What Is Metabolic Health? – Promotive Metabolic Health

Proactive Health For Your Future

Unlike well-managed savings, which grow with time, our health gradually declines over the years. But with advanced diagnostics and personalized planning, you can greatly increase your healthy and active years. You chart your future finances and insulate your savings from risk. Now, you can chart your long-term health and insulate it as well.

Prolonging Healthspan

We all face inevitable declines in many facets of our health. Without careful attention and effort, many people find themselves too chronically ill or fatigued to enjoy the plans they had made. Heart failure weakens them, kidney disease sentences them to years of dialysis, strokes limit their cognitive abilities and mobility. Loss of strength and fitness confine them to walkers or wheel chairs long before they thought they'd face such limitations.

We can't predict or eliminate all causes of this decline, but that doesn't mean we can only sit back and await our fate. The majority of our risk comes from factors entirely within our control. With proper nutrition, regular physical activity, and appropriate medications we can greatly increase our chances of avoiding them. We can increase the number of years we live without them. And, we can increase our energy, mood, and vitality in the process.

Measure What Matters

Our comprehensive testing reveals a high-resolution view of your current health. We prescribe interventions to target your most pressing risks. Through regular re-assessments, we monitor your progress and adjust the interventions accordingly.

50+ blood markers: We go well beyond the standard lab panels to investigate the earliest signs of dysfunction. Gain a detailed picture of your current metabolic health and the risks to your vital organ systems.

Complete VO2max: Your cardiorespiratory fitness strongly affects your risk of death and disability. Our testing measures respiratory gas exchange at all intensities. This helps pinpoint the source of any dysfunction and address it with precision.

DeXA Scan: Simple body weight is a poor proxy for actual body composition. Accurately measuring your metabolically active lean tissue, fat mass and location, and your bone health shows the true health risks and opportunities for your continued health.

Metabolic Health and Physical Vitality

Your metabolic health influences the function of nearly every organ system in your body. Poor metabolic health shows up as weight gain, elevated blood pressure, and cholesterol or blood sugar problems. These increase your risk of heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, even some types of cancer and dementia. Monitoring and optimizing your metabolic health is key to minimizing your health risks.

Your physical vitality reflects your ability to participate in daily activities. It's the energy you bring to your everyday life, the strength to do the activities you like, and the health of your bones to resist injuries. Poor cardiorespiratory fitness alone puts you at higher risk of death or disability than smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes.

Cardio Fitness

Cardiorespiratory fitness isn't just for athletes. Even climbing the stairs in your own house requires some amount of fitness. Maximizing your fitness now means having greater fitness later, enabling you to actively participate in the activities you enjoy for much longer.

Functional Strength and Coordination

Much like cardio fitness, your functional strength also influences your ability to participate in the events and activities that make your life enjoyable. It also helps you avoid falls and injuries that may impact your health.

Metabolic Health

Optimal metabolic health lowers your risk of chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and even certain cancers.

Bone Health

As bone mineral density declines, your risk of breaking a bone increases. Hip fractures are one of the leading causes of death and disability.

Taking Action

Each person has a unique health profile, which means that the same intervention may work differently for each individual. Our multi-modal diagnostics help us develop personalized recommendations for nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits that best support your body’s needs. Ensuring your health for future years means optimizing it now.

You will receive:

- A comprehensive report detailing your test results and their implications for your health.

- Detailed exercise prescriptions customized to your needs and your interests.

- Nutrition recommendations personalized to your needs and preferences.

Dr. Hendrickson personally reviews all of your results and meets with you to review them and develop a treatment plan that works for you.

Take Charge of Your Healthy Future Today

At Promotive Metabolic Health, we’re here to support California residents in their journey to a healthy and active life, offering personalized, evidence-based guidance for health that enables your dreams. Contact us today for a consultation, and let us help you achieve your goals!