Body Composition

This is a completely non-invasive test where electrodes are placed on your hand and your foot. A current measures your metabolic rate, the percentage of muscle, water and fat in your body and how your cells manage water balance and minerals. This test is essential for helping us determine your caloric needs for your health problem. Importantly, the greater one's percentage of muscle to fat the lower the risk of dying prematurely from any cause! Sound incredible - it's true! This test is considered the most important Biomarker assessment; a biomarker is a test that can predict one's risk of dying prematurely from a large number of health problems. The better the result is or becomes, the lower one's predisposition of getting or dying prematurely from various diseases including, cancer, heart disease, infections, diabetes and others. Unlike “caliper” measurements that are popular in gyms or bio-impedance devices that you hold with your hands that only measure half of your bodies composition, our technology is considered second to the “water tank” method generally available only in university settings.

Bio Impedance Testing – An important part of our longevity focus This is a completely non-invasive test where electrodes are placed on your hand and your foot. A current measures your metabolic rate, the percentage of muscle, water and fat in your body and how your cells manage water balance and minerals. This test is essential for helping us determine your caloric needs for your health problem. Importantly, the greater one's percentage of muscle to fat the lower the risk of dying prematurely from any cause! Sound incredible - it's true! See the studies below. This test is considered the most important Biomarker assessment. The better the result is or gets, the lower one's predisposition of getting or dying prematurely from various diseases including, cancer, heart disease, infections, diabetes and others. Unlike “caliper” measurements that are popular in gyms or bio-impedance devices that you hold with your hands that only measure half of your body, our technology is considered second to the “water tank” method generally available in university settings.

 

Reference - Shows that the Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) of extracellular/intracellular cell mass is a significant indirect predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
Reference - This study shows that Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) indexes reflect the nutritional status in peritoneal dialysis patients.
Reference - Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disability. Bioimpedance analysis measurements estimated the amount of skeletal muscle mass and helped in the observation and determination of increased morbidity and mortality in older patients.
Reference - Bioimpedance analysis in conjunction with blood work and physical performance measurements helps in the determination of functional health in hemodialysis patients.
Reference - BIA is a good assessment of nutritional status in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Reference - Supplemental creatinine improved bioimpedane parameters that may be predictors of nutritional status in colorectal cancer patients.
Reference -Bioimpedance analysis may be used along side other measurements as an assessment of nutritional status in children with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Reference - The use of bioimpedance in the detection/screening of tongue cancer.
Reference -Bioimpedance analysis is a useful procedure for the study of nutritional status, water distribution and its measurement of fat-free mass in children.
Reference - This study showed the use of bioimpedance analysis to evaluate lymphedema.
Reference - BIA is a useful clinical method for measuring change in body composition.
Reference - Bioelectrical impedance phase angle as a prognostic indicator in breast cancer