Bone Wellness Centre
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Fitness Expert Reviews

“DEXA is my favorite option for measuring body fat percentage, as the results include valuable information besides body composition, including mass imbalances and bone density.”

Tim Ferriss, author of the book, “The 4-Hour Body”

John Barban, author of the book “Adonis Index”
Brad Pilon, author of the book “Eat STOP Eat”

“If you’re not measuring, you’re just guessing – A DEXA scan takes the guess work out of losing weight. It helps you monitor changes in not just your fat mass, but also your lean body mass and even your bone density. In my opinion any well-structured weight loss program should include routine DEXA scans.  I’ve been a client of Salima’s for over 6 years now. As an author who writes on health and fitness, having access to a DEXA body scan has been an invaluable resource allowing me to see changes in muscle, bone and fat mass.  If you’re not measuring, you’re just guessing, and getting a DEXA scan once or twice a year takes a lot of the guess work out of transforming your body.   Salima and her staff are friendly and professional, and make the entire experience an absolute pleasure.  I highly recommend Salima and her clinic to anyone interested in tracking their fat mass, muscle mass, bone mass, or are just curious about how these things change.”

Brad Pilon – Author of the book, “Eat STOP Eat”  www.bradpilon.com

“Special thanks to The Bone Wellness Centre for their service and expertise with the DEXA procedure…if you live in the Southern Ontario area and are interested in getting a DEXA done I encourage you to go to the Bone Wellness Centre. The DEXA specifically gives very detailed data on where your body holds it’s fat mass as well as showing your bone density and if you have any imbalances from one side of your body to the other in lean mass. No other device can give you this level of detailed information. If you really want to know how your body is built, the DEXA is the new gold standard for finding out.”

John Barban, author of the book, “The Adonis Index – The Theory of Ideal Body Proportions” www.adonisindex.com

Greg O’Gallagher – Kinobody

“I decided to get my body fat tested with the most accurate device known to man. The DEXA scan. This device uses Dual X-rays to measure your bone mass, fat mass and lean body mass. What’s amazing about the DEXA scan is that not only does it show you your body fat…It also tells you exactly how your fat is distributed throughout your entire body. This is cool because you can determine where you store most of your fat.  You’ll also learn how your muscle is distributed throughout your body and if you have even development on your left and right sides. Finally, you’ll get a clear picture of how dense your bones are, among other interesting pieces of data.  It’s a very fascinating test, altogether it probably took around 30 minutes and the total cost was 125 dollars Canadian. This is definitely something that I would consider doing a few times per year for fun and to see an exact blueprint of how my body is progressing.”

Greg O’Gallagher – Fitness Expert – Kinobody – www.kinobody.com

Benjamin Pickard

“The Bone Wellness Centre’s DEXA is the gold standard for body fat, lean mass, and overall progress measures. You can see where you are making progress, what needs extra attention, and gives you invaluable metrics on how much muscle and fat you are carrying and where you are carrying it. Without the DEXA scan, my results wouldn’t have been what they are, and I highly recommend to it clients as a baseline and progress measure.”

Benjamin Pickard B.Sc. Kinesiology, CSCS Owner, Lean Strong Fitness www.LSFit.ca

Joe Bubel, Co-Owner and Level 2 Trainer at Cross Fit Barrie

“As a CrossFitter, I care about observable, measurable and repeatable facts…both in workouts and also in my client’s and my own physical gains. Because DEXA scans provide the most highly accurate measurements of body composition available, I recommend it to all of our athletes. Moreover, DEXA scans can accurately measure body fat and muscle by region, in addition to bone mass density, which is very useful information in measuring true progress of a fitness regimen. I personally drive over an hour to get tested at The Bone Wellness Centre versus inferior measurements of body composition. If you are serious about measuring your performance, you should too. Just like any other product or service out there, you get what you pay for…your fitness is worth the best available.”

