metabolicratetest The Biggest Loser reality television show uses the MedGem indirect calorimeter to monitor the contestants Resting Metabolic Rate, as it changes from their exercise and diet plan. The following excerpt is from the NY Times article titled, “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight.” Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, … Read more
The Chicago Weight Loss And Wellness Clinic uses the BodyGem indirect calorimeter to measure their fitness customers Resting Metabolic Rate. Having a healthy body leads to a sound mind and thereby achieve the perfect YOU!! A Rejuvenated YOU!! Food plays a vital role to bring the much needed energy and nutrients for a healthy body. … Read more
Boulder Nutrition And Exercise uses the BodyGem indirect calorimeter to measure their fitness customers Resting Metabolic Rate. Boulder Nutrition And Exercise offers the following services to their clients: Nutrition Consultations – Weight loss, diabetic education and more Resting Metabolic Rate Testing – Using the BodyGem indirect calorimeter Personal Training – One-on-one with a certified personal … Read more
YMCA Twin Cities uses the BodyGem indirect calorimeter to measure their fitness customers Resting Metabolic Rate. YMCA Twin Cities uses the BodyGem device to help their clients reach their ideal weight. From questions on using the exercise or weight machines to executing squats and lunges with correct form—the Fitness Center staff is ready to help. … Read more
True Results bariatric weight loss centers use the MedGem indirect calorimeter. True Results affiliated surgeons have performed more than 40,000 procedures and are considered one of the most experienced teams of bariatric surgeons in America. The True Results team specializes in bariatric surgery, non-surgical weight loss procedures as well as testing and treatment for reflux. … Read more
The Microlife BodyGem and MedGem indirect calorimetry devices include Analyzer software to help setup a weight management plan for your clients. It’s best to use the Analyzer software when you are with the client, to be able to use the pull-down menus, to select the most appropriate answers. But for times when you can’t use … Read more
Microlife BodyGem and MedGem indirect calorimeters offer advantages over predictive equations, such as Harris-Benedict. From PubMed US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health: Hand-held indirect calorimeter offers advantages compared with prediction equations, in a group of overweight women, to determine resting energy expenditures and estimated total energy expenditures during research screening. By Spears … Read more
The Microlife BodyGem indirect calorimeter measures VO2 to determine RMR – Resting Metabolic Rate. The video is from Personal Trainer Jill Barghelame, who uses the BodyGem. http://mytrainerjill.com Click here to get more information on the Microlife BodyGem RMR tester.
Important Facts about Body Composition. It is important to know the body composition of an individual in order to be able to estimate the health condition. So not only one’s weight, but its quality needs defining, which means dividing the human body in two major components: – Lean body mass: bones, muscles, viscera, water, organs, … Read more
I had a prospective customer call me for pricing on the BodyGem System Kit and they noted that Stores Online is selling them cheaper for $1,895. I looked into it and found that they are a Nature’s Sunshine representative that is selling old-style HealtheTech BodyGem devices. HealtheTech was the original name of the company that … Read more