Having ideal body proportions is everyone’s dream, people are willing to spend a lot of money to achieve a fit and proportional body shape. Besides, having an ideal body weight could also be beneficial to prevent serious diseases such as diabetes, heart disease risk, even obesity. Thus, efforts were needed, one of them is to burn body fat.
Body fat deposits occur because the nutrition intake that consumed was not in accordance with the calories expended to do physical activities so that the remaining calories will be stored as body fat. However, fat is also a substance that functions in our body.
Ideal Fat Level Precentage Inside the Body
Fat is a group of organic bonds that is soluble in certain substances. Fat functions as a substance that could store energy, more than other substances like carbohydrates and proteins. When discussing fat, the topic is always about the negative affect, meanwhile fat especially body fat is a substance that is needed and also very beneficial to our body.
Based on American College Sports Medicine, the ideal fat level percentage for a woman is between 20-32 percent of the body. While for men it is between 10-22 percent of the body.
Because of that, reducing fat levels drastically is not a good thing. The decrease in fat level could affect the process of nutrient absorption. Moreover losing weight could also affect the decrease of blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and unbalanced in using blood sugar (insulin resistance)
Factors that Caused Body Fat Deposits
Fat is an essential substance to the body, it could help the body as an energy source, as an insulator, vital organ protective pillow, and as a vitamin A, D, E, and K absorber. Despite that, body fat deposits are also very dangerous to the body and could lead to obesity and other diseases.
Body fat deposits could occur because of some factors that could lead to obesity :
- Food intake is more than the body needs
- Less physical activity
- Genetical factors
- Hormonal factors
Healthy Ways to Burn Body Fat
Obesity could provoke dangerous disease risks such as breast cancer, heart disease even degenerative disease. One way to reduce weight is by burning fat, here are healthy ways to burn body fat without reducing the ideal body fat needed by the body :
- Healthy Diet
- Cardio workouts regularly
- Consuming vinegar
- Consuming more proteins
- Consuming medicine (under doctor’s control)
- Monitoring fat levels inside the body
Measurement Tool to Monitor Body Fat Level
Metrisis – Skinfold Caliper by Solo Abadi is a measurement tool to measure the thickness of human skin accurately. It works by pinning several body parts such as the chest, subscapular, midaxillary, suprailiac, abdominal, biceps, triceps, thigh, and calf. Here are types of skinfold caliper produced by Solo Abadi Indonesia :
1. Harpenden Skinfold Caliper
Harpenden skinfold caliper is a tool that is used to measure the thickness of skin folds for calculating body fat percentage inside the body. Made of premium materials, the Harpenden skinfold caliper is the most precise measurement tool in measuring body fat, reaching up to 97% of accuracy.
2. Slim Guide Skinfold Caliper
Slim guide skinfold caliper is a measurement tool that calculates body fat level through skinfold thickness measurement, just as how Harpenden skinfold caliper works. This type is an alternative to calculate body fat precentage at a more affordable price. Made by plastic material, so that it is lighter and easier to bring.
Here are the Skinfold Caliper product details by Solo Abadi Indonesia :
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