Joe Bubel Co-Owner and Level 2 Trainer at Cross Fit Barrie www.crossfitbarrie.com

Derek Rafla – Mr. Natural Canada 2013/Fusion Athlete

“Being a top level, international bodybuilder, I use the Dexa scan for a few different reasons. It is of utmost importance for me to know and understand my body to the degree of accuracy which the Dexa Scan provides. Along with precision bodyfat calculations, the Dexa Scan also provides exact information on bone density and any muscular imbalances. I make it an annual habit to get a Dexa scan in order to review and asses my progress from year to year. It is a great tool for any fitness competitor getting ready for competition or simply to understand their body better. I highly recommend seeing what it’s all about and getting it done with the great staff at The Bone Wellness Centre.”

Derek Rafla – Mr. Natural Canada 2013/Fusion Athlete

Joseph Ng, competitive fitness model

“As a competitive fitness model, knowing just my weight is not enough. I need to know my entire body composition so that i can know what changes need to be made to bring my best physique to the stage. That is where the bone wellness clinic and the dexa scan come in. The Dexa scan not only provides me with my exact body fat measurement but also my muscle mass. Allowing me to track and adjust my diet when getting ready to hit the stage.”

Cheers Joseph Ng – Ontario’s first natural men’s physique \winner

Taylor Beech, author of “Beech Body – Ignite Your Fire, Elevate Your Game”

“The experience was very relaxed and non-invasive. I was surprised that I did not have to change my clothes and could just lie on the machine as I came.  You can’t have any metal on you, but I was wearing jogging pants so I was in the clear. I had done many hydrostatic measurements in the past and it is a lot more time consuming and of course you have to change and get completely wet. You also have to hold your breathe underwater after expelling all of your air for as long as you can while floating in a small chair in a small box. I am not afraid of this but I can easily see how one could be. Overall the dexa scan gave a ton of insight and provided me with an excellent bench mark on my lean tissue count that I can endeavour to increase and/or maintain.”

Taylor Beech – Beech Body Home Program & TV show, author of “Beech Body – Ignite Your Fire, Elevate Your Game”, www.vitalityfitness.ca

Lauren Kurtz – Figure Competitor

“The accuracy the Dexa Scan provides, not only for bone density but for muscle and body fat % proved very beneficial for a figure competitor being judged on muscular symmetry. Overall the experience was quick, easy and thoroughly beneficial. It will be interesting to compare future scans as I continue to prep for my next show! “

Lauren Kurtz – Figure Competitor

Marta Fonseca – Master Figure Competitor

“I wanted to know where I was physically. I did my first figure Competition this past 2015. My coach indicated Dexa is one of the most accurate measurements to know where my Body Fat Composition is at. I recommend Dexa was a very positive experience! Great service, quick & to the point. Very informative. It’s great to know and confirm the areas I need to work on for my next competition and can’t wait to see my hard work show in my next Dexa appointment.”

Marta Fonseca – Master Figure Competitor

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Client Reviews

Our client reviews speak for themselves. Visit the Bone Wellness Centre today for your own DEXA scan.

“The DEXA Scan at The Bone Wellness with Salima is a great service and tool that I recommend to many of my nutrition clients and endurance athletes. It is an amazing look into the body to understand composition vs only weight. The DEXA Scan is the gold standard of Body Comp! It is a great benchmark for performance enhancement as it accurately measures lean mass, fat mass, total bone density and resting metabolic rate. One gets a lot of data to help set and reach their personal goals.”

Tara Postnikoff  – Nutritionist, Coach, Trainer at Healthy Eating Active Living & Executive Director at Toronto Triathalon Club

“I have become a client of Salima’s over the last 6-7 months, and can’t say enough about the fantastic impact that working with her at The Bone Wellness Centre has had on my lifestyle and fitness level.  WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS MANAGED! are words that have become my new mantra for how I live every day. I first discovered this philosophy at Salima’s office.  People stop paying attention to what they eat, and the scale slowly creeps up. If you don’t pay attention to your body fat vs lean tissue, over time your body-fat creeps up, and your lean tissue goes down. Diet and aging contribute to this, so unless you are actively doing something to prevent it, this outcome is unavoidable.  If you are exercising regularly, are you enough enough food and enough protein for you muscle mass? How would you know unless you actually know reliably what your muscle mass is? Guessing is fine, but if you want to guarantee that your hard work will pay dividends…you need to know exactly what your body needs to burn fat not muscle.   I have 3 different body fat scales in my home, all of which are directionally adequate, but very inaccurate in determining my true body fat and lean mass. With Salima’s help, and the detailed body composition reading, I have successfully lost over 40lbs of fat since my journey began in March, and I have put on over 8lbs of muscle. I don’t measure my success by how much I weigh, but rather how much of my body is fat, lean muscle, and bones/tissue. After-all its really only fat that people ever want to lose.  No doubt, my success was due to hard work in the gym and a commitment to altering my eating habits, but my success has been made much easier by knowing exactly what my body composition was, and how much I needed to eat to lose fat without losing any muscle….and no longer be concerned about weight.

