iHeart Internal Age Health Monitor, Fingertip Health and Fitness Tracker. Measure Biological Age, Pulse Wave Velocity, Aortic Stiffness, Sp02 and Heart Rate BPM with our iOS and Android App

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF iHEART INTERNAL AGE? - iHeart Internal Age is intended to help you bring a level of mindfulness to your health each day. By measuring your Internal Age every morning you’ll establish a baseline that becomes a goal for you to improve upon. Tests taken throughout the day will vary in response to the activities you’ve been doing and will allow you to examine their effects on your health. For example, you can measure after eating certain foods or after a meditation session to see how those things have affected your organ health.

With continued testing you’ll start to understand how your lifestyle is impacting your health, which is the first step towards improving it. On our website we have a number of resources that can help you to understand certain elements of health and enable you to improve it.

HOW ACCURATE IS iHEART INTERNAL AGE? - The accuracy of iHeart Internal Age has been tested against the SphygmoCor machine. This is the gold standard of aortic pulse wave velocity testing and is a 25,000 machine that requires trained professionals to operate. iHeart's results were found to correlate very strongly with those of the SphygmoCor machine.

HOW DOES THE FINGERTIP DEVICE WORK? - The iHeart Internal Age device is a fingertip pulse reader that detects and records arterial pulsations in your finger. iHeart transmits these recordings to an app on your iOS/Android device and translates them into a pulse wave for display and analysis. After a 30-second you’ll be presented with an Internal Age.The iHeart Internal Age device also measures real-time heart rate and blood oxygen saturation. Click on the highlighted links for a more detailed explanation of what these measurements mean.

HOW IS THE iHEART INTERNAL AGE DEVICE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FINGERTIP PULSE OXIMETERS? - Other pulse oximeters measure heart rate and blood oxygen saturation but their functionality usually stops there. iHeart Internal Age does offer these measurements, but additionally is the only consumer-level product capable of measuring Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity and, subsequently, determining Internal Age.

HOW DOES THE iHEART INTERNAL AGE DEVICE OFFER LONG TERM HEALTH BENEFITS? - The benefits of walking are well documented in medical research journals. Walking for just 30 minutes daily has been proven to normalize blood pressure, reverse diabetes, improve sleep, reduce risk of dementia, relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression, and lead to a longer and healthier life. Why then, with such clear evidence, are physicians prescribing so much medication rather than leading crowds on early morning hikes?

Physicians are primarily focused on the treatment of current ailments rather than the prevention of future ones. It is difficult for doctors to offer patients an overall assessment of health. iHeart Internal Age measures aortic stiffness, a medically-accepted predictor of risk of death from all causes. Aortic stiffness is linked to stiffness of the spinal column, internal organ function, and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid to the brain, and is known to predict risk of future heart disease and dementia in individuals as young as 30.

Aortic stiffness is easily improved with exercise (including walking), a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, stress reduction, and multiple other factors. iHeart Internal Age aims to guide people in making healthy lifestyle choices and to show objective results that lead individuals to feeling better and living longer.

WHAT IS INTERNAL AGE AND HOW IS IT CALCULATED? - Internal Age is calculated by comparing your Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity result to a graph of average healthy readings per age. Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity is a measure of aortic stiffness, a proven risk assessor for death from all causes and an indicator of overall organ health.

iHeart Internal Age tests will vary from minute-to-minute due to common fluctuations in blood pressure, so taking a daily baseline reading under the same conditions (i.e. after waking up and before having anything to eat/drink) is recommended to achieve consistent recordings.

Internal Age is affected by exercise, stress, diet, etc., and over time this baseline reading will change in response to your lifestyle. By observing trends in your iHeart Internal Age results you’ll develop a responsive understanding of your health.

WHAT IS A GOOD AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY RESULT?

Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity (AoPWV) results are directly linked to your Internal Age reading so, simply put, the lower your Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity (AoPWV) score, the better your health. A younger Internal Age reading than your actual age can be considered good! The table below has been taken from an iHeart Pro report to better explain how AoPWV values correlate with Internal Age scores.