Dr. Phillips, Our San Antonio Chiropractor, Offers New Weight Loss and Nutrition Service

People seeking help with weight loss can now visit Phillips Chiropractic in San Antonio to undergo Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), a new method of evaluating your body fat compared to your lean body mass measurement.  Hundreds of studies have shown how body composition impacts health, especially if you carry excess fat and not enough lean muscle. To reduce the risk of diseases promoted by an improperly balanced body composition, BIA provides a safe and highly effective test that precisely measures your body mass, including fluids and fat. Readings from BIA tests aid your San Antonio nutritionist in assessing your current health and in developing a lifestyle and diet plan conducive to improving your general well-being.

How Our Chiropractor Uses Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis

BIA measures resistance of your body's tissues (mass) to the flow of an electrical signal sent through electrodes attached to a hand, wrist, foot and ankle. This small and painless electrical current will flow more easily through fluid-based areas of your body (urine, muscle and blood) than it will through fat or bone. By combining BIA numbers with your weight, height, age and fitness level, our San Antonio chiropractor can accurately predict exactly how much body fat you really have.

Because BIA measurements may be affected by hydration levels, athletes and people with chronic illnesses also benefit from having a BIA performed as a way to keep track of their hydration status. Even minimal dehydration can impact functioning of all physiological systems, especially your gastrointestinal and central nervous systems.

Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis serves to monitor progress of your weight loss management program by measuring body fat instead of weight. Using BIA results, your nutritionist and San Antonio chiropractor can develop a customized dietary plan, recommend appropriate nutrition supplements and suggest therapeutic massage for stimulating your metabolism and lymphatic circulation.

To learn more about the benefits of BIA or to schedule an appointment, please call Phillips Chiropractic in San Antonio today at (210) 545-1144