Your health is your wealth
We provide a comprehensive health assessment that thoroughly investigates your health and well-being, offering insights that extend beyond the surface. This includes a full-body bio-electrical analysis, blood pressure monitoring, oxygen level evaluation, and blood sugar testing, as well as a nutrient value assessment to review your overall diet and identify any deficiencies. With our extensive range of tests, paired with expert analysis and evidence-based recommendations, you will gain the clarity and confidence needed to take charge of your health and enhance your longevity.
This includes
Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis
Our full body analysis scales, go way beyond measuring your weight. Using our advanced technology, our monitors map out your body composition, providing insight into more than ten different measurements. With these measurements, you get a much more complete picture of your own health. This clear picture is a good step towards an (even) healthier life. You see exactly where you can make progress and adjust your diet, training schedule or lifestyle accordingly.
This includes
Fat Mass %
The body fat mass is the weight of fat in your body. The body fat percentage is the weight of the body fat mass in relation to the total body weight.
Body fat is essential for many important functions, from keeping your body warm and protecting your organs to vitamin absorbtion and hormone production, fat is vital! Although this is the case, an excess or shortage of fat is counterproductive for your health. A high percentage of fat can lead to lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes or obesity, while a low percentage of fat can lead to osteoporosis, irregular menstruation or loss of bone mass. Our body analysis scale helps measure body fat percentage, by calculating your body fat in relation to your total body weight. A too low percentage means you probably need to make changes to your diet and exercise regime to increase your fat mass to a more healthy level, while a high percentage means you could benefit from more exercise and a healthier diet.
Visceral Fat
Visceral fat is on the inside of the muscle wall in the body’s trunk and protects vital organs. Visceral fat is not visible on the outside of the body and you cannot squeeze it. In addition to a healthy overall body fat percentage, it is important to keep a close eye on the amount of visceral fat. Especially as you get older. Too much visceral fat can lead to serious health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes or hypertension.
Visceral fat is wrapped around major organs like the liver, pancreas and your kidney. Visceral fat ensures that there is some distance between each organ. Too much visceral fat creates can lead to inflammation and high blood pressure, which increases the risk of serious health problems. This is also know as central obesity.
Another problem with visceral fat is its impact on adiponectin or ‘fat hormone’. Adiponectin’s function is to regulate your body fat. Visceral fat inhibits adiponectin. As a result your body produces more fat than you actually need. A high level of visceral fat also influences your insulin sensitivity. Which means that it can lead to type 2 diabetes later in life.
Muscle Mass
Muscle mass includes skeletal muscle, smooth muscle (such as heart and digestive muscles) and the water in your muscles. Muscles act as the engine for your energy expenditure. As your muscle mass increases, the rate at which you burn energy (calories) increases. This speeds up your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and helps to reduce excess body fat. This is how you lose weight in a healthy way.
A high muscle mass can reduce the risk of developing diabetes in adulthood. More skeletal muscle mass means more insulin receptor sites, which help with the uptake and regulation of glucose (sugar) deposited in the bloodstream after eating. 80% of glucose uptake takes place in skeletal muscle. The more skeletal muscle mass there is, the easier it is for the body to regulate insulin levels and minimise excess fat.
In the elderly, muscle mass is particularly important for maintaining mobility, supporting the joints and maintaining good balance, thereby helping to minimise the risk of falls and fractures. A good or high level of muscle mass is an important indicator of longevity.
Total Body Water
The body water percentage is the amount of fluid in the body, expressed as a percentage of the total body weight.
Water plays an important role in various body processes and is found in every cell, tissue and organ. A healthy body water percentage for women is between 45% and 60%. For men, it is between 50% and 65%.
A healthy body fluid percentage reduces the risk of health problems and ensures that the body functions properly.
The body’s water content is constantly changing. Water is lost through urine, sweat and breathing, but your hydration level can also vary depending on, for example, alcohol consumption, the flu or menstruation.
The total percentage of bodily fluids decreases as the percentage of body fat increases. A person with a high body fat percentage may fall below the average body water percentage. Please note that your body water measurement should be used as a guideline and not to determine specifically your recommended Body Water Percentage. If you have any questions, always consult an expert such as your doctor.
Bone Mass
Assesses the percentage of muscle and body fat. This is then classified into one of the nine body types.
When you exercise more, your body weight does not necessarily change much. However, the balance between your body fat and your muscles can change, resulting in a possible change in your posture. Body analysis scales allow you to monitor these ratios and changes closely, so that you can move step by step towards your desired physique. The Tanita body composition scale provides an indication of your body type by comparing measurements of your muscle mass and body fat.
Basal Metabolic Rate
BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the minimum amount of energy or calories your body requires daily to function effectively when at rest. This includes sleep.
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the daily minimum level of energy or calories your body requires when resting, for your respiratory and circulatory organs, neural system, liver, kidneys, and other organs to function effectively. Your BMR is strongly influenced by the amount of muscle you have. Increasing muscle mass increases your BMR, which increases the number of calories consumed and subsequently decreases the amount of body fat.
On the other hand, a lower BMR will make it harder to lose body fat. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight; and vice versa.
