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What is Body Composition Analysis?
Most scales measure weight, which includes lean body mass, water, and fat. We help you to go beyond the scale and receive a body composition analysis, which measures your percent body fat and visceral fat…
Scales measure weight, which includes lean body mass, water, and fat. We urge you to go beyond the scale and schedule a body composition analysis, which measures your percent body fat and visceral fat.
We use the InBody 570. This cutting edge technoolgy reports visceral fat, which is the cause and effect of insulin resistance. Reduce visceral fat to reduce your insulin resistance, the most common and reversible root cause of arterial disease, diabetes, and prediabetes.
With the InBody 570, you can know exactly what you’re made of: lean muscle mass, body fat mass, percentage of body fat, water, and visceral fat estimation, among other measurements. This will enable you to understand more completely the effects of the changes you make in your nutrition and exercise.
When you get a body composition analysis at the CureCenter, you will receive your results on the InBody App you can download from the App or Google Play Store. Results over time are reported and pushed to your phone to monitor your progress. Monitor visceral fat and percent body fat with the same interest as we monitor blood pressure and cholesterol. With our InBody technology, we can do this easily and frequently.
To schedule, click InBody. It might hurt is your feelings 🙄, but dealing with reality empower you and put you in more control of your metabolic health with your food and activity choices.🙂
Good News! Your first measurement is FREE! What do you have to lose other than excess fat and misery?
If you can’t come to our Springfield or Morton IL locations, you can find an InBody owner at this link: inbodyusa.com/support/nearest-testing-location/
Measure, Mentor, Monitor, and Maintain Momentum. This is the key to your improvement.
Our InBody composition analysis is affordable and easy to access. Insurers do not pay for this test. We don’t want this to be a barrier.
Your initial InBody analysis is free of charge. Subsequent measurements are covered by our Proactive Medicine or Personal Medicine Membership. Nonmembers are charged $20/appointment for subsequent measurements recommended every 2-4 weeks.
Don’t let the cardiologist or coroner be the first to tell you about your disease.
I once met with a man in his 60’s who I cared for years ago. He was interested in reconnecting because his current physician had retired. After speaking with him, I offered to develop a custom CurePlan. He declined…
by Dr. Craig Backs
How much time do you have? Are you sure?
Recently, I learned that a current patient lost her husband to sudden death in his 50’s due to an apparent heart attack, dying right in front of her. Imagine trying to resuscitate a loved one and losing them this way. I’m certain that she tried to convince him to get a CureCenter evaluation, starting with an ultrasound and root cause lab assessment. But it never happened because of denial and ego.
Now it is too late, another casualty of the failure to know the truth about the Catastrophic Unseen Reversible Epidemic of Progressive Cardiometabolic Disease: Heart Attack, Stroke, Sudden Death, Dementia are all far more optional than you have been fooled into believing.
So many stories…….
I once met with a man in his 60’s who I cared for years ago. He was interested in reconnecting because his current physician had retired. After speaking with him, I offered to develop a custom CurePlan. He declined and stated, “I eat right, I exercise, and my doctor says my cholesterol is good.” I decided to not push the issue because it rarely if ever works to change beliefs.
A few weeks later, I received a call from the hospital. It was this man’s wife, informing me that he had suffered cardiac arrest while exercising the prior morning. Fortunately, beating the odds, he had been successfully resuscitated and was recovering without apparent residual effects.
He now wanted to discuss a CurePlan because his catheterization had demonstrated three vessel coronary artery disease and he was recommended for coronary bypass surgery. He asked: “What should I do?”
Sadly, I had little to offer him and urged him to follow the advice he had gotten for standard care. I had no influence on his hospital care other than as a “friend” that would only create friction with his surgeon and other doctors.
I could have suggested he go home, come see me to discuss the details, and then decide if surgery, with all its risks, is the correct option. However, I didn’t believe it was worth the risk of him going into cardiac arrest again outside the hospital. I did not have all of the details of his diagnosis and he had previously declined my offer for a custom CurePlan and advice for proactive measures.
So, he and his family went through life altering operation on the heels of a life altering cardiac arrest and resuscitation. All of this would likely have been avoided if he had known of his arterial disease early and proactively treated the missed root causes proactively.
I hope that someone who reads this story will act proactively in their own interest and for the benefit of their loved ones. Identify the disease that lurks within and could take you out in a moment without warning. Go to TheCureCenter.Life and click the boxes to get started.
What are the important facts and statistics about heart attack, stroke, and atherosclerosis?
Over 2,000 Americans die each day from heart attacks and stroke – one out of every 3 deaths or one every 40 seconds…
Most heart attacks and strokes are due to arterial disease known as atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries."
Over 2,000 Americans die each day from heart attacks and stroke – one out of every 3 deaths or one every 40 seconds.
Cardiovascular disease claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death in the United States, killing over 375,000 people per year.
Stroke is the #5 cause of death in the United States, killing 129,000 people per year.
About 795,000 people have a stroke every year in the US.
Stroke is the leading preventable cause of disability.
About 8.5 million Americans are living with some consequence of cardiovascular disease or the after-effects of stroke.
About 635,000 people in the US have a first time heart attack each year and 300,000 have recurrent heart attacks.
Screening for arterial disease can be more effective, less invasive, efficient, and less expensive than most of us think. Here is why you should schedule a CureScreen Ultrasound appointment:
It is very common. In reality, eveyone should be presumed guilty until proven innocent, or free of disease. It is a Catastrophic Unseen Reversible Epidemic thst stands for CURE.
Six of every ten Americans who have suffered a heart attack never knew they had cardiovascular disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, yet most are not screened optimally compared to screening for cancer.
Only 54 percent of women recognize that heart disease is their number one killer.
Arterial disease kills and disables far more women than all the cancers combined, yet most women (and men) are not screened optimally for arterial disease.
Even those with exemplary lifestyles and those who pass standard testing (like stress tests) can suffer events. Standard testing misses all but the more advanced most dangerous stages of the disease. Early detection and treatment is the hallmark of any successful strategy for disease cure when it is infection or cancer. It should and can be the same for arterial disease.
Take the first step in preventing heart attack and stroke. Schedule a simple, 15-minute CureScreen or request a complementary Discovery Zoom Call with Dr. Backs.
Get Started on the Path to a Long and Healthy Life
Participate in a 15-30 minute Zoom or phone call with Dr. Backs. Your questions about process, cost, insurance coverage and expectations will be answered. You will decide together if the CureCenter and a CurePlan are right for you.
Located in Central Illinois? Schedule your 15-minute CureScreen for arterial disease. It’s quick, painless, and is the first step toward preventing the most common cause of death and disability.