Just like your fingerprint, your metabolism is unique to you...

What is a Metabolic Fingerprint?

A Metabolic Fingerprint is an accurate measurement of a person's Resting Metabolic Rate, or the number of calories burned each day simply to maintain normal body functions such as breathing, keeping your heart pumping and your brain working, without taking into account any exercise or other physical activity. Metabolism plays such a significant role in our overall health and fitness that your Resting Metabolic Rate, (RMR), accounts for up to 75% of the total calories your body burns each day.

In fact, metabolism is such a critical factor in achieving and maintaining a successful weight management program and healthy lifestyle, that two people with the same eating and exercise habits can experience very different results, solely because their Metabolic Fingerprints are different.

Knowing your Metabolic Fingerprint is the missing piece to the weight management puzzle. Because everyone's Metabolic Fingerprint is unique, a one-size-fits-all approach to a diet or exercise regime doesn't work for most people. Nutrition facts on food packaging are often based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet, but you might in fact need far more or far less than this in order to achieve or maintain your weight loss and fitness goals.

Until recently people had to rely on predictive equations to work out their RMR, but these can be notoriously inaccurate for many people - often producing a figure which differs from the person's true metabolic measurement by as much as 500 calories per day. Various factors can affect your RMR including your body mass, (how much you weigh), your body composition, (what percentage of fat / lean muscle you have - muscle burns between 2 and 4 times more calories than fat), your age, your gender, your hormone levels, certain prescription drugs and nutritional suppplements, caffeine intake, nicotine, stress, illness, exercise and weight loss.

Unlike predictive equations, which cannot account for any changes in metabolism, the BodyGem Metabolism Measurement Device by HealtheTech gives you a reliable, completely accurate reading, so you can keep tabs on your precise RMR on a regular basis and develop a weight loss and / or fitness plan that is tailored to your own specific body's needs.

Both Martin and Marion have a regular slot on southern Spain's popular radio station, Onda Cero International, (OCI). To listen to a recent interview about determining your Metabolic Fingerprint that Marion recorded with Leah Dunne, simply right click on the Onda Cero logo, then left click on Save Target As... Choose where you want to save the file, e.g. on your desktop, then simply click on "open" when it's finished downloading and the interview will start to play automatically.

Finding out your Metabolic Fingerprint is quick and easy - first of all you sit down and relax for about 10 minutes, and then you simply breathe into a hand-held, portable device continuously for 10 minutes, which measures your oxygen consumption. Because our bodies use oxygen to metabolise food, measuring how much oxygen your body consumes tells you exactly how many calories your body burns at rest each day. When the measurement is complete, your Metabolic Fingerprint will appear on the screen of the device and you will be given a computer printout of the result.

Like most health assessments, such as getting your cholesterol checked, there are certain steps you need to follow prior to your appointment in order to ensure a completely accurate measurement.

• No food or drink, except water, for at least 4 hours
• No exercise for at least 4 hours
• No caffeine, stimulants or supplements for at least 4 hours
• No products containing nicotine for at least 1 hour

To arrange a free, initial consultation, or for further information, please contact Elite on 951 31 15 91, or click here to e-mail us.