Yesterday afternoon I found myself in Harley Street attending yet another course. I guess I am quite addicted to courses, but it was a fascinating romp through 'Bio-Typing' and how to use it as a practitioner.
Bio-Typing is the method of categorising people into groups with similar traits. Each group has similar physical attributes and personality characteristics that mark them out as a certain type of person. This type is then used to work out the best way to eat, lose fat, gain muscle, play sport etc.
Given that we all know that we're not the same (how can it be that one person can live on crap food and loads of it and yet never gain a pound and the rest of us... well you know how the story goes!). It makes sense to me that there may be a different way to achieve good health.
Alessandro Ferretti took us through a brief history of Bio Typing before taking us through to the bit we all wanted to hear, the different types. There are 5 types and the first thing you need to do to identify someone is consider their height. You then consider their torso, limb length, hand size maybe even gait. By this time he reckons you should have 80% of people down to a certain type. The remaining 20% may need further assessing or tweaking.
By the time all 8 of us had entered the room and sat down, Alessandro had already worked out what we all were. By the end of the description of different types some of us still didn't know what category we fell into, but he knew! With a few simple questions like 'do you like kids?', or 'would you be seen driving a Skoda?' he had us all convinced as to which category we should be in.
The dietary guidelines for each group vary so that all groups can have optimum good health. I am a 'P' type, I am going to try my new way for 4 weeks and see how I get on. I'll keep you posted!
The afternoon was a fascinating introduction into a method of health management that Alessandro has been using in his practice for many years with outstanding results.
For more information on how you can optimise your health with a combination of Bio-Typing and nutritional and health advice drop me a line at heidi@strickers.org.uk.
