Fat % – Measurement of each arm, each leg and trunk area
  • Visceral Fat Rating – Visceral fat surrounds the internal organs in the stomach/trunk area of your body. Ensuring you have healthy levels of visceral fat reduces the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure and delays the onset of type 2 diabetes. Monitoring your results can help you adjust your lifestyle to stay in the low risk range.
  • Total body water % – Are you drinking enough water? (Almost all people who live to a hundred report drinking a lot of water)
  • Bone mass – Indicates the weight of bone mineral in the body. The development of muscle tissue has been shown to encourage stronger, healthier bones.  It is important to develop and maintain healthy bones through plenty of exercise along with a range of bone building nutrients.
  • Basal Metabolic Rate – Indicates the number of calories your body burns when at rest. Unlike other methods of calculating BMR, InnerScan takes the amount of muscle in your body into account, giving a more accurate picture of your dietary requirements. Your BMR will tend to decrease as you get older – you can help prevent this through a regular routine of cardiovascular exercise and increased activity.
  • Metabolism Age – Your BMR starts to decrease after the age of 17 and the metabolic age rating indicates what age level your body is currently rated at. Aim to keep young!
  • Muscle Mass – Calculates the weight of muscle in your body. Do you have too much or not enough muscle?
  • Segmental Muscle Mass – Measurement of each arm, each leg and trunk area
  • Physique Rating – Describes your overall physique or body shape by examining the balance between the amounts of body fat and muscle in your body.

This monitor system allows for tracking your progress in terms of centimetres and kilograms lost during the course of a weightloss program. The program not only calculates the total cm’s and kg’s lost but also the average loss of each per visit.

These results are highly motivating and can spur you on to further success. By tracking your measurements in this way you will immediately see exactly where the weight has been lost and where muscle mass has increased. This is important as occasionally weight loss is achieved when in actual fact muscle mass has been loss instead and fat stores have actually increased. In this case just a change in diet and in the way you exercise will bring about better results.

The Bio-impedance body composition analysis is included with the Initial Consultation Full Package.