Especially in recent years, the number of digital scales of many technology brands has started to increase.
When you go barefoot on them, these scales can measure and send your body fat, muscle and bone ratios to the application on your smartphone. So how exactly do they work?
In order to understand this, we must first teach Chemistry 101.
As you know, our bodies contain fat and water. If the water density is more than fat (that is, we are not fat), we have a healthy body. Also, as you know, water is a more conductive substance than oil. So when you electrify the water, it circulates much faster than when you give it to the oil.
This is the reason why we go barefoot on such scales.
The gray parts on the scale send an electrical wave that has a harmless voltage to your body through your bare feet. This calculates how much fat you have in your body and how much water you have.
This is how the percentage of fat, muscle and bone appearing in the application is calculated.
If the frequency of fat in your body is high (that is, if you are fat), the electricity sent by the scale will circulate more slowly in your body and return to the scale. If it is less, it will circulate faster in the waters in your muscles and return to the scale. Thus, the fat ratio in your body is also calculated.
So what is the ideal fat ratio for women and men?
We got on these scales, measured our body fat; So how do we know if we are above or below our ideal fat ratio? According to the data determined by the World Obesity Treatment Association, when you exceed 25% fat rate for men and 32% fat rate for women, you have an unhealthy fat rate.
What is the accuracy of the ratios given by these scales?
Of course, there will be a difference between the measurement you go to a pharmacy or hospital and the measurements you make on the scales at home. Although the working principle of the machines in such institutions is basically the same, the data obtained is more precise.
However, the measurement data given by these scales have an average accuracy. In fact, if you want to get more accurate data, you can do it like this:
- Use the scale at the same time every day
- Drink as much water as your body needs, stay hydrated
- Do not use the scale after drinking caffeine or alcohol
- Do not use the scale after exercising
- Use the scale a few hours after eating
If you use your scale in accordance with these instructions, you can obtain data close to the measurements in machines in pharmacies or hospitals.
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