Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
Phase Angle, What is it and What Does it Tell Us?
Until recent years, Phase Angle has long been linked to nutritional status. However, this marker is fast becoming recognized as a global health marker in total body health assessment. So, how does it work? Phase Angle is a direct measurement (not a calculation using equations) of the body’s cell membranes. The cell membrane is made up of a phospholipid bilayer comprising of a hydrophilic (water loving) head and hydrophobic (water hating) tail. The conducting ball of the membrane is positioned on either side of an insulating middle (hydrophobic) making up the cell membrane. When there are two conducting materials surrounding an insulator, this is what is known as a capacitor. A capacitor is a device that stores electrons. This is principally what the cell membrane does. It acts as a capacitor, much like a battery. When the cell membrane (or capacitor) loses its ability to function efficiently (i.e., in cases of malnutrition or disease) it effectively loses its ability to store electrons and can no longer function as an effective capacitor. This is what the Phase Angle identifies. The Phase Angle is the measurement of the functionality of the cell membrane, i.e., how well our batteries are working. If there are leaks in the cell membrane, the ability of the cell membrane to hold onto voltage will decrease, thus the Phase Angle will decrease.
A high Phase Angle shows good health, and a low Phase Angle shows a worse status of health. So, in summary: Increased Phase Angle generally means a gain in muscle mass, a decrease in fat and a decrease in biological age, at the cellular level.
A low Phase Angle shows a loss of muscle mass, an increase in fat and an increase in biological age, at the cellular level. The Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Equipment (BIA) is recognized by more and more board-certified physicians as the “state of the art” method to determine cellular health/integrity/and mortality (biological age).
The statements below are a direct quote from Howard Murad MD (Board Certified Dermatologist) in his book, “The Water Secret: The Cellular Breakthrough, To Look and Feel 10 Years Younger.”
“Phase Angles have given us a remarkable window into how the body responds to changes in health-for better or worse. This explains why people with illnesses such as HIV or cancer, or those who are nutritionally deficient, routinely exhibit low Phase Angle scores. As expected, Phase Angles also decrease with age as your body loses its capacity to repair and turn over new cells as quickly as it did in its youth. The true age of a human being can be determined by the changes in the Phase Angle. The Phase Angle goes up when you are healthy and down when you are ill. It also goes down as you age. When you increase your Phase Angle, you actually slow down aging.”
The statements below are a direct quote from Dr. Zach Bush. Dr. Bush is a physician and researcher with a practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Bush is triple board-certified in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism, as well as hospice care. Early in his career he was also a cancer researcher.
“If we could stay perfectly hydrated in the intracellular environment, our aging would slow down, if not reverse.”
“The clinical manifestation of aging and inflammation is ultimately one of the loss of fuel production at the mitochondrial level. As you get dehydrated, as you fail to get oxygen and hydrogen in the form of water inside the cell, you lose the ability for those mitochondria to be cranking out all that energy that is not just muscle energy. This is actually the energy that is used for cellular repair, replacement and the whole anti-aging effort.”
“Phase Angle, I believe, is our best technique for really developing a sense of biological age. If you have someone that goes from a 5.6 PA to a 6.4 PA, over a nine-month period, they will have reversed their age by 10 to 15 years biologically, by increasing that Phase Angle score. We are not talking about the cellular health of only a single organ when we discuss the Phase Angle. We are talking about improving what is the total global population in your body of 70 trillion cells. How do we affect that and what are those cells doing? That is where the Phase Angle is a powerful tool.”
The above two board-certified physicians (Dr. Howard Murad and Dr. Zach Bush) both agree that Phase Angle is not only the “state of the art” method to determine cellular health, but it is also an excellent way to determine the biological age of our body’s cells.
TEST RESULTS
The following information represents BIA testing that has been completed on 14 individuals by Innovative Medical Solutions, here in Franklin, TN. The Quantum V, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis equipment measures approximately 30 different aspects of cellular health in people. However, for purposes of this communication, we will only address two of those areas and how they relate to My WiFi Shield: physical performance and the negative impact of WiFi Technology on our body’s cells.
Phase Angle is referred to as PA. The second area we will be looking at is the Skeletal Muscle Mass (SMM). These are the muscles responsible for posture and movement. We believe that it is the increase in use of SMM that enhances the energy/performance in those individuals that we have tested physically via various athletic/golf/strength exercises. None of the individuals below has done any athletic testing.
