You have likely heard the term countless times: Body Mass Index or BMI for short. It’s how medical and fitness professionals have measured a person’s body fat percentage in order to determine how “healthy” someone is. Your BMI is a measurement of body fat based on height and weight ratios. A football player who is as stocky and muscular as he is tall would measure overweight despite having a lower body fat percentage than someone who is “too” thin.
We now know that there are many other factors that determine how healthy someone is. Studies have shown that weight is not a measurement of health. There are other studies confirm that fitness levels are a better determination of the risk of health problems. The more active you are, the better health you are in.
A Single Drop of Blood Now Proves Obesity and Health Risks
A new study shows that there is a better way of determining a person’s risk of becoming obese and unhealthy. The same study can also predict health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and kidney issues. This study is able to analyze metabolites in a blood plasma sample. Most of the people analyzed in this study proved results that were as expected. Obese people usually had an unhealthy metabolism, but one in five people did not fit the classic “unhealthy and obese” profile. Some of the people who were obese carried a healthy metabolite profile, while some people in the study who classified as normal weight had an unhealthy metabolic profile.
All the participants in the study who had an unhealthy metabolic profile had increased risk of heart disease by 200-400%. Building a healthy metabolic profile seems to be imperative in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Many factors, including genetics, can affect your metabolism but increasing your activity levels everyday is a proven way to help improve your metabolic rate overall. Building muscle mass also helps as you will burn more calories (increased metabolic rate) with more muscles on your body.
Get Motivated to Live a Healthier Life
You lead a busy lifestyle and are probably juggling a full-time job, children, and maybe even a social life? It is hard to find time to get “healthy” and it’s known that being active fuels our body to create fat fighting and disease fighting cells. Many wish there was an easier way to getting “healthy”. There are pharmaceutical companies who claim to have created the magic pill that will make you look and feel amazing. A magic weight loss pill does not exist and even surgically removing fat from your body will not make you healthier – but feeling better about yourself can be the ultimate boost to get active and fit.
For more information on procedures that may give you that much needed boost, you can contact us here for consultations or call us at 1300-138-797 to get in touch with our team of professionals for further information.
