BIA provides the doctor with the following information:

• Your percentage of body fat and your fat weight
• Your percentage of body mass (muscle) and your body mass index
• Your base metabolic rate - breaking down healthy or unhealthy tissue for energy
• Your hydration status - intra-cellular water versus extra-cellular water

Monitoring your percentage of body fat and muscle is important and no longer the sole domain of athletes and individuals wanting to lose weight. The more body fat you have, the more toxicity and inflammation you have, and this puts undue stresses on the liver, the adrenals and the immune system in general. The higher the percentage of body fat, the more at risk you are for many diseases, including heart disease.

When your body is suffering from a high level of toxicity, the cells are not holding as much water inside themselves as outside of themselves, and this is often evidenced by swelling or general puffiness under the skin. This is not a healthy state because the insides of your cells are not hydrated well enough to their jobs properly.

FACTOID: Most people are chronically dehydrated

Furthermore, when your body is even slightly dehydrated your metabolic rate declines, and you are predisposed to headaches (migraines), general fatigue, and cravings for unhealthy - empty carbohydrates.