No one wants to lose muscle! If you don’t know how much muscle you have, and your diet choice is to maintain a calorie deficit to promote weight loss, how can you be sure that you aren’t losing muscle at the same time?  Cardio alone will never get the results you want if your goal is to have less fat. You may drop a few pounds, or perhaps several pounds, but if you aren’t maintaining or building muscle, you may weigh less, but will actually be getting fatter.

WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS MANAGED……think about it….if you face the facts every day about what you eat, how you exercise, and what your body composition is, it is almost impossible to make poor decisions or at a minimum, you will do so less frequently.  I encourage anyone interested in losing fat and better understanding their body composition to invest the time to see Salima, learn about their body, and dramatically increase their chances of being successful. Thanks Salima!”

Jeff – Exceutive

“As a physician and fitness enthusiast I highly recommend the Bone Wellness Centre to help you monitor, assess and celebrate your own fitness journey. Over the last year I have had 5 body composition DEXA scans at the Bone Wellness Centre. I know the facility, the examination and the President, Salima, quite well now. The information I gained from each scan was tremendously useful. As a starting point I used my first DEXA to help plan my nutrition based on my body composition and in selecting an appropriate weight training regimen. Subsequent scans were a cause to celebrate as I went from 27% body fat down to 10% body fat over the course of 9 months. I lost about 32 lbs of pure fat while putting on 6 lbs of muscle; neither easy feats in your 30s! I would not have been able to achieve the best physique I have ever had in such a short amount of time without the services provided by Salima’s work at the Bone Wellness Centre. The scan is quick and without any discomfort. You just lie on a foam bed as the machine hums quietly and scans you for a few minutes. You receive your results right away and Salima personally explains their meaning while E-mailing you a detailed document outlining where exactly on your body you lost fat and/or gained muscle. It is less radiation than a chest X-ray and we’re allowed many of those per year under safety guidelines! The scans are easy to schedule, Salima is always cordial and informative while patiently going over the results of the scan with you and the information you’ll gain and their effect on your fitness and health are worth many times over the reasonable costs of this service. I say this with the utmost sincerity as a physician concerned about the health of the Canadian population: Getting a DEXA scan at the Bone Wellness Centre is a small investment with tremendous returns on your health now and during many vibrant and enjoyable years of quality health in the future. With a DEXA scan coupled to a sound nutrition and weight training regimen, you’re sure to achieve amazing results as well. I thank Salima and the Bone Wellness Centre for helping me through my fitness journey; I plan to continue to use their services well into the future.”

Dr. V.Khan – Radiologist & Professor

“As someone who has more recently become more focused on exercise and better diet to improve overall health it has certainly been a learning process to identify the optimal program that will help me achieve my goals. The DEXA body composition assessment is an invaluable resource that provides unique insight into your bone, muscle and fat mass by key areas of your body. This information helps identify what aspects of your program are working and perhaps other areas that could be optimized. More importantly however, I found Salima to be a true professional who takes the time to understand your fitness goals and analyzes your results that gives you tangible insights to improve. As somewhat of a neophyte who lacks the knowledge and confidence to really know if I am on the right path, I particularly appreciated Salima’s patience and reassuring manner to ensure that I was able to get maximum value through the process.  From my perspective, anybody who is committed to optimizing their health by setting goals should use the services of Salima to validate that they are on the right path.”