All 14 subjects above had an increase in their Phase Angle in a matter of seconds. The following number represent the percentage increase that each of the subjects had after they were exposed to a cell phone (cell phone with an open line placed on their chest).
The following information will show the immediate increase in Skeletal Muscle Mass (SMM) after the introduction of My WiFi Shield to the body.
With My WiFi Shield, the average percentage increase in the PA for the 14 subjects tested was 12.6%.
With My WiFi Shield, the average percentage increase in the SMM for the 14 subjects tested was 7.76%.
In every subject tested there was a positive increase in both PA and SMM, in some cases dramatically so. We at Frequency Flow feel very strongly that our technology not only protects individuals from the harmful effects of WiFi, but it also maximizes the availability of muscle cells, for the body’s immediate use, as evidenced by the increase in SMM usage.
The practitioners at Innovative Medical Solutions have indicated that they have never seen anything have such an immediate and dramatic effect on PA and SMM.
Dr. Bush indicated above that an increase in PA from 5.6 to 6.4 (14.3%) over a nine-month time frame was the equivalent of reversing your biological age by 10-15 years. We accomplished very close to that percentage increase (12.6%), using My WiFi Shield, in a matter of seconds.
Heart Rate Variability
The Heart Rate Variability test detects variations in our heart rates in milliseconds. What makes HRV so effective for our tests is the fact that it can reflect changes in stress even while other physiological parameters, like blood pressure and heart beat rate are still in normal or accepted ranges, or remain unchanged.
The HRV tests we have performed to date have consistently shown definite dramatic changes in the variations of the heart rate when exposed to raw WiFi technology. This stress is consistently changed, however, when our Technology is worn by the individuals tested.
Thermography Tests
As you will see, each of our subjects was tested with a cell phone held to their ear for just 3 minutes — once with no protection and once with our My WiFi Shield Technology. In each case the phone without the Shield increased the temperature of the subject’s head and neck within that 3 minutes. Also in each case holding the phone with our technology to their ear reduced the temperature of the head and neck. It has been thought that such heating of the head by cell phones was caused by battery heat, microwaves, or electromagnetic frequencies. It’s possible that a great deal of that heat is being caused by lower radio frequencies such as those neutralized by the My WiFi Shield Technology.
However, until there is conclusive testing done to show which frequencies are in play this much is certain — the My WiFi Shield Technology seems to be involved in negating the heating effects from whichever frequencies are involved.
Shielded phone is with My WiFi Shield Technology – Unshielded is without.
Mike with Shielded Phone — 3-minutes
Bill with Shielded Phone — 3-minutes
Melissa with Shielded Phone — 3-minutes
Here are some links you may want to check out to understand just how accurate and common place the use of such imaging is in military, medical, and industrial realms:
http://www.ehow.com/about_5063123_thermography.html
http://thermal-imaging-blog.com/index.php/2011/10/20/what-is-thermal-imaging-2/#.UDveXo5XSVh
http://www.thermologyonline.org/breast/breast_thermography_what.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermography
http://www.infraredcamerasinc.com/surveillance-infrared-thermography.html
Electro Dermal Screening
Electro Dermal Screening, or EDS, was discovered over 60 years ago in Germany. It’s the same basic technology used for EKG’s, EEG’s, lie detectors, etc., using contact with the skin to read the body’s electrical activity. It sends a harmless, low energy electrical signal through your body, which is then read by a computer program to show internal organ and system activity levels – such as the heart, brain, liver, immune system, etc. However, our intention is only to read the stress levels placed upon the body by WIFi frequencies and then the abating of that stress when our technology is applied. It continues to prove both.
As you can see in the videos below, across several subjects the results were very close to the same. Each person was given a base reading with no cell phone, then one with a cell phone without My WiFi Shield Technology and then a reading with My WiFi Shield Technology on the cell phone. The results were dramatically consistent. And due to the lack of a practitioner being involved in anything more than reading the computer screen after each section of a test, we felt this particular device was the most practical.
NOTE: A search of the internet will show many sites both for and against Electro Dermal Screening. Those who are prone to alternative health practices will find the positive sites enlightening and those who lean toward a more medical-based practice will find those sites against it in line with their thinking. We have spoken with both trained practitioners of the EDS equipment as well as clients, who all claim to have greatly benefited from its use. However, we will stand neutral in this debate.
The following tests were performed using a cradle type EDS machine. This allows the practitioner to be totally objective. The computer does the reading and the practitioner merely explains the data. We felt this was more accurate for our study. Please note that in the video My WiFi Shield Technology is referred to as the Wifi Shield.