
Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 198
EP 198 – Optimal Metabolism, Mineral Testing & Detoxification with Upgraded Formulas Founder, Barton Scott
Barton Scott founder of Upgraded Formulas talks with Angela about recognising and correcting mineral deficiency to achieve optimum performance and longevity
He explains how a hair sample can be tested for a wide range of elemental minerals identifying levels and meaning effective action can be taken to achieve the balance that brings optimisation
It’s an effective way to test regularly and understand fully the elemental
balance and ratios in your body and move to optimum performance and longevity, with Barton sharing how testing can be life-changing
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Optimal Metabolism, Mineral Testing & Detoxification with Upgraded Formulas Founder, Barton Scott
Barton Scott founder of Upgraded Formulas talks with Angela about recognising and correcting mineral deficiency to achieve optimum performance and longevity
He explains how a hair sample can be tested for a wide range of elemental minerals identifying levels and meaning effective action can be taken to achieve the balance that brings optimisation
It’s an effective way to test regularly and understand fully the elemental
balance and ratios in your body and move to optimum performance and longevity, with Barton sharing how testing can be life-changing
Black Friday Offer: Get 2 Weeks Free Trial Of Angela’s Membership The Female Biohacker Collective
Key Takeaways
- Take a quantitative approach, it’s better to test to know what you need
- Hair can be tested for mineral deficiency, heavy metal toxicity, thyroid, adrenal and hormones
- Certain ratios give insight into your testosterone and oestrogen balance
- By the time a deficiency shows up in the blood, it could have been seen years earlier in the hair
- Having knowledge sooner could make a difference in taking action
- The most important aspects of the building blocks of hormones are elemental minerals
- Detoxing without knowing what toxic elements you need to detox is not a sophisticated approach
- When you have a mineral deficiency you accumulate toxic metals more quickly
- If your adrenals don’t have the nutrients they need you won’t be able to mobilise the toxins enough to remove them
- Supplementing with zinc all the time can mean the individual becomes very analytical, zinc and iron are very masculine elements
- Copper is a creative element and can lead to you starting projects and not completing them
- All the elements work together and it’s the balance and relationship with each other
Best Moments
‘Most of us don’t speak the language of the body really well’
‘If you are having anything in your body that you don’t like we can help with that’
‘This process is really powerful over time, to move and match the speed of the body to get nutrients in and detox’
‘Everything is elemental’
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About the Guest
Barton Scott
Barton Scott is a biochemist and founder. Barton is also a nutritionist and a researcher. And for the last 7 years, Barton has been the Founder and process developer behind Upgraded Formulas.
Barton is passionate about helping people address the stress of daily life, sleep struggles, hormone issues, fatigue, and the nutrient absorption issues that we all face. Upgraded Formulas also supports Charitywater.org in the great work they do.
Upgraded Formulas is a quantified wellness and nanotechnology company focused around performance and longevity–with a focus on correcting mineral deficiency led by Barton Scott, who is a Biochemist, a Nutritionist and Functional Health Expert based in Austin, TX, recognized for developing a new category of mineral supplementation called Stabilized Nano Minerals.
Upgraded Formulas get minerals to be so small that they are absorbed with ease by the blood cells in the body without having to undergo the digestion process. Upgraded Formulas analyze your hair and provide consultations to understand which nutrients you need most to live your best life.
About the Host
Angela Foster
Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.
After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:
To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.
Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.
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