Your Direct AUTHORIZED Polar Heart Rate Monitor Specialist 1-888-477-6527 Email: info@heartratemonitors.com    INTERNET SPECIALS Click Here for Price-Reduced Polar Heart Rate Monitors	TANITA BODY FAT SCALES INFORMATION "Get a true picture of your health by measuring both weight and body fat % - right in privacy of your home!!" Call 1-888-477-6527 for guidance.        Tanita's patented BIA process simultaneously measures body weight and calculates body fat based on DEXA, the clinical reference method that has revolutionized body composition analysis. Tanita's line of consumer products make laboratory quality analysis available to the average person-easily and quickly-in the privacy of their home. Body fat isn't always visible to the naked eye and it can't be measured by an ordinary scale. Losing Weight Can Make You Fatter "A" and "B" were the same height, weight and had the same percentage of body fat. Each lost 10lb over the same period of time. Although the results appear identical, "A" is now fatter. She simply cut calories, resulting in the loss of muscle tissue, meaning her percentage of body fat increased. By combining a low-fat-diet with a program of exercise, "B" lost 10lb and her body fat dropped to 21%
Tanita's Body Fat Monitor/Scales provide a more complete picture of fitness by accurately reading how much of the body is composed of fat and how much is lean mass. The human body is between 70-75% water, contained mainly in lean muscle tissue. The Tanita BIA process sends a safe, low electrical signal through the body conducted by the water content. It passes quickly through the hydrated muscle but is impeded by the body's fat areas. A micro-chip in the monitor platform combines the speed of the signal and a person's weight and programmed data to compute the percentage of fat in the body. Specially calibrated user modes for different age groups and body types increase the accuracy of body fat readings. Tanita scales have programmable memory as well as various user modes. Whatever your need and budget is, there's certain to be one model that's exactly right for you. It's Important to Know Your Body Fat Medical research tells us that it's not the amount of weight you have but the amount of body fat that's potentially dangerous to your health. Carrying to much body fat can increase your risk of developing serious health problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Studies show that maintaining a healthy body fat percentage can reduce your risk and help prevent the onset of these conditions. Unlike weight, body fat is not always visible and it can't be determined by using an ordinary scale. Until now, getting a body fat reading has been expensive and time-consuming, usually conducted only through medical and athletic facilities-simply left to guesswork. Now Everyone Can Determine Body Fat Tanita has re-invented BIA (bioelectrical impedance analysis)-one of the most accurate professional methods of determining body composition-and made it available for home use. An electrode built into Tanita's patented "foot-pad" sends a safe, low level signal through a person's body. BIA analyzes the speed at which the signal passes through muscle and fat. The more muscle, the faster the speed. It factors in gender, height and weight to increase the accuracy of the reading. Tanita's BIA method is totally new all-in-one process that is accurate, convenient and fast. Tanita Products Let You Take Control Tanita products give you a more complete picture of the shape you're in because they tell if you're losing pounds from fat or from muscle. They're essential tools for monitoring the progress of any exercise and diet program. They provide the facts you need to make the right decisions and, used over time, they can help you take the right steps toward a healthier life. HEALTHY BODY FAT RANGE   Under 30 yrs. old Over 30 yrs. old Males 14%~20% 17%~23% Females 17%~24% 20%~27%       Maintaining a healthy body fat range helps prevent serious fat-related conditions.     Exercise Exercise plays an increasingly important role in weight management and overall fitness for people of all ages. The revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasizes the importance of physical activity for both weight control and health. Weight maintenance rather than weight loss should be the primary focus.  "make exercise a permanent part of your life" The Guidelines encourage people to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary activity in order to maintain or lose weight, recommending a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate to intense physical exercise every day. They also recognize the link between weight gain and health risks (i.e. premature death) for adults. And they acknowledge that the distribution of fat in the body affects the risks associated with obesity, identifying exercise as one of the few factors that reduces central body fat.  Planning an exercise program should be based on personal goals as well as on individual capabilities. The most important element is to think long-term and make exercise a permanent part of your life.  