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Therefore, the control of these two levels, weight and fat, is a
fundamental requirement for a good physical condition and a good
health.
WHY IS WATER CONTENT SUCH AN IMPORTANT
MEASURE?
After oxygen, water is the most important of the nutritive elements
which the body requires to work efficiently.
Water plays an essential role in almost all bodily functions
and
contributes notably to regulate the body temperature, carry
nutrients, moisturize and purify the skin, improve the digestive system,
lubricate joints …
Every process in our body is dependent on water and most people
do not drink enough water.
By keeping your body liquid level under control, you can react
quickly to regulate fluids when necessary.
MEASURING METHOD
The measuring method accepted by scientists worldwide is called
“Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis”.
With this method, a weak and imperceptible electric current travels
through the body (this current is totally harmless for the human
body
*
).
The current, which has the capacity to circulate more easily through
liquid in our muscles than through fat, goes through the legs and
allows measuring the body electric resistance.
This resistance depends on the quantity of water in the body (our
muscles contain about 73% of water).
After measuring the electric resistance, this value can be used to
calculate directly the muscular mass of our lower limbs. Our gender
and our height are taken into account to determine muscular mass
as a whole.
On the contrary, body fat acts as an insulating substance (it reduces
the capacity of the current to go through) and thus cannot be
calculated directly.
