OMRON Model HBF-510 Review

OMRON Model HBF-510 Review

OMRON Full Body Sensor Body Composition Monitor and Scale Model: HBF-510

Available at Amazon $72.87

What Does Your Bathroom Scale Tell You? 

Your weight.

What Isn’t It Telling You?

A comprehensive Full Body Composition analysis, that an OMRON Model HBF-510 Full Body Composition Monitor and Scale can. It’s not like other body composition monitors that only monitor foot-to-foot measurements. The OMRON 510 measures the whole body, hand to hand and foot to foot. Giving the user much more accurate results.

It’s done through Bioelectrical Impedance, which allows it to estimate body fat percentage. Muscle, blood, bones and body tissue all have high water content, whereas fat doesn’t. The OMRON 510 sends a very weak electrical current (50 kHz) through your body to determine the amount of water in each tissue.

Body Composition Information

• Body Mass Index (BMI): BMI = weight (lb)/ height (inches)/ height (inches) X 703. BMI does not measure body fat directly, but is used as a screening tool to identify possible weight problems.
• Body Fat Percentage: Body fat plays two vital role in protecting vital organs; 1) essential fat is stored in small amounts to protect the body and 2) stored fat which is stored for energy for physical activity. Too much body fat may be unhealthy as well as too  little. Low to normal range for Women is from 21% to 36%. For men 8% to 25%. Age is a factor.
• Visceral Fat: is found in the abdomen and surrounding vital organs. Unlike the subcutaneous fat (the kind you can pinch) visceral you can’t. Of the two Visceral is considered the more dangerous, because it is thought to be closely related to levels of fat in the bloodstream, which may lead to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. It can be vital to reduce the amount of visceral fat to an acceptable level of under 9.
• Skeletal Muscle:  is the type of muscle we can see and feel. When you work out to build muscle, it’s the skeletal muscle that is being exercised. The more muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn, even when at rest.
• Body Weight: what your bathroom scale gives you.

How Accurate Is It 

There’s a saying that even a clock that has stopped is accurate twice a day. I’m pretty sure the OMRON Model HBF-510 is more accurate than that. There are certain rules and guidelines that need to be followed to help increase the accuracy.

It help with the accuracy, take measurements, before breakfast or two hours after a meal. Don’t take; immediately after vigorous exercise, a bath or sauna, after drinking alcohol, large amounts of water or after a meal.

Can A Scale Help You Lose Weight and Live Longer

The Blue Zones Solution says that it can, and I quote.

“Studies have found that people who weigh themselves every day

weigh less than people who never weigh themselves… “

Knowledge is power, it also gives you guidance and possibly inspiration. I’ve known about body composition monitors for more than five years, but I never felt the need to own one until I got close to my goal weight. What it told me was that I wasn’t as close to being at my Ideal Weight as I thought I was. It showed me where I needed to improve.

As I continued following “Eat To Live”, the Blue Zones Solution and my Lifeline TNT 15/15 workout, not only could I see the weight come off I could see my other numbers improve. It did inspire me.

Sometimes the weight didn’t change all that much, but the skeletal muscle was up and the visceral fat was down. How could you not be inspired to keep going?

I’ve had my OMRON Model HBF-510 since June 2015. I didn’t buy the most expensive model that OMRON makes, but the HBF-510 gives me all of the information I need at a price that’s comparable to an average bathroom scale.

My numbers weren’t great when I started, but my vitals are all within the Normal range for my age now. But, who the heck wants to be Normal? My OMRON Model HBF-510 gave me just the information I needed, and it becomes more and more valuable the closer I get to my Ideal Weight.

After four months of use and monitoring, I give the OMRON HBF-510 my full recommendation, without reservation.

If you need a new scale, skip the run of the mill and step up a notch and get yourself the information that’s going to help you get where you need to get. If you don’t need a new scale… get one anyway… it’s a lot of information for a very small price.

Get yours here.

What Your OMRON Model HBF-510 Won’t Tell You

Your Blood Pressure and your Pulse, this OMRON will.

Omron 10 Series Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Wide-Range ComFit Cuff (BP785N)  

Price: $60.22 & FREE Shipping

My wife has high blood pressure and I bought her an OMRON Blood Pressure Monitor several years ago so she could monitor her BP daily. I check mine about once a month.

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