NOW IT IS TIME TO ANALYZE YOURSELF

Biological Age Survey

As an expert in the field of Exercise Science, I try to bring to you diverse ways to analyze and re-analyze your current health status.  You will be surprised to find that biologically you are not the same age internally as externally. Based on your daily choices, your internal age can be identified. This is very interesting. Take the test below. Even if it seems strange, answer all of the questions and tabulate your answers on a piece of paper. Beside the answer choices is a positive or negative number, this is what you want to place on your tabulation page. Begin your page with your age in a number format (i.e. 39), add or subtract each answer from your age number.

Choose the answer that most closely relates to you.

1. What is your current age (in years)
2. How frequently do you eat fried, broiled or barbequed foods?
• Often (4)
• Once per day (3)
• Once per week (1)
• Almost never (-2)
3. How often do you consume nutritional oils (not fried or heated)

• Never (2)
• Once a week (1)
• Once a day (0)
• 2+ Times Per Day (-1)

1. How many servings of fruits or vegetables do you consume? (1 serving = one cup)

• Almost never (3)
• Few times per week (2)
• One per day (1)
• 3 per day (-1)
• 5+per day (-2)

5. How often do you consume whole grains and/or natural fiber? (example whole wheat, psyllium, brown or wild rice)

• Almost never (3)
• Once a week (2)
• Few times per week (1)
• Often (-2)

6. How many glasses of water do you consume daily? Water does not include coffee, black tea, soda, alcohol.

• Almost never (3)
• One per day (2)
• 4 Per day (1)
• 8 per day (0)
• 10+ per day (-2)

7. Do you consume sugar, soda, white flour, or other processed foods? (example: canned foods, fast food, TV dinners, foods with preservatives added)

• 3+ times per day (3)
• Once a day (2)
• Few times per week (1)
• Almost never (-1)

8. How many alcoholic drinks do you consume per week?

• 12+ per week (3)
• 8 per week (2)
• 4 per week (1)
• 2 per week (0)
• Almost never (-1)

9. How often do you add salt to your food?

• All food (3)
• Daily (2)
• Few times per week (1)
• Once a month (0)
• Almost never (-1)

10. Do you take a multivitamin?

• Almost never (2)
• Once per week (1)
• Few times per week (0)
• Daily (-1)

11. Do you take antioxidants? (example grape seed extract, selenium)

• Almost never (3)
• Once a week (2)
• Few times per week (1)
• Daily (-2)

12. Do you exercise? (30 minutes or more of continuous exercise)

• Almost Never (3)
• Once per week (2)
• 3 times per week (-2)
• 5+ times per week (-3)

13. When you exercise, do you do so for more than 2 hours? (if you do not exercise, put zero as your answer)

• Most times (4)
• 50% of the time (2)
• Almost Never (0)

14. Do you sleep well and awake rested?

• Almost never (3)
• Sometimes (2)
• Usually (0)
• Always (-1)

15. How often do you have normal bowel movements?

• Once a week (4)
• Every 4 days (3)
• Every second day (2)
• Daily (0)
• 2+ times per day (-2)

16. Is there a history of the following conditions in your family? (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, obesity, liver disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure)

• 2 or more (1)
• One (0)
• None (-1)

17. Have you ever had any of the following conditions?

(cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, obesity, liver disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure)

• 2 or more (3)
• One (2)
• None (-2)

18. How frequently do you experience the following conditions? (headache, fever, sore throat, muscle aches (not exercise induced), colds or flu, rash, swelling)

• Once a day (3)
• Once a week (2)
• Once a month (0)
• Almost never (-1)

19. Have you ever been exposed to heavy metals or toxic substances? (mechanics, hair dressers, nail technicians, etc)

• Daily (4)
• Weekly (3)
• Monthly (2)
• Almost Never (0)

20. Have you ever been exposed to heavy metals via dental work or fillings? (mercury fillings, metal fillings)

• 3+fillings (4)
• 2 fillings (3)
• 1 filling (2)
• Never (0)

21. How many full meals do you eat per day? (a snack is not a full meal)

• Never (3)
• 4+ per day (3)
• 3 per day (0)
• 2 per day (1)
• One per day (2)

22. At work or at home, how often are you in front of electronic equipment (computers, television, live cameras, electrical wires)?

• 8+ hours per day (3)
• 6+ hours per day (2)
• Few hours per day (1)
• Almost never (0)

23. How often are you exposed to cigarette smoke (direct or second hand)?

• All day (4)
• Few times a day (3)
• Few times per week (1)
• Almost Never (-1)

24. Do you use recreational or street drugs?

• 2+ times per day (4)
• Once per day (3)
• Once per week (2)
• Once a month (1)
• Never (0)

25. Do you drive in heavy traffic?

• For a living (3)
• Daily (3+ hours) (2)
• Daily (1-2 hours) (1)
• Almost Never (-1)

26. At work and/or at home, do you experience stress?

• Very High (4)
• High (3)
• Moderate (2)
• Slight (1)
• Almost none (-2)

Add and subtract the answers from your age and that will be your internal age.