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The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry (Paperback)
by William Linz Wolcott , Trish Fahey
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Author: William Linz Wolcott , Trish Fahey
Publisher: Broadway
Pub. in: January, 2002
ISBN: 0767905644
Pages: 448
Measurements: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00955
Other information: Reprint edition
ISBN-13: 9780767905640
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The author William Wolcott is widely regarded as the world's leading authority on metabolic typing and this book ranks #2,315 in books out of millions on Amazon.com as of February 25, 2007. |
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The main point that this book tries to get across is that we are not all the same internally, so we can not all eat the same diet and expect to be healthy and balanced. While some can thrive on a vegetarian diet, others will become emaciated, weak, and sick. People are unique in more ways than we can see. Stomachs and other internal organs come in many different shapes and sizes. Thus, according to author William Linz Wolcott, founder of Healthexcel, a company that provides metabolic typing for individuals, it stands to reason that different foods have very different effects on different people.
The 65 Question Test on how to discover your Metabolic Type was the most interesting part of the book. The questions were easy to answer. On most of the questions, the answers were pretty obvious. When you find your Metabolic type, there is a Q&A section for each type, a section devoted to each type, and a bunch of graphs, charts, and other neat things to help you along the way.
The food charts are pretty much the same in all of these books, but The Metabolic Typing Diet actually tells us why we need to eat this way, and really goes into depth. The author even goes into why we should eat organic, how to go about removing toxic metals from our teeth, water, and cookware. It's a wonderful read. It's a guarantee you will be feeling and looking better than you ever have after adopting the methods within.
This amazing book cuts through all the hype, all the oversimplified theories, and frankly, all the nonsense. Its many conclusions make perfect sense. The protein type is instructed to eat a diet that's 40 percent protein, 30 percent fat, and 30 percent carbs. The carbo type gets 60 percent carbs, 25 percent protein, and 15 percent fat. And the mixed type should consume 50 percent carbs, 30 percent protein, and 20 percent fat, although this type has to play with the ratios a little more to find the optimal mix.
This book is so revealing that it is probably going to burn some onions out there. If you dare to read any part of this book - especially the first couple of chapters - you will simply not be able to put it down.
- from quoting Steve Pollack
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Food lovers, housewives, professional cooks, or hotel and restaurant managers.
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William Wolcott is widely regarded as the world's leading authority on metabolic typing and has played a central role in advancing this unique dietary science. He is the founder of Healthexcel, an organization that provides technical consulting services to health professionals.
Trish Fahey is a consumer expert in the area of metabolic typing and a health and science writer who specializes in the field of alternative medicine.
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From the publisher
For hereditary reasons, your metabolism is unique. Cutting-edge research shows that no single diet works well for everyone – the very same foods that keep your best friend slim may keep you overweight and feeling unhealthy and fatigued. Now, William Wolcott, a pioneer in the field of metabolic research, has developed a revolutionary weight-loss program that allows you to identify your "metabolic type" and create a diet that suits your individual nutritional needs.
In The Metabolic Typing Diet, Wolcott and acclaimed science writer Trish Fahey provide simple self-tests that you can use to discover your own metabolic type and determine what kind of diet will work best for you. It might be a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet filled with pasta and grains, or a high-fat, high-protein diet focused on meat and seafood, or anything in between. By detailing exactly which foods and food combinations are right for you, The Metabolic Typing Diet at last reveals the secret to shedding unwanted pounds and achieving optimum vitality with lasting results.
The Metabolic Typing Diet will enable you to:
Achieve and maintain your ideal weight
Eliminate sugar cravings
Enjoy sustained energy and endurance
Conquer indigestion, fatigue, and allergies
Bolster your immune system
Overcome anxiety, depression, and mood swings
From the Back Cover
"Metabolic typing is a huge step forward in the field of diet and nutrition, and this book is essential for anyone interested in optimizing their health by exploring their own biochemical individuality."
-Sherry Rogers, M.D., author of Wellness Against All Odds
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Chapter 1
One Man's Food Is Another's Poison
The Wisdom of Ancestral Diets
Would you believe that in certain remote regions of the world there are old and indigenous cultures in which our modern epidemics - obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, colitis, hypertension, arthritis, and the like - are virtually unknown?
For many years scientists have observed isolated cultures in which people maintain levels of health and fitness that are vastly superior to the health status of those of us who live in modern societies.
Yet these remarkably strong people live in primitive environments very far removed from the industrial mainstream, where there are none of the vast resources so widely available in "advanced" civilizations - no high-tech medicine, no scientists or clinicians or academic institutions, no multibillion-dollar research programs, no health officials or government advisory boards, no vitamin industry, fitness clubs, health spas, weight loss clinics, or health-oriented media.
Oddly enough, the native diets of these old and indigenous cultures are far from what you and I might consider healthful.
Imagine: Traditional Alaskan Eskimos with excellent immunity and cardiovascular health thriving on large quantities of fat and several pounds of meat a day. Daily diets centered around caribou, kelp, salmon, moose, seal, and whale blubber.
Today there are Aboriginal people in remote regions of the Australian Outback with the strength and fitness levels of Olympic athletes. They still live as their ancestors did, on diets comprised of insects, beetles, grubs, berries, and meat from the kangaroo and wallaby.
