 "Essential health guide" | 2009-10-28 |
| - Reviewed By blackgriffin |
| I have been studying and applying to myself all the ways I can naturally become healthier and age less, and this book brings together all the things I have discovered on my own, as well as laying out a clear, easy-to-follow way of determining the right diet for me. If readers find it complex or too much information, it is because they are not yet ready to take on the responsibility of their own health. Because that's what it's about--finding out who YOU are and becoming informed so you can make the right decisions for your own body and lifestyle -- and finding the right practitioners to assist you when needed. To remain healthy in this culture is a challenge -- our bodies are subjected to the toxins of industrialized society and we are confronted with misinformation from the corporate and medical worlds, which are often one. Conventional Western medicine is great in an emergency, for intervention, but doesn't have a clue when it comes to overcoming chronic conditions and maintaining optimum health. This book gives you the tools to take it on yourself. I would suggest doing more investigation into the Peter and James Dadamo's Blood Type Diet (covered, but not in depth, in the book)which works in tandem with Metabolic Typing. Also mentioned in the book is natural bio-identical HRT (by prescription through a practitioner) from Women's International Pharmacy, which I have been using for years. Maybe I and the book are making it all sound like work, but rather it's an exciting journey of self-knowledge where you can see new results every day. |
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| "Metabolic Typing Diet is just want the Dr. Order" | 2009-02-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A29RVY4KMYAXS4 |
| Shipping was right on time, book was recommended by my Chiropractor Dr. Koca. Strongly reecommend this book to others whom are at that time of life where the metabolism is beginning to slow down. |
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| "One Man's Food Is Another Man's Poison" | 2009-02-09 |
| - Reviewed By seaotter48 |
Why do some people do well on Robert Atkin's high fat and protein diet with almost no carbs, while other people fare poorly on such a diet? The same holds true for many other diet plans, such as the low fat regiman of Dean Ornish. The reason, according to William Wolcott, author of "The Metabolic Typing Diet," is that one diet regiman doesn't fit all. In other words, one man's food truly is another man's poison.
Wolcott contends that while we all need fats, carbohydrates and proteins in our diet, some people need more high pruine, fatty meats (dark meat poultry, beef, fatty fish such as salmon) and other fats such as butter, while other people need a mix of high and low fat meats (dark and light meat poultry, high and low fat fish, beef) and carbohydrates, while a third group fares better eating more carbohydrates and low fat meats, such as white meat chicken and turkey, low fat fish, and beans. I have been following his diet recommendations and see the wisdom in his advice. While everyone needs fruits and vegies in their diet, different people do better on different kinds of these foods. For example, while carbohydrate types can eat more liberal amounts of all types of fruits, as they don't raise their blood sugar as rapidly, the high protein, fat types do better on less sweet fruits. They should also more carefully monitor their total fruit consumption and stay away from fruit drinks.
Wolcott has everyone eat whole grains. As it breaks down the phytates and other enzyme inhibitors, he recommends soaking your grains. He also encourages every one to eat three meals a day at set times. He encourages the purchase of free range meat that doesn't have nitrates or nitrites and feeds on the proper food for it's digestive system. He encourages people to buy organic grains and produce where feasible. Even more important than buying organic vegies or fruits is to purchase the frshest produce you can find. He also has a list of foods he says everyone should stay away from. Included in this list are alcohol, caffiene, sugar and trans fats, which are produced when food is fired or deep fried, especially in delicate omega six vegie oils, such as sunflower, safflower, corn, soy, and canola oil. Each metabolic type has other specific foods that they need to monitor in their diet.
Another very good book on metabolic type diets is "The Nutrition Solution," by Harold J. Kristol. His discription of the oxidative vs. the autonomic nervous system domiants is well done. While Wolcott covers this subject in detail, I found Kristal's book to be even more understandable than Wolcott's book. Wolcott has the best self test to determine your metabolic type of the two books. I also like that he gives a diet plan for mixed types, which Kristal does not do. Kristal does discuss a balanced diet for those people who are healathy enough to be on one. I would highly recommend you read both books, There are several other books on metabolic types. When reviewing them on Amazon, none impressed me all that much. These two books truly are the best books I've ever read on diet.
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 "great book introducing body chemical functions to food." | 2009-01-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3GBQFHJB1I2D9 |
great book introducing body chemical functions to food.
it includes a test for knowing which type of metabolic type you are, and how to eat according to your type. |
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| "need to read" | 2009-01-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: ARTAV8JU4YX3X |
| Anyone who has struggled unsuccessfully in maintaining a healthy weight needs to buy and read this book.... and then pass it on to their friends! |
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| "Learn More about Nutrition Specifically for YOU!" | 2008-12-06 |
| - Reviewed By kerri38846 |
This is a great book for those who are struggling to find out WHY they don't feel great. If you follow the recommendations in the book, you could easily find an AHA moment and really learn how to eat to feel better.
Finding out your nutritional type is ESSENTIAL to good health and is one of the platforms that I use in my private practice in order to help people overcome their chronic health problems.
I DO recommend this book and/or it's companion website along with a nutritional advisor who uses its principles to every new client that works with me. And I'll recommend it to you too.
Read, learn and FOLLOW the instructions outlined in the book.
Kerri Knox, RN
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