Moderately Intense Activities: --  Brisk Walking (3-4 mph) --  Cycling (10 mph)  --  Swimming or calisthenics --  Racket sports or table tennis --  Golf (without cart)  --  Housecleaning, general*  --  Raking leaves*   Dancing* --  Playing actively with children* --  *Considered moderate only if they are performed at an intensity comparable to brisk walking. (Source: Journal of the American Medical Association 273:402:1995.)     "make healthy combinations in meals" Eating Healthy For most people, maintaining a desirable weight and body fat percentage can only be achieved through an integrated program of nutrition and exercise--or balancing energy intake with energy expenditure. To reduce weight and body fat requires cutting back on calories and increasing the amount of exercise. Dieting alone won't work. Even when a person's weight-control system has genetic flaws and one of the new diet drugs is prescribed, proper nutrition and plenty of exercise is still part of the prescription for health.  Food Pyramid Most Americans have more than enough to eat, but many people don't eat a healthy range of foods. Consuming too many calories from any kind of food source can produce fat. One of the best models for healthy eating is represented in the Food Pyramid. To get the proper daily nutritional value:  --  Eat a variety of foods  --  Eat a high-fiber diet (choose more grains, fruits and vegetables instead of protein, fats and sugar)  --  Maintain a low-fat, low-cholesteral diet (eat no more than 30% of calories from fat, including only 10% from saturated fat)  --  Use moderate amounts of salt and sodium and choose sugar substitutes --  Limit alcoholic intake  Breaking Old Habits Often the first step to a good diet lies in changing food and eating behavior:  --  Don't skip meals --  Eat a series of small meals throughout the day and avoid a big meal late in the evening  --  Eat and chew slowly --  Use a smaller-sized plate to achieve a "full plate"  --  Don't go back for seconds  --  Bake or broil food instead of frying --  Order from light menus and purchase low-calorie or low-fat foods  (remember that low-fat does not necessarily mean low-calorie)  --  Learn about food values and make healthy combinations in meals --  Weigh yourself regularly and focus on measuring body fat percentage --  Reward yourself with non-food pleasures   A Message for Women Woman have more body fat than men--about five percent more. By nature, a woman's body is developed to protect her and a potential fetus. As a result, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. Additionally, the estrogen women have activates fat storing enzymes and causes them to multiply.  Women experience more changes in hydration levels than men because of their menstrual cycle, and this can affect body fat measuring, particularly using the BIA method. Retaining fluid may also cause weight to fluctuate day-to-day during this period causing additional variation in the body fat percentage.  Female users of BIA products should be aware of their natural monthly body cycles. To establish a baseline for monitoring body fat, many women find it useful to chart their readings every day for a month. Afterward, monitoring at regular intervals can anticipate monthly fluctuations.  Hormonal changes due to pregnancy or menopause may also cause water retention and variations in measuring. Changes in hydration levels can also be due to food, caffeine or alcohol consumption, strenuous exercise, stress or illness, or the taking of prescription drugs.  To successfully monitor progress, women should remember to compare weight and body fat percentage measurements taken under the same conditions over a period of time. Pay attention to fluctuations caused by menstruation. And stay within the Women's--not the Men's--Healthy Body Fat Range! [Click for an enlarged version of the complete chart] Health Risks Too Little Body Fat It's possible to have too little body fat. Women athletes involved in high performance sports that emphasize low body weight and extremely low body fat percentage often experience a decrease in hormones that causes an interruption in the menstrual cycle. The same condition can occur when a woman is anorexic and her body goes into a semi-starvation mode. Over an extended period of time, this can lead to other health risks such as the loss of bone mass.  Too Much Body Fat Obesity has become a serious health threat for women at every stage of life. Conditions that are attributable to overweight and that are female-specific include an increased incidence of breast cancer after menopause particularly for women taking hormone replacement therapy, and higher rates of endometrial cancer. Also associated with obesity are various birth defects, obstetric and gynecological complications, and infertility. In addition, obesity has been documented in connection with stress incontinence among women.        Call: 1-888-477-6527 Email: info@heartratemonitors.com View the Tanita Scale Section

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