Stuart –  VP of Sales

“Salima is incredibly professional, courteous, and flexible with her clients. Her centre, the Bone Wellness Centre, is absolutely a must for those looking to determine a baseline of their body composition before setting out for any new diet or exercise regimen. I wish more people in Toronto would know about her work.”

Leor – Engineer

“As a Chiropractor I am always interested in technologies which can be used to measure and track states of health.  I believe that DEXA scanning is revolutionary in that is gives a very accurate picture of body composition and health status which can be reliably used to monitor progress over time.  I’ve just had my first scan and the information will be very helpful for me to direct my personal efforts for better health and fitness.  I will be recommending that my patients use DEXA for these same purposes.  Thank you Salima for a great experience and I can’t wait for my next scan!”

Dr. Peter Angerilli, B.Sc.,D.C.
Owner, Clearview Chiropractic, Burlington Ontario

“Having multiple DEXA scans done at The Bone Wellness Centre has made a huge improvement in my training as an athlete. It tells me accurately whether I’m gaining or losing muscle or fat. That is something the scale can’t do! I think it’s really useful information for athletes or anyone looking to improve their body composition.”

Vicki – Competitive Athelete

“Having personally experienced almost every system used for body composition analysis I can honestly say that the DEXA Scan is by far the superior method. It is more accurate than Bioelectric Impedance Analysis, less awkward that Hydrostatic Weighing, and offers a more accurate picture of fat distribution than even Skinfold Calipers can offer.  I would highly recommend the DEXA Scan to anyone serious about monitoring progress towards their health or fitness goals.”

Sean Allt – National Trainer BA, CSEP-CPT

“Before I embarked on an exercise routine to add muscle, I visited the Bone Wellness Centre and had a DEXA scan. The staff was helpful, polite and shared their expertise. I had a very enjoyable experience.

After the first scan, I knew that I needed to increase my food intake and adapt my strength training routine. Now, after months of training and watching my diet, the second DEXA scan I had proved the efficacy of my program decisions.

The other benefit of the second scan is that I know what I need to do to maintain my healthy lifestyle. I highly recommend visiting the Bone Wellness Centre and having a DEXA scan before starting a diet or muscle-adding program.”

Cheers, Mike

“Salima was very well informed of  how the results of the body composition meant. Salima also gave me valuable information to ‘tweak’ my diet, ensuring that i am continuing to lose fat, and not lean muscle….I have had two DEXA scans or body compositions at the Bone Wellness Centre in Toronto. I don’t mind travelling from Ottawa as this test helps me to stay on track.. i am loosing fat, and my lean muscle is increasing…Another important consideration when reviewing your body composition is the BMD or bone mass density. If you are concerned about calcium intake, osteopenia, or osteoporosis, this is a valuable tool to detect and prevent future concerns. Thank you Salima, for your kindness, your professionalism, and guidance are appreciated. See you again in 6 months.”

Sincerely Julian

“While embarking on a program to lose body fat and improve body composition I discovered Salima and The Bone Wellness Centre while searching online. As a data driven individual it was incredible motivation to have detailed numbers and an accurate picture (almost literally) to start with, as well as for tracking progress through the program.  The feedback I received from the DEXA scans was a key piece of the puzzle that allowed me to cut my body fat in half over the course of the program (8 months). Thanks Salima! “

“After thinking about a DEXA scan for many years, I finally decided to have one done. What fun! As a data nerd, I love numbers and information that puts it all into perspective. My experience was great. The DEXA scan at the Bone Wellness Center with Salima was super easy. She explained everything well and took the right amount of time to review my results. As a nutrition professional with a focus on medical nutrition therapy, knowing what’s really going on for both myself and clients, in terms of body composition is crucial for better therapeutic interventions.

There’s really no substitute for a DEXA scan; tracking weight history and BMI has limited use when it comes to assessing body composition; not the least of which is assessing muscle mass as we age. Good metabolic health, better quality of life, and maintaining functional independence relies on maintaining muscle as we age and the DEXA is the gold standard to track that. I would highly encourage and recommended anyone to have one done!”

Doug Cook RDN MPH, Integrative & Functional Nutritionist and Registered Dietitian at Doug Cook RD