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Biometric Diet

Popular--or "fad"-- diets such as the Atkins Diet and the South Beach Diet have garnered plenty of media attention, while other diet systems have slid under the popular radar. Biometrics Nutrition & Fitness appears to be one of these "sleeper" diets.

Although the Biometrics Nutrition & Fitness company website appears to be dated and in need of maintenance (as of December of 2009), the ideas of a "biometric" diet still show up in recent literature. There is slightly limited information available on this interesting if obscure diet.

  1. Defining the Biometric Diet

    • The International Biometric Society, a group not affiliated with Biometric Nutrition & Fitness, defines the term "biometric" as using statistics and mathematics as an approach to analyzing biological data. For the diet, the term "biometric" seems to function more as a high-tech name than an actual definition of how it works.

      Still, in a press release on StayHealthy.com, Dr. Robert Karch--President and CEO of Biometrics--describes his biometric diet as a precise way to calculate calorie requirements suited to an individual's weight loss needs, as well as that person's fitness goals.

    Biometric - The Bottom Line

    • The Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, endorses Biometrics as a diet involving customized meal plans from recipes listed at the Biometrics Nutrition & Fitness website.

      A stringently regulated dietary intake is laid out consisting of nearly 60 percent carbohydrates, with roughly equal parts of fat and protein making up the rest. Eight glasses of water are also listed as essential.

      Three sessions a week of strength training, at 30 minutes apiece, are also required for the Biometric diet. In short, the bottom line appears to be eating a sensible diet--planned out for you by a dietician of some sort--while following an exercise routine laid out by a personal trainer from Biometrics.

    Problems with the Biometric Diet

    • While the Biometrics diet seems perfectly logical, it is unclear how to actually undertake the diet itself. The company website lists a variety of meals but fails to list recipes. There is no cost listed, and there are no publications available from Biometrics Nutrition & Fitness--only a single contact email and a phone number.

      The diet from Biometrics seems like a sensible way to lose weight, provided you can get in touch with both a dietitian to customize your meal plan as well as a fitness trainer from the organization. However, you may be better off simply talking to your family doctor, who can probably do the same thing--set a sensible diet plan and lay out helpful exercises for weight loss--in one simple, convenient visit.

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