In the Spring 2023 issue, we discussed the role of the glycocalyx on the microvascular system and introduced a revolutionary new device to measure and analyze the function of the microvascular system – the GlycoCheck. Here we get more in-depth into what the GlycoCheck is, how it works, and how it can help restore your health.
How Does GlycoCheck Work?
GlycoCheck is a non-invasive, under-the-tongue test that shows the live movement of your red blood cells. This device produces a single Microvascular Health Score that reveals the health of the glycocalyx by measuring several critical parameters of the microvascular system:
- Capillary Density: Gives the capacity of your capillary network to get nutrients to organs and tissue cells. Higher numbers are better.
- Capillary Blood Volume (CBV) Recruitment Capacity: Shows the additional number of functional capillary blood vessels that can be engaged when flow increases. Higher is better.
- CBV Dynamic: Indicates the maximum functional capacity of the capillary network. Higher is better.
- Perfused Boundary Region (PBR) Flow Corrected: Gauges the level of damage to the EDX. A lower number indicates a healthier glycocalyx.
- Microvascular Health Score (MVHS): This is your overall score based on capillary density, recruitment capacity, and glycocalyx health. A higher score means better microvascular health. Lower Microvascular Health Scores are linked to:
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Heart disease
- Kidney disease
- Stroke
- Dementia
- Septic shock
- Inflammatory disorders
- Cancer metastasis
- Long-haul COVID-19 complications
How You Can Restore, Regenerate, and Protect Your Glycocalyx
No matter what your microvascular health score is, you can still improve the health of your vascular system! Clinically proven to repair the damage in your arteries, veins, and microcapillaries is a new anti-aging patented product called Endocalyx Pro.
Endocalyx Pro is made up of seven synergistic ingredients from three classes of compounds: polysaccharides (helps restore), amino sugars (helps regenerate), and antioxidants (helps protect). You can restore the health of your endothelial glycocalyx and capillary function with Endocalyx Pro and monitor your progress with GlycoCheck.
Lifestyle choices are just as important. Support the health of your glycocalyx by having a healthy lifestyle, reducing stress, exercising regularly, and eating an anti-inflammatory, Mediterranean-style diet.
If you’re looking to enhance your quality of health and longevity and gain insight into your true cardiovascular potential and risk, start with Microvascular Solutions.
For practitioners, the GlycoCheck is not only an objective tool to monitor changes in your patient’s microvascular system – it also allows you to monitor the impact of your treatments. GlycoCheck and Endocalyx Pro provide objective data and the solution to a healthy microvascular system that ultimately enhances whole-body health. Microvascular Solutions provides sales, training, and ongoing support to practitioners interested in using this technology in their practice.
It’s not too late to slow down or reverse the breakdown of your glycocalyx. Ask us about the advanced technology that takes improving glycocalyx to the next level!
Lisa Sprague, MSS, PTA, LMT, is a licensed healthcare practitioner with over 35 years of experience. She has been in private practice since 1999 and specializes in frequency-based medicine and advanced wellness technologies. Lisa believes in treating the whole to heal the part, empowering you to optimize your health and well-being, and bringing self-care back into your healthcare.
Microvascular Solutions is located at 5633 Strand Blvd., Ste. 312, in Naples.
Contact Lisa at: [email protected] and visit: microvascularsolutions.com for more information.