Why should you get a Bio-Impedance Analysis?

What is your acne telling you?

1 & 2: Digestive System — Eat less processed or junk food, reduce the amount of fat in your diet, step up water intake and opt for cooling things like cucumbers.

3: Liver — Cut out the alcohol, greasy food and dairy. This is the zone where food allergies also show up first, so take a look at your ingredients. Besides all this, do 30 minutes of light exercise every day and get adequate sleep so your liver can rest.

4 & 5: Kidneys — Anything around the eyes (including dark circles) point to dehydration. Drink up!

6: Heart — Check your blood pressure (mine was slightly high) and Vitamin B levels. Decrease the intake of spicy or pungent food, cut down on meat and get more fresh air. Besides this, look into ways to lower cholesterol, like replacing “bad fats” with “good fats” such as Omegas 3 and 6 found in nuts, avocados, fish and flax seed. Also, since this area is chock-full of dilated pores, check that your makeup is not past its expiry date or is skin-clogging.

7 & 8: Kidneys — Again, drink up! And cut down on aerated drinks, coffee and alcohol as these will cause further dehydration.

Zone 9 & 10: Respiratory system — Do you smoke? Have allergies? This is your problem area for both. If neither of these is the issue, don’t let your body overheat, eat more cooling foods, cut down on sugar and get more fresh air. Also keep the body more alkaline by avoiding foods that make the body acidic (meat, dairy, alcohol, caffeine, sugar) and adding more alkalizing foods like green veggies and wheatgrass juice. Another thing that most of forget – dirty cell phones and pillow cases are two of the top acne culprits and this area is what they affect the most!

Zone 11 & 12: Hormones — This is the signature zone for stress and hormonal changes. And while both are sometimes unavoidable, you can decrease their effect by getting adequate sleep, drinking enough water, eating leafy veggies and keeping skin scrupulously clean. Another interesting point: breakouts in this area indicate when you are ovulating (and on which side).

Zone 13: Stomach — Step up the fibre intake, reduce the toxin overload and drink herbal teas to help with digestion.

14: Illness — Zits here can be a sign that your body is fighting bacteria to avoid illness. Give it a break, take a yoga class, take a nap, take time to breathe deeply, drink plenty of water and know that everything always works out!

So the next time you break out or notice dark under-eye circles, look to your face map: your skin is probably trying to communicate on behalf of the internal organs.You may be interested in scheduling a Bio-Impedance Analysis with Jackie Brinkerholff at Seasons Salon and Day Spa. Follow by a skin analysis with one of our Master Estheticians.

Bio-Impedance Analysis
What is a Bio-Impedance Analysis?
Bioimpedance Analysis (BIA) is a method used to assess your “body composition”. In other words, it measures the amount of fat, lean body mass and fluid your body contains. In addition, a BIA test will also provide information regarding your cellular health and permeability (referring to how easy it is for nutrients to pass through the cell wall).

Why should you pay attention to your body composition?
Simple. Your body composition is directly related to your health. A normal balance of body fat is often associated with good health and long living. An excess of fat in relation to your lean body mass, can seriously increase your risks to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and more. Being aware of your body composition provides you crucial information that can help steer you towards healthy changes in your lifestyle.

In addition, I often remind my clients that are interested in "weight loss"; that they should not only pay attention to the scale but also to their body composition. says Jackie Brinkerhoff at Seasons Salona and Day Spa.