Optimal, Stressed, Critical. Balanced, Out of Balance. Here's what your scores are actually telling you.
Every point in your scan is scored on a 0 to 100 scale and classified as Optimal (90+), Stressed (75-89), or Critical (below 75). You'll see these reflected in your System Breakdown panel at the top of your results and in the individual point scores when you expand each system. System scores are weighted composites of those points. For foods, items, and supplements, it's simpler: balanced or out of balance. The most important thing to understand is that none of these classifications are diagnoses. They're signals. Stressed and critical points are your body communicating where it's working hardest right now. That's useful, actionable information.
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Your scan measures each point in your body and assigns it a score from 0 to 100. That score reflects how much energetic stress that point is currently under.
Here's where it gets interesting: the scale isn't a simple "higher is better" line. It works more like a curve. There's a sweet spot where a point is in its ideal range, functioning with minimal stress. Move too far in either direction, above or below that sweet spot, and stress increases.
This is important because it mirrors how the body actually works. A hormone like cortisol isn't "good" when it's high and "bad" when it's low. There's a range where it's doing its job well, and outside that range, whether elevated or suppressed, the body has to compensate.
Your scan captures that nuance. The score you see for each point has already been translated from the raw measurement into a percentage that reflects how close to optimal that point is functioning.
Once each point has a score, it falls into one of three classifications. You'll see the total count of each in the System Breakdown panel at the top right of your dashboard.
This point is functioning in its ideal range. It's doing its job without overworking. When you expand a system and look at individual points, optimal points will show high percentages. Optimal doesn't mean "perfect forever." It means right now, in your current state, this area is balanced and resilient.
This point is working harder than it needs to. It's still functional, but it's compensating for something, whether that's lifestyle factors, load from other systems, or an ongoing pattern. Stressed points are worth paying attention to, especially when they cluster in the same system. They're often the early signals that something is shifting before you'd feel it physically.
This point is under significant energetic stress. You'll see your most critical points called out in the Most Stressed panel at the top of your results, each with its individual score. Critical doesn't mean "broken" or "dangerous." It means this part of your system is carrying a heavy load right now, and it's a priority area for your attention. Your system narrative and Action Plan will help you understand what's driving it and what you can do about it.
The percentage you see next to each system name in your System Scores section is calculated by combining the individual point scores within that system.
Not every point contributes equally. When you expand a system in your results, you'll see points organized into two groups:
Primary Points are central to how that system functions. They're listed first and carry the most weight in the system score. For example, within Cardiovascular & Oxygen Efficiency, your Heart, Lung, and Circulatory System are primary points.
Secondary Points play a supporting or crossover role. They appear below the primary points and carry less weight, but still influence the score and provide important context. A secondary point like Liver might show up in multiple systems because it plays a role in detox, digestion, metabolism, and cardiovascular support.
If items within a system are out of balance, that also factors into the system score as a moderate influence. You'll see these listed in the Imbalanced Items section within each system's expanded view.
So your system score is a composite: it blends your primary point scores, your secondary point scores, and whether that system has out-of-balance items pulling it down.
Your overall score, the large number in the top-left panel of your dashboard, is then an average of all six system scores.
The System Breakdown panel in the top right of your dashboard tells you, across all your points, how many are classified as Optimal, Stressed, and Critical.
This is a fast way to gauge the overall picture. If you see something like 15 Optimal, 20 Stressed, and 23 Critical, it tells you your body is actively working across multiple fronts and there's real opportunity for improvement. If the balance is heavily tilted toward Optimal with a few Stressed, your body is in a strong place with some targeted areas to watch.
There's no "passing" or "failing" here. The breakdown is a distribution, not a grade. It tells you how your body is allocating its resources right now.
For foods, the scoring is more straightforward: balanced or out of balance.
Balanced means your body is processing that food well in its current state. No action needed.
Items showing Out of balance are the ones that, when introduced to your samples, created a measurable a shift out of the "balanced zone". Essentially, this is your body's way of saying "no thanks!" to that item. You will see Critically Out of Balance (shown in red) for the strongest responses, and Slightly Out of Balance (shown in blue) for foods worth being mindful of.
A few things worth knowing:
Energetic sensitivities are different than food allergies. Your food results are a snapshot of right now. They reflect your body's current state, not a permanent sensitivity. A food that's out of balance today might test balanced on your next scan after your body recalibrates. This is why we recommend stepping away from out-of-balance foods for 6 to 8 weeks and slowly reintroducing, rather than cutting them out for good.
You'll also notice your foods are organized by category (Dairy, Sweeteners, Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Proteins, and more). If individual foods within a category are flagged, those specific items are listed. Categories where everything tested well are simply shown under In Balance with no individual flags. If you want the full list, the "See all foods tested" and "Download" options at the top of the food section give you the complete picture.
When you expand a system in your results, you may see an Imbalanced Items section. These are more granular markers, things like oxygen utilization patterns, specific enzymes, microbial markers, or environmental stressors.
Items are scored simply: balanced or out of balance. But their presence in your results matters because out-of-balance items directly impact your system score. The text above this section in your results explains it clearly: these markers are currently out of balance and may be contributing to stress within the body.
Your system narrative and Action Plan take these into account, so you don't need to interpret each item on your own. They're woven into the recommendations.
If you purchased a Supplement Scan, your supplements are scored the same way as foods: balanced or out of balance.
A balanced supplement is one your body is responding well to. An out-of-balance supplement is one your body is working harder to process right now. The recommendation is to step away from out-of-balance supplements for 6 to 8 weeks and then slowly reintroduce.
This section can be genuinely surprising. Supplements you've been taking for months, assuming they're helping, might actually be adding to your body's load. The scan takes the guesswork out of it.
Your body isn't static, and neither are your numbers.
Every scan is a snapshot of a moment in time. Your stress response, sleep quality, what you've been eating, how hard you've been training, emotional load, seasonal shifts... all of it influences your results.
That's not a limitation. That's the point.
Scanning over time shows you patterns. You'll see which systems consistently run strong, which tend to carry stress, and how your body responds to the changes you make. A system that was critical three months ago might be stressed now. A point that was stressed might have moved into optimal. That trajectory is where the real insight lives.
Your numbers are a conversation, not a conclusion. And every time you scan, the conversation gets clearer.
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