The BMR can therefore be used to determine your minimum calorie intake, which can be built up based on the activities during the day. Your BMR score can be easily determined using a body analysis scale. If you follow an intensive training schedule, we recommend that you measure your BMR score regularly.
Metabolic Age
Your metabolic age compares your BMR with the average of your age group.
The metabolic age is the result of the comparison between your BMR and your chronological age group. If your metabolic age is higher than your actual age, this may indicate that your metabolism is not as efficient as it could be. You can check this with a body analysis scale. By exercising more you can improve your muscle growth, which will benefit your BMR. A regular check-up is essential here.
Body Mass Index
A standardised ratio of weight to height, used as a general indicator of health.
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used health indicator. It can be roughly calculated by dividing your body weight (in kilograms) by your height (in metres) squared. If the resulting figure is less than 18.5, you are underweight. A number between 18.5 and 25 indicates a healthy weight. A number above 25 is overweight and a number above 30 is obese. Although the BMI is a generally accepted health indicator, it is not the only one. For example, someone with a lot of muscle mass can have a high BMI without being unhealthy. By looking at the ratio of muscle to fat mass, among other things, you get a much better understanding of your health.
Daily Calories Intake
An estimate of how many calories you can consume within the next 24 hours to maintain your current weight.
Whereas basal metabolic rate (BMR) is about the number of calories your body needs daily to function effectively when at rest, DCI also includes the number of calories you need to function effectively during your daily activities. Thus, to calculate your daily energy requirements, two aspects are considered:
Basal Metabolism (BMR) the energy your body needs to maintain basic body functions such as breathing, heart rate and temperature regulation.
Energy for Activity: the energy your body needs to move, depending on your physical activity level.
Health checks
Our health checks include comprehensive evaluations of blood pressure, blood oxygen, and blood glucose levels. These assessments offer valuable insights into your internal health, allowing us to monitor vital indicators and identify any potential concerns. This proactive approach helps us tailor recommendations to enhance your overall health and well-being.
Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is a term used to describe the strength with which your blood pushes on the side of your arteries as it circulates around your body.
Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg) and is given as 2 numbers.
Systolic pressure – the pressure when your heart pushes the blood out and around your body.
Diastolic pressure – the pressure when your heart rests between beats and blood is pushed around your heart.
Low blood pressure (hypotension) is not usually a problem, although it can cause dizziness and fainting in some people.
High blood pressure (hypertention) can increase your risk of developing serious problems such has heart attacks and strokes and is an indicator that you are not functioning as healthy as you could.
Having this quick test and speaking to your health coach could save your life.
Blood Glucose
Blood glucose, also known as blood sugar, is the amount of glucose in your blood. Glucose is sugar that comes from food and drinks that you consume and is also broken down from stored energy to maintain a constant level of energy.
How it works (Your body breaks down certain foods and drinks into glucose and releases it into the blood stream. The hormone insulin then helps glucose get into into your cells, where it is then used as energy.
Blood glucose levels fluctuate throughout the day. If you have diabetes depending on the type or suffer from insulin resistance these changes can be more sudden or take longer to normalise.
High blood glucose levels can damage your blood vessels and lead to serious health problems, such as coronary heart disease, kidney disease, diabetic eye disease and more.
Constant high levels of glucose in your blood is a serious indicator that your metabolic function is not working as it should and may need attention.
Blood Oxygen
Your blood oxygen level (blood oxygen saturation) is the amount of oxygen you have circulating in your blood.
Oxygen is essential to life, and our bodies need a certain amount of oxygen to function properly. Oxygen enters your body through your nose or mouth when you breathe (inhale) and passes through your lungs into your bloodstream. Once in your bloodstream, the oxygen then goes to cells all over your body. All of your cells need oxygen to create energy efficiently, and your body needs energy to fulfill all of its processes, such as digestion and even thinking.
Once your cells use oxygen, they create carbon dioxide. Your bloodstream then carries the carbon dioxide back to your lungs, and you breathe it out (exhale it) through your mouth or nose.
Your body tightly regulates the amount of oxygen saturation in your blood, because low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) can lead to many serious conditions and damage to individual organ systems, especially your brain and heart. Low blood oxygen levels indicate that your lungs and/or circulatory system may not be working as they should.
Nutrient score & deficiency test
Your body needs a variety of nutrients, and in certain amounts, to maintain its tissues and its many functions. Malnutrition happens when the nutrients it gets don’t meet these needs. You can be malnourished from an overall lack of nutrients, or you may have an abundance of some kinds of nutrients but lack other kinds. Even the lack of a single vitamin or mineral can have serious health consequences for your body. On the other hand, having an excess of nutrients can also cause problems.
Diet assessment
You will participate in a comprehensive nutritional screening designed to gather and discuss your dietary habits and routines. This includes details about your meals, snacks, preferred eating times, and other relevant factors. Based on the information provided, you will receive a nutrient value score that evaluates your daily intake of essential nutrients and identifies any deficiencies. Following this assessment, your overall eating patterns will be analysed to ensure you are on the path to optimal health and longevity, minimising the risk of future health complications.