The benefits of frequent DEXA scans with DEXAFit Tallahassee x Renewal NW

DEXA stands for Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry. It’s essentially an X-ray that gives us a complete picture of how much muscle, fat, and bone density you have throughout your body. But what does this mean? Now that you can see inside your body, where do we go from here, and how does it even help? With the help of DEXAFit Tallahassee, we have created a package where clients can have a comprehensive assessment of their health using the tools of RMR and DEXA from DEXAFit, and the nutrition guidance and coaching for Renewal to improve your health and goal progression. The main benefits of this are:

• Tracking your body composition over time

It can become discouraging when the scale slows down with losing weight or not knowing if you’re building muscle. Having a DEXA scan done every 3-6 months gives you a physical image of your progress to see that there actually is change despite the number or your clothing size not changing. 

• Seeing your true body fat percentage and where it is higher in your body

While our body needs fat to function and to protect our essential organs and bones, visceral fat is a type of fat that, in excess, is associated with higher disease risk. Seeing this can allow us to approach your nutrition and physical activity in a way that targets these concerns and tries to prevent the development of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer.

• Knowing current health status to prevent age-related issues

  With age comes diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and other cardiovascular diseases. Knowing the state of your health early on can allow us to see what areas need to be improved on to help reduce your risk of these diseases.