The BC-1 Body Composition Analyzer is a technology breakthrough for health and fitness monitoring. The BC-1 System is a combination of two medical grade devices and software: the “Body Analyzer”, “Calorie Tracker” and the online software program.

Body composition is a recently validated but still emerging science that has become more important in the health and medical communities because it is an accurate way to determine a persons’ general state of health.

It is now accepted that certain types of body composition can be major contributors to the development of disease. Reliable and consistent measurements of body composition can assist in monitoring the effects of dietary and physical therapies or training programs. Overall body weight and appearance alone are deceptive indicators of the body's actual composition. Individuals on a training or a weight loss program often mistake either no change or an increase of weight as an increase in body fat, rather that an increase of lean muscle mass or increased hydration. This can cause an individual to give-up on what may have been an excellent health program. Measuring body composition, on the other hand, allows individuals to accurately assess their health status and progress.

The BC-1 Body Analyzer System is an Accurate and Practical Method:

Most of the methods in common medical used for assessing human body composition are impractical for routine consumer use. They include height/weight charts, body mass indexes, girth and circumferences measurements, skin fold measurements using calipers, ultrasound and underwater weighing.

Of the available methods, only underwater weighing and skin folds are considered accurate enough to be clinically acceptable. Underwater weighing however is tedious, expensive, and is obviously not a consumer friendly technique. The skin fold method is highly subjective, since it depends on the skill of the tester, and assumes there is a relationship between sub-dermal fat and body cavity fat.

Again, this technique does not lend itself to mass consumer use. It is therefore well accepted that there is a need for an accurate and practical solution that can be used by consumers.

To help fill this need Stayhealthy has developed the BC-1 Body Analyzer, which uses state-of-the-art “bio-impedance” technology usually found in expensive clinical devices, but now in an inexpensive, easy-to-use, Web-enabled product. This system is currently in use in over 100 leading research institutions and professional sports groups in the USA and around the world to accurately measure changes in body composition and calories burned through various activities.

The BC-1 will very accurately measure your lean body mass, your body fat and your hydration at a cellular level. These measurements are extremely valuable in confirming the effects of any weight loss or physical training program. And the hydration reading provides insight into a previously unknown but also very critical health indicator. Too low of a hydration level, likely means a shortage of the minerals that help you retain optimal hydration for optimal mind and body performance. It may also indicate that you are over-hydrating and flushing these minerals from your system.

Each BC-1 System include a CT-1 calorie tracker device, which monitors all your bodily movement on a daily basis while you exercise, work, relax and even while you sleep. Then using your personal body profile as a basis, it determines the total number of calories expended on a 24 hour basis.

The CT-1 tracks your movement for up to 7 days and converts this into the number of calories you burned each hour of each day. You can also set the CT-1 to advise you when you have reached your caloric burn target for the day.

The BC-1 is designed to use with any make of PC (not MAC) and comes complete with User Manual, Software Program, USB Connector, and a personal and confidential Online Account to track the results of up to five users per account. Customer support is also available online.