You need exercise – but it’s not the burn of the calories that builds health – its the build.  While there are lots of ways to move your energy – nourishment is what returns and grows health.  Think of it like a flow chart with energy output and nutrient input.  That’s the key to a successful re-creation of a living organism.  Yes – you will lose weight if you increase output via exercise and decrease input via less calories.  That’s a fact!   However the selection of nutrients drives the creation of the healthy the body you desire.

Charting your personal burn rate with sites like Nike (see June 2009 Wired Magazine) gives you a clear picture of how your output game is tuning you up. What’s missing is an equally important tracking system that goes beyond the calorie and nutrient label we all love to read.  A tracking system that looks directly into your body to track your personal nutrient profile.

Your personal  Nutrient Report Card can play a significant role in your body re-build and re-model program by creating a personal nutrient profile with a simple smell or taste test.  You can Preference Test up to 30 specific nutrients in the comfort of your home to learn what your body really wants.  Find foods and supplements that match your needs.  Imagine remodeling a kitchen – and putting all the same old appliances back into those new cabinets.  If you are going to do the hard work – enjoy the full benefits of a master re-model driven by information stored in your body.

Preference Tests with smell & taste give you an evolutionary advantage in the quest for health.  No matter what you do for a workout, growing health is an inside job.  Listen to your body talk – take a Preference Test. Your body wants to be healthy. Your body loves being healthy.  Follow that desire.  Burn it – then re-build from the inside out.  Give yourself the fuel your body desires. Where do you want to grow today?

Tim

TAKE THE CHALLENGE…

In 1975 the internet was just a kid and smell and taste research was all about marketing stuff. Remember the Pepsi Challenge? This supermarket campaign was my first experience with taste testing.  It was fun and back then I actually preferred Pepsi. The results of that simple sip test have been challenged for accuracy and effectiveness – but as I was to discover later, preference tests have more to offer when nourishment, not taste entertainment is the goal.

I experienced my first smell and taste test using supplements in 1979. I was not interested in taking supplements even though I ate like a college kid. My smell and taste scores were all over the place – some high and some low. I came back for more smell tests.  What the heck I thought, maybe I’ll learn something useful. The very idea that my senses could help me stay healthy was a very interesting concept.  The more I directed my supplement and food choices  guided by smell and taste the more curious I became.

Why would I prefer Vitamin A Tuesday and Vitamin D on Friday? Why would my preferences change from day to day? My friends and family all had smell and taste scores different from mine and they changed from day to day as well.  When I added foods that matched my preferences, my perception of smells and tastes changed accordingly.  Over time my preference scores became more regular and centered in the middle. I felt stronger and more confident about my own senses and my ability to nourish myself.  I kept track of my vital signs as well and watched them go through their cycles too.  Party too much – my scores would take a dive. Overdrive a term paper weekend – crash and burn – my scores changed then too! Slowly and surely my experiences gave me enough personal proof that I became enamored of a simple premise.

Smell and taste responses changed according to my body’s needs.

In other words – the more I needed a specific nutrient – the better it smelled or tasted when compared to a lesser needed nutrient or supplement.  Good thing I wasn’t alone! I learned this in the company of several friends and family members who for the past thirty years have shared and experienced the same benefits from tracking their smell and taste preferences.

The good news is you can check this premise out for yourself with our online Nutrient Report Card. Let your curiosity roam and your senses be your guides.  Get a smell or taste kit – put your senses to work for you – upload your scores – change your diet – get some exercise! Watch what happens.

It’s a sense-able approach to the vexing question of how best to meet your daily needs.

We won’t try to tell you what supplements or foods you need – we’ll leave that to your natural intelligence. We think that’s a tastefull path to good nutrition. Good hunting and Bon Appétit!

Tim