seca mBCA in medical research

22 juni 2016 - Summer has arrived, and with it, the longing for a nice tan from lying on a sunny beach somewhere along an ocean shore. But what if the digits on our scale show numbers far from our ideal weight? Our New Year’s resolutions to become more fit and live healthier often lose priority after a few weeks. Only to remind us right before summer vacation, that we had planned to look better in a bathing suit this season. This is when most of us will decide to go on a diet. In magazines, drug stores and pharmacies, you can find a large number of diets and diet products that promise an easy and permanent weight reduction.

Almased® counts as one of the most established diet products on the German market. The manufacturer can promote the product’s effectiveness by proclaiming the results of a series of medical studies. A current multi-center-study in five European countries, led by Freiburg University, is concentrating on determining whether eating Almased® food can improve the long term health of overweight patients and persons suffering from adiposity – especially in regards to body composition and metabolism. Therefore, one main element of this study is to regularly evaluate the patient’s body weight as well as the amount of fat and muscle.

The seca mBCA 515 was chosen for this study due to its reputation as one of the leading devices in reliability and precision, as well as user friendliness. Its measurement results are medically validated and guarantee the high precision required for medical research.

By way of the Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, the seca mBCA can determine body compositions within seconds. The device can also determine body weight as well as Body Mass Index (BMI).

What Almased® is made of:

Almased® is a so-called formula-diet, which combines a liquid meal with a multi-level nutrition concept. The base of the product is comprised of honey and milk proteins and is therefore very protein-rich. The well-known principle of reducing calories and carbohydrates and increasing the intake of products rich in proteins has proven to lead to weight loss, which is how Almased® works. The manufacturer promotes this diet’s composition, which enables the stimulation of the fat-burning process without attacking muscles. The four-step diet concept was created to avoid the yo-yo effect. Throughout the course of the diet, meals are substituted by an Almased®-drink over varying periods of time. Studies so far have shown that this diet has effectively decreased body weight and the feeling of hunger. Furthermore, Almased® has had a positive effect on the metabolism of patients with metabolic diseases such as, for example, diabetes.

The most recent study is in its final phase. The results are expected by the end of 2016 and, with the help of a seca mBCA, will offer insights into the influence of an Almased®-diet on body compositions. We will keep you posted on the subject.

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