B.E.T. (BioEnergetic Testing)

Have you read Bursting with Energy: The Breakthrough Method to Renew Youthful Energy and Restore Health by Dr. Frank Shallenberger and now want to have a BioEnergetic test yourself? (This link is an Amazon affiliate link and we may make money if you purchase the book but either way, we highly recommend any of Dr. Frank’s books!)

We do BioEnergy Testing here!

As Dr. Shallenberger reports, Bio-Energy Testing® is the most important health and anti-aging tool ever developed because the core principle behind staying strong and healthy and avoiding disease is to maintain youthful mitochondrial function. Even with all of the controversy commonly seen in medicine, there is no argument over this fact. Every cell in your body contains thousands of tiny bubble-like structures called mitochondria. It is in your mitochondria that oxygen is converted to energy by burning fat and sugar. This is the energy that keeps you alive and allows your body to function at a high level. Bio-Energy Testing measures how well your mitochondria are doing this.

Absolutely nothing is more critical to your health than mitochondrial function. Poor mitochondrial function is the root cause of every disease, obesity, and even the very process of aging itself. And that’s why Bio-Energy Testing is so important. Bio-Energy Testing uses VO2/VCO2 analysis to measure mitochondrial function. It is the only clinical system in the world that can do this. If your mitochondrial functioning is optimal, congratulations! If not, the information from Bio-Energy Testing can be used to determine what you need to do to correct the problem.

What is Aging?

Aging is not the same as just getting older. It is a medical term that refers to the progressive physical and mental deterioration that occurs as we get older. While aging is inevitable, the dramatic rate and extent of aging that is commonly seen today is not. There is no reason at all why most people can’t reach their nineties with all cylinders firing. And there certainly is no good excuse for people in their sixties, seventies, and eighties feeling less than perfect and requiring medications to keep going. But don’t wait until you have the problems caused by decreased mitochondrial function. It might be too late by then. Instead, be proactive while you are still feeling great.

Your rate and extent of aging is solely dependent on how efficiently your mitochondria produce energy. In short, decreased energy production is not a result of aging, it is the cause of it! Here’s the bad news. You can’t count on the fact that you feel good. Your mitochondrial energy production can decrease substantially long before you develop any signs or symptoms. But don’t worry. There is also good news. By maintaining youthful energy production as you grow older, you will be able to dramatically slow down your rate of aging while at the same time decreasing the chance of developing a disease.

Why Is Energy Production So Important?

Every single aspect of your physiology from your ability to heal and detoxify to your digestion, repair mechanisms, immune system, sexual function, and brain function. Every single function of your body is 100% dependent on energy production. If your mitochondria are functioning well, you will be functioning well no matter how many birthdays you have had.

The Energy Deficit Theory of Aging and Disease

Degenerative disease and aging are preceded by a decrease in energy production. It is this decrease in energy production that causes degenerative disease and aging. Decreased energy production results from two commonly occurring states:

• Decreased fat metabolism.
• Decreased mitochondrial efficiency.

The processes involved in aging and degenerative disease can be decelerated and even reversed by altering these two states to increase energy production. By measuring energy production dynamics Bio-Energy Testing® can determine what is required to increase your energy production to optimal levels.

What Is Bio-Energy Testing?

Bio-Energy Testing® involves the use of a VO2/VCO2 measuring device. VO2/VCO2 systems are commonly used in hospitals and athletic centers all over the world. During the test, you will wear a mask similar to a scuba mask. The mask will have a tube that connects to an analyzer that measures and records in real time how much oxygen your body uses and how much carbon dioxide it produces. Since the amount of oxygen your body uses and the amount of carbon dioxide it produces happens in your mitochondrial this data can then be used to measure your mitochondrial function. Bio-Energy Testing uses a patented computer program to analyze the data and determine how efficiently your mitochondria are producing energy. A series of measurements are taken at rest and while exercising. The test is safe, easy, and takes about 45 minutes. The Bio-Energy Testing® computer program then calculates:

• Your resting mitochondrial efficiency. This is the most accurate way to determine thyroid function.
• Your resting fat metabolism.
• Your maximal mitochondrial efficiency.
• Your maximal fat metabolism.
• Your optimum carbohydrate intake.
• Your optimum caloric intake.
• Your caloric expenditure at various point of exercise.
• Your lung function.
• Your overall strength and fitness.
• Your optimum exercise zones.

How Does Bio-Energy Testing® Work?

The Bio-Energy Testing analyzer measures oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. Oxygen consumption directly determines mitochondrial efficiency. Carbon dioxide production determines fat metabolism. Optimum carbohydrate intake is determined by the ratio of oxygen consumption to carbon dioxide production. Overall strength is determined by the amount of work you are capable of per unit of energy produced. The Bio-Energy Testing analyzer sorts and analyses an enormous amount of data and calculates your energy production dynamics under both resting and exercise conditions. Bio-Energy Testing algorithms present the results of these calculations in a way that can have immediate clinical relevance.

Who Should Be Tested?

• People who believe that it is more important to live well than to live long and that, ideally, we can have both.
• People who want to finish out their lives in “great shape,” free in large part from the incapacity, limitations, medications, and diseases that so frequently affect the over sixty crowd.
• Athletes who want to scientifically optimize their training.
• Non-athletes who just want to design the most efficient exercise program.
• People who cannot control their weight.
• People who feel great now but realize that they need to be proactive in order to stay healthy as they get older.
• People who feel tired or weak but cannot find out why.
• People who want to monitor their mitochondrial status as they get older to make sure that what they are doing is working.
• The key to achieving all of these goals is to optimize your energy production to youthful levels

The test takes one to two hours, and you get a report like this.

Here are the BioEnergy Prep instructions.