Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 178

EP 178 – Bitesize Biohacks: Insights To Track For Optimising Health & Performance

In this Bitesize Biohacks episode, Angela shares an insight into the data she regularly tracks and the key tools she uses that help support independent assessment
Knowing how you are doing in the journey to optimising your health and performance is hugely useful and this is a great opportunity to hear about what can be used to effectively track and provide the independent feedback that can make a difference

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Bitesize Biohacks: Insights To Track For Optimising Health & Performance

In this Bitesize Biohacks episode, Angela shares an insight into the data she regularly tracks and the key tools she uses that help support independent assessment
Knowing how you are doing in the journey to optimising your health and performance is hugely useful and this is a great opportunity to hear about what can be used to effectively track and provide the independent feedback that can make a difference

Key Takeaways

  • The data is invaluable in helping you to check in with yourself
  • I intermittently track my blood glucose using a continuous glucose monitor, your glucose sensitivity varies throughout your menstrual cycle
  • Measuring what your cells are using for food can help with optimising the length of your fasting
  • Body composition analysis helps with tracking muscle mass and bone density
  • I do blood work at points throughout the year to optimise supplements
  • Gut testing and genetic testing provide a good baseline and starting point to optimise the expression of your genetics
  • Understanding certain parts of our genetics can really help us to influence positive outcomes and give us lots of information about ourselves

Best Moments

We want to use them as an independent tool’
‘Sleep is really fundamental for performance and longevity
‘Independent feedback about how you are doing is really useful’

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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