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Health & Wellness
2005-10-01 14:59:00
What is the ‘Metabolic Typing Diet’?
ANSWER: There are as many contradictions about diets as there are diets! Your friend tells you one thing, and then you read just the opposite in a health magazine or in the latest best seller. It sounds like you're learning from your own experience that what works for one person, doesn't necessarily work for the next! How can there be so much confusion? In the 1930's, dentist Weston Price began expeditions around the world and uncovered the link between modern eating habits and chronic degenerative diseases. He also discovered that there was no one diet that would be healthy for all people because there was too much variation in climate, local produce, environmental conditions, heredity, genetics, culture, etc. In later years, George Watson, Roger Williams, William Kelley, and others continued in this research. They believed that people's metabolisms functioned differently when it came to two factors, which are largely determined by heredity:Autonomic Nervous System Dominance: There are two branches of this system. One of these branches, the sympathetic nervous system, is often referred to as the "fight or flight" branch. It helps you burn energy. The other branch is the parasympathetic nervous system. This branch helps you conserve energy. It also helps you digest food. Advocates of this diet believe that one branch tends to be stronger or more dominant than the other.Rate of Cellular Oxidation: This refers to the rate at which cells convert food into energy. Some people are fast oxidizers, because they rapidly convert food into energy. In order to balance their systems, fast oxidizers need to eat heavier proteins and fats, which burn slowly. In contrast, slow oxidizers convert food into energy at a slow rate. In order to balance their systems, it's recommended that they eat mainly carbohydrates rather than protein and fat.This is where the Metabolic Typing Diet comes in. You know that you are as unique. You know that one size doesn't fit all. So, why would you believe that one diet is right for everyone? Check with us next month to find out what the three general metabolic types are and how to modify your eating to fit those types.
