Sentences with phrase «measuring body levels»

Even if it's not measuring body levels of neurotransmitters directly, the results of the Braverman test do indicate general trends in personality and neurotransmitter levels which can affect how you should train.

Not exact matches

There is also a pill that contains a sensor to measure temperature, pressures and pH levels inside the body, as well as an eco-friendly printed battery that can be used in electronic greeting cards and interactive packaging and then thrown away safely.

However, when glucose levels are cut off due to low - carb eating, the body starts to burn fat instead and produces ketones that can be measured in the blood.

To investigate the effect of various parenting styles on kids» health, researchers at the University of Oregon examined saliva samples of 102 children who had an average age of 9 to look for levels of C - reactive protein, which measures general inflammation in the body, and secretory immunoglobulin A, which measures immune system activation.

All tests measure the level of a pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the body.

Fatty acids are chemical building blocks of dietary fats, so their level in a worm's body is one measure of the general nutritional quality of their food.

The global arginine bioavailability ratio, GABR, is an indicator of the body's arginine levels, and the ratio has previously been used to measure the body's capacity to produce nitric oxide.

But a later study reported that body temperature can be off by as much as 5 hours from circadian phase, so Wright and Czeisler tracked levels of the nighttime hormone melatonin, thought to be a more precise measure.

Workers with the highest stress levels, for instance, had the lowest heart - rate variability, a measure of heart rhythms controlled by the body's autonomic nervous system.

«Once the body dies, some part of our consciousness leaves us and travels to a new plane,» the scientist explains, evidenced by his machine that measures, as another character puts it, «brain wavelengths on a subatomic level leaving the body after death.»

When the kids ate only organic fruits, veggies, juice, pasta, cereal and salsa, the levels of several organophosphate pesticides in their bodies plummeted (as measured by urine analysis), scientists reported in 2006 in Environmental Health Perspectives.

In Miller's study, researchers measured levels of C - reactive protein (CRP), which our bodies make in response to high levels of cytokines.

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a technology that can specifically measure for fat content, resulting in a more accurate assessment of total body fat levels, he explained.

«People at risk of bone diseases, have seasonal depression, or are obese should have their physicians measure vitamin D levels to ensure they're adequate, but for many, the best way to ensure adequate blood levels of the vitamin is from sun exposure, healthy diet, being active and maintaining a normal body weight.»

For all three groups, researchers measured bone mineral content and density in the spine, neck, hip and the whole body, and looked at current height and weight, smoking, level of physical activity and a variety of other measures.

The study measured a range of MS indicators and symptoms, including brain lesions on MRI brain scans of study participants, relapse rate, disabilities caused by the disease, body weight and cholesterol levels.

Specifically, the researchers measured the levels of all microRNAs in the fat body (around 100 different miRNAs) at five points of time, starting just before mosquitos take a blood meal, and then 6, 24, 36, and 48 hours after the blood meal.

Limitations of the study include that magnesium levels were measured only once, so they could have changed, and that magnesium levels in the blood do not always represent the total level of magnesium in the body.

After six months, the patients who had received support from CHWs showed better outcomes on several measures, including lower blood sugar levels, lower body mass index and reduced cigarette smoking.

Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, physical activity, fasting glucose, and HbA1c (average blood sugar levels over time) were also measured.

Those who entered the program with a dangerously low body mass index — a measure that shows whether a person's weight and height are within healthy proportions — were tested daily for levels of phosphate and glucose in their blood.

As its name suggests, this is a government body which samples food products and measures the levels of chemical residues.

They showed that endocrine disruptors — applied at concentrations measured in body fluids — directly open CatSper and, thereby, increase calcium levels in sperm, change their swimming behavior, and trigger the release of digestive enzymes that help sperm to break through the egg coat.

They defined exposure based on proximity (someone's work and home addresses), but did not measure levels of pesticides in the body.

Tasked with constantly measuring his son's glucose levels and trying to give him just the right amount of insulin, he realized that what he needed was a computer algorithm — a set of rules designed to solve a problem — that could use data from a CGM to instruct an insulin pump on how to respond to the body's need for the hormone.

The women also had their blood drawn to measure levels of testosterone and other reproductive hormones including dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), which the body can convert into testosterone or a form of estrogen called estradiol, and follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH).

So Greg has been collaborating in Crystal Kelehear's program of sampling toads on a regular basis at several sites, to measure the toad's level of parasite infection as well as their immune - system function, hormone levels, body condition, and so forth.

In addition, plasma drug levels are also measured to determine the rate at which drugs are removed from the body.

In this study, researchers measured leptin levels, body mass index (BMI) and levels of an inflammation marker called C - reactive protein in 172 12 year old children from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Study.

And finally, you should measure your body composition on a regular basis so that you always be vigilant about the condition in which your body is and make sure that you are maintaining the level you want to be at.

The next time we saw him, our holistic physician suggested both my wife and I take a test to measure levels of popular toxins in our bodies.

Iron stores in the body, measured by your ferritin level (a protein in your blood) can also become depleted; leaving you feeling tired all of the time and operating at a low energy level.

After six weeks of supplementation combined with physical training, there was a significant increase in the physical performance in sprinters, measured by peak power, total work, body composition, and elevated growth hormone levels.

You can test your pH levels often throughout the day, but try to do so at the same time each morning, as your body will be more acidic the earlier you measure.

Researchers are at work creating devices that monitor glucose levels in patients with diabetes, devices that monitor the air quality to help patients with asthma, and devices that measure the levels of substances, such as lactate, in the body.

The men were given various fitness tests and then divided into two groups that were roughly equal in terms of levels of body fat, strength (as defined by their one - rep maxes — 1RM — on the bench press and back squat), and VO2max (the maximum amount of oxygen consumed by the muscles during exercise — a measure of endurance).

Total hormone levels measure all of the thyroid hormones in the body, but they may not paint an accurate picture of the situation.

If you consume excess protein, your body will eliminate it through your urine, so the level of nitrogen excreted can be measured and used to estimate the amount of protein in the body.

Using an argon laser to measure human antioxidant levels in real time, researchers uncover how fast stress can deplete the body, and how slowly it takes to restore antioxidant levels.

«Free» hormone levels measure the hormone that is available to do its job in the body.

Free T3 and Free T4 — These tests measure the levels of active thyroid hormone circulating in the body.

However, none of these studies measured body fat levels, hormones, or the general effects on their health — like cholesterol, triglycerides, or even mental health.

People who eat a lot of high GI foods tend to have greater levels of body fat, as measured by the body mass index (BMI), and high BMIs are linked to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep as measured by cortisol levels and subjective reporting of sleep, pain, and stress.

A blood ketone meter, which is the most accurate way to measure ketones, will measure the level of BOHB in the body.

Cortisol, when it's at high levels in our bodies, makes us store fat and burn muscle, one of the ways we measure testosterone is in direct relation to our cortisol levels.

It lowers your cortisol levels, increases lean body mass, and improves vagal tone as measured via heart rate variability, as well as raises DHA and vitamin D levels, both of which are good for the skin and the mind.

They only measure the level of acetoacetate - excess ketone bodies that are not utilised by the body and are excreted via urine.

By the time they become keto - adapted, which takes 3 - 4 weeks, most of them understand what to eat and what to avoid without any real need to measure the precise level of ketone bodies.

Pregnanediol, an inactive progesterone metabolite, is used to provide an indirect (but accurate) measure of progesterone levels in the body since progesterone's structure prevents it from being eliminated in urine in significant quantities.84, 85 In men, the Reference Range for pregnanediol is70 - 1050 μg / 24 hr.