Health Metrics
We provide a comprehensive range of health metrics to help you better understand your overall wellbeing and track meaningful progress over time. Our services include blood pressure testing to monitor cardiovascular health, body composition analysis to assess muscle, fat, and overall body balance, antioxidant scanning to evaluate your body’s oxidative stress levels, and grip strength testing as a simple yet powerful indicator of functional strength and longevity.
Together, these measurements offer a clear, practical snapshot of your current health and help guide smarter lifestyle decisions.
Antioxidant Scanning
Is your diet providing the antioxidant defence network needed for optimal health? Are you taking supplements but you're not sure if they are doing their job?
The Biozoom Vitality Scanner is incredible non-invasive technology that measures skin carotenoid levels. Simply place your palm on the scanner and in less than one minute it can quickly assess the quality of your diet.
Carotenoids are yellow, red and orange pigments which produce the bright colours in the fruit and veg we eat. They are also critically important antioxidants that protect you from disease and enhance your immune system. Measuring these in the skin has been shown to relate directly to overall vegetable, spices and fruit Intake.
A low or average score means you are missing out on valuable vegetable protection. Increasing this score not only means more healthy foods are being consumed, it should also increase the cells ability to function, heal and perform. This means immune system, recovery and oxygen flow are all potentially improved. This enhances your protection against premature ageing and certain illnesses such as cancer. It is thought that increasing antioxidants help reduce inflammation in the body which is often a source of heart disease and it can also help protect against macular degeneration of the eyes.
Blood Pressure Testing
Why do I need to have my Blood Pressure Checked?
Unlike most medical conditions high blood pressure (known as Hypertension) rarely causes any obvious symptoms. As a result it can go on unnoticed and uncorrected for years, slowly causing damage to your heart, eyes, kidneys and blood vessels.
High blood pressure has been described as 'the Silent Killer" because it is the main risk factor for you having a stroke, a major factor in your chances of having a heart attack, heart failure or kidney disease, and is also involved in dementia.. but all of it's effects can be avoided by early detection and management.
Low blood pressure (Hypotension) can be a natural state of affairs for some people, or can occur as a result of a medical condition or as a side effect of medication that is being taken. It is quite common for people to experience Postural Hypotension as they get older, with a feeling of dizziness after getting up quickly from a chair.
Body Composition Analysis
What is a grip strength test?
The grip strength test is a simple quick measurement taken with a piece of equipment known as a dynamometer. It measures the force of your muscles when gripping. Not everyone's grip strength is the same. The 'average' range for you will depend on your age, gender and ethnicity.
Why measure grip strength?
The grip strength test is more than just a measure of how strong your handgrip or forearm muscles are. It has also been shown to be a good indicator of overall body strength. Muscle strength is important for your health and well-being at any age, but even more so in later life. Your muscles reach their peak strength in the 20s to 30s, but then start to decline in your 40s, losing up to 10% a decade. A loss of muscle mass and strength significantly impacts on your ability to look after yourself in later life.
Why else is muscle strength important?
Strengthening exercises help to:
protect your joints against injury
improve regulation of blood sugars
lowers blood pressure and improves cardiovascular health
protect against osteoporosis
recent studies indicate strengthening exercises might also help your brain health and memory
Body composition analysis is a measurement that looks beyond simple body weight to show what your body is actually made of — including muscle mass, body fat, water levels, and overall balance. Unlike a standard scale, it helps you understand how much of your weight comes from lean tissue versus fat, giving you a clearer picture of your true health and fitness.
Having your body composition measured is important because it allows you to track meaningful progress, whether your goal is fat loss, muscle gain, improved performance, or better overall health. It can also highlight potential health risks linked to excess body fat or low muscle mass, helping you make more informed decisions about nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits.
