Get Beyond the Number on the Scale

By Lee Aase • June 9, 2022

Weight loss can be an important method in trying to live a healthier lifestyle, and most people rely on the bathroom scale for this feedback.

But your scale is misleading! 

Your weight is made up of muscle, fat and water. The key to effective weight loss that promotes health is losing excess body fat, not overall body weight. 

Weight loss is not the same as fat loss. Instead of tracking how heavy you are, use body composition analysis to track how healthy you really are.

Instead of focusing on a single number on your scale, body composition analysis allows you to focus on losing body fat and gaining muscle while retaining the proper amount of body water in specific areas of your body.

Using technology called Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA), the InBody 570 accurately measures your body composition in less than 45 seconds and prints out a results sheet which lists your body composition components, tracking your progress over time.

This results sheet shows you key components of your health like your:

  • Skeletal Muscle Mass
  • Percent Body Fat
  • Body Fat Mass
  • Basal Metabolic Rate
  • Visceral Fat Level, and more!

This video from InBody describes body composition in more detail:

How to get your InBody Analysis

HELPcare Clinic is a certified InBody testing site, and non-members can get the InBody results report with an interpretation of what it means for $50. If you would like to schedule an InBody test, call HELPcare Clinic at 507-279-2345.

For HELPcare Clinic members, InBody testing is provided at no extra charge, along with

  • Unhurried primary care (with no per-visit co-pay)
  • 60 of the most commonly needed diagnostic blood tests (with no co-pay) as needed to inform your care
  • Metabolic health coaching to help members reclaim and restore their health through lifestyle changes

Preparing for Your InBody Analysis

To get accurate InBody results, here are some things to keep in mind:

Learn More

Dr. Dave Strobel and I discussed the new InBody capability on Restoring the Soul of Health Care, our weekly program on KAUS Radio. Click below to listen:

Lee Aase

Lee Aase is the founder of HELPcare LLC, which provides comprehensive membership, marketing and management services for provider-owned HELPcare Clinics, as well as metabolic health education and coaching for people interested in restoring health and reversing disease through lifestyle changes. Lee and his wife Lisa live in Austin, MN and have six married children and 18 grandchildren.
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