Heart disease is the number one killer on our planet. You are as old as your arteries. Your cardiovascular system comprises the heart and a vast system of vessels, made up of arteries, veins and capillaries over 60,000 miles in length – long enough to go around the world 2.5 times!
Endothelium is the delicate lining of our vessels. At only one cell thick it mustn’t get injured as it is critical to living a long and healthy life. Poor lifestyle choices (excess salt, alcohol, saturated fats and smoking) and underlying inflammation can damage it to a point where it cannot relax and adjust to our heartbeat. Consequently, cholesterol plaques and blood clots can form, resulting in ‘ischaemic’ heart disease.

Insulin is the hormone that regulates your blood sugar levels. Too much sugar eventually leads to malfunction (resistance) of insulin and is one of the most powerful causes of damaged arteries, high cholesterol and blood fats, fatty liver and high blood pressure. Eating excess calories from too many refined sugars and living a sedentary lifestyle increases insulin, leading to insulin resistance (IR) and ultimately to diabetes. Weight gain, fatty liver and inflammation follow. It also triggers dangerous new blood vessel growth, which can ultimately lead to cancer.

Your body’s blood circulatory system is a critically important part of your cardiovascular system. It is within this branching network of microvessels that the transport and exchange of heat, respiratory gases, nutrients, waste products, water and hormones occurs between blood and your tissues.
Multiscan links your blood’s microcirculation with your skin’s to assess the health of your limbs, using colours to easily interpret. The supply of blood to the limbs may constantly change, with diet and lifestyle factors as positive or negative influences. Changes may also be associated with a number of diseases such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, vasculitis and diabetes.