While many of us have heard that the body mass index (BMI) is an important measure of health, the waist-to-hip ratio is much more indicative of important health implications...
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Another important and more recent biomarker for health is based on hemoglobin A1c, which is a form of hemoglobin that measures the average plasma glucose concentration over a six to twelve week period...
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Another important biomarker of health is water distribution, which is one of the most sensitive markers of inflammation, toxicity, and hormones in the body...
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Body fat is a critical measure for overall health. From the less effective skinfold test, to hydrostatic weighing in water, and air displacement via the Bod Pod, one of the most effective and accurate ways to measure body fat is with DBC’s Bioimpedance Analysis machine...
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Posted on 8/22/2013
by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: Health biomarker, metabolism
Another important biomarker of health that has a significant impact on the quality of health and life is the basal metabolic rate (BMR). BMR is the amount of calories burned at rest in a 24-hour period. Depending on body size, I look for a range of 1500 – 2200 calories burned at rest in 24 hours. DBC measures this very accurately with our Bio-Impedance Analysis machine...
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Just as a car has a dashboard gauging gas, temperature, and maintenance needs, humans also have a “dashboard” of measurable markers for health, called biomarkers. This post marks the beginning of a series on these important health biomarkers, and how optimizing these can extend both quality and longevity of our “engines"...
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In the last two decades, there has been an explosive growth in childhood food sensitivities and allergies and more serious autoimmune conditions. Scientists are furiously studying the “whys,” and though there will never be one silver bullet, one of the factors that is almost never looked at is how and when we introduce foods to babies...
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More than 80,000 chemicals exist, most of which have never been fully tested for their toxic effects on our health and environment (NRDC, 2013). Folks, these manmade chemicals are not without dire consequences...
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Have you read the latest and greatest popular study that fish oil is linked to cancer? This controversial study has hit major newsstands hard, as reflected in the amount of questions from my patients curious to know if the study rings true...
In my twenty-five years of practice, I’ve seen many changes with cancer research and treatment, some of them good, some of them bad. However, since the 1920’s, every decade has delivered the same false promises of new cures, new techniques, and greater hope...
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