For Immediate Release
April 6, 2010 

Statistics Confirm Prevalence of Biological Imbalances Among Endurance Athletes
Fitness Does Not Necessarily Contribute to Better Overall Health

Bend, OR – Bioletics, a company specializing in at-home performance assessments and related products, has identified significant imbalances in 100% of the 100 endurance athletes it has evaluated during the past six months.  After examining eight, key performance factors, the company found that the vast majority of athletes had five or more biological issues limiting not only their athletic potential, but their overall health and well-being.

“The longer and harder athletes push, the more likely they are to develop a biological imbalance or deficiency,” explains Coach Ben Greenfield of Pacific Elite Fitness (Spokane, WA).  He adds, “With the advent of home-based assessment options, coaches are beginning to encourage athletes to re-think the relationship between their fitness and their health.  It’s becoming increasingly clear that one does not necessarily lead to the other.”

Eric Petersen, a 44-year-old triathlete from Coeur d’Alene, ID is a typical case in point. Fit and convinced that he was the epitome of health, Eric was logging an impressive amount of mileage day after day, frequently fitting in two workouts a day when training for a competitive event.  At some point, however, Eric started to struggle.  He was feeling tired, sore and unmotivated for no apparent reason.  He hadn’t been injured or ill and he wasn’t over training.  

It was Coach Greenfield who suggested that he consider doing a few at-home assessments to gain some insight into what was happening on a deeper level—inside his body.  Because he ate well and took a number of nutritional supplements, Eric had doubts about being evaluated. But he trusted his coach, took his advice and ended up contacting Bioletics.   

When his results came back, Eric was shocked.  His vitamin D, essential amino acid and recovery hormone levels were all very low.  “My results were a real wake-up call,” recalls Petersen. “No wonder I was feeling so run down.”

Eric made some changes and, within six weeks, was feeling and performing better. 

“After following Bioletics’ corrective protocol for about twelve weeks, I did a training run on the Coeur d’Alene half marathon course.  It wasn’t even a race and I ended up improving my PR at this distance by well over eight minutes.”   He adds, “I am amazed by how good I feel.  It’s all so obvious now—If I’m going to push my body and expect it to respond, I’m going to have to tune in and take better care of it.” 

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