Consider this: Swiss people with superior constitutions and longevity living in isloated mountain villages, eating primitive diets of whole rye bread and large quantities of high-fat cheese and cream and raw goat's milk, supplemented by wine and small amounts of meat. Villagers of all ages enjoying robust health despite rustic living conditions and the challenges of glacial winters.
Similarly: African Masai tribes, renowned for extraordinary physical and mental development, still living as they have for centuries, primarily on meat and milk and blood that is carefully extracted in small doses from live cattle at regular intervals.
And in other isolated places - high in the Andes Mountains, deep in the Amazon rain forest, in remote villages of the South Pacific islands--native people who consume the primitive diets of their ancestors consistently demonstrate the same kind of remarkable strength, stamina, and resistance to disease, often living well past one hundred.
Researchers have discovered that people who live in primitive cultures consistently display an astonishing range of physical attributes rarely seen in modern cultures: virtually no birth defects or physical deformities or weight problems. Exceptionally well-shaped bones and skeletal frames. Wide and symmetrical faces with expansive, highly functional nasal and respiratory passages. Strong jaws with perfect dental alignment and flawless teeth and gums that rarely if ever succumb to decay and disease.
But when these same people are exposed to the foods and dietary customs of modern civilization, their health rapidly deteriorates and they fall victim to the very same diseases that have long permeated industrialized societies.
The most noteworthy observer of the declining health of primitive cultures was Dr. Weston Price, a remarkable medical researcher who began his career as a dentist in Ohio in the early part of the twentieth century. Price first became interested in malnutrition in an attempt to understand why so many Americans suffered with extensive tooth decay and gum disease, along with severe structural deficiencies such as small dental palates crowded with poorly developed and crooked teeth.
Dr. Price knew that people in undeveloped regions of the world had no such problems - no need of orthodontia, metal fillings, gum surgeries, root canals, or elaborate restorative work. He wanted to find out why.
So in 1934 he began a series of investigative expeditions to remote corners of the world. He visited indigenous cultures and closely examined the diets and health status of native populations in Africa, northern Europe, Canada, Alaska, Australia, and the South Pacific.
Time and again Price found indigenous cultures to be free of the chronic disease and physical disabilities that were very much the norm in the United States and other "advanced" societies. He also observed that whenever primitive cultures abandoned their native diets and adopted modern eating habits, they would rapidly develop the kinds of health problems prevalent in the advanced cultures to which they'd been exposed.
In 1938 Dr. Price documented his findings in the classic Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. This book includes a wealth of dramatic photographs that clearly illustrate the rapid physical deterioration of many indigenous cultures throughout the world.
The Myth of the Universal Diet
Over thousands of years of evolutionary history, people in different parts of the world developed very distinct nutritional needs in response to a whole range of variables, including climate and geography and whatever plant and animal life their environments had to offer.
As a result, people today have widely varying nutrient requirements, especially with regard to macronutrients - the proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that are the fundamental dietary "building blocks," that is, the compounds most essential to sustaining life. Most foods from either animal or plant sources contain at least some amount of each of the macronutrients.
For example, many people who currently inhabit tropical or equatorial regions have a strong hereditary need for diets high in carbohydrates such as vegetables and fruits and grains and legumes. These foods provide the kind of body fuel that is most compatible with the unique body chemistry of people who are genetically programmed to lead active lifestyles in warm and humid regions of the world. Their systems are simply not designed to process or utilize large quantities of animal protein and fat.
Conversely, people from cold, harsh northern climates are not genetically equipped to survive on light vegetarian food. They tend to burn body fuel quickly, so they need heavier foods to sustain themselves. Eskimos, for example, can easily digest and assimilate large quantities of heavy protein and fat - the very types of foods that would overwhelm the digestive tracts of people from, say, the Mediterranean basin.
The bottom line is that a diet considered healthful in one part of the world is frequently disastrous for people elsewhere in the world.
For instance, well-known dietary expert Nathan Pritikin pointed out that Bantu tribes in Africa eat a very low-fat diet, one that is widely regarded as very healthful in the United States and other industrialized societies. Not surprisingly, coronary artery disease among the Bantu is almost nonexistent.
Pritikin's successors and other leading health professionals have long advocated low-fat diets for everyone. Yet this "one-size-fits-all" approach has clearly failed to reduce obesity and cardiovascular disease in large segments of our population. Like all other universal dietary recommendations, it overlooks the enormous amount of biochemical and physiological diversity among individuals.
As an example, Scottish, Welsh, Celtic, and Irish people have certain nutritional requirements that are just the opposite of the Bantu. The ancestral diets of the Scots and Irish and related cultures have always been very high in fatty fish. For this and other reasons they have a hereditary need for more fat than other populations. Remarkably, the low-fat diets that prevent heart disease in the Bantu can actually cause heart disease in many people of Anglo-Saxon descent.
This principle of diet being linked to genetic requirements is seen throughout nature. Every animal species is genetically programmed to feed on specific sources of food. They're not guided in their food selection by their taste buds or manipulated by high-concept advertising strategies about what's "good to eat."
Unlike man, who applies free will to his dietary choices, animals eat according to their natural instincts and genetic dictates. Consequently, insects, reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals (except man) are not plagued with degenerative health disorders like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, allergies, and multiple sclerosis--to name but a few.
In his book Happiness Is a Healthy Life, Lendon Smith, M.D., writes: "The trick of eating is to figure out your racial/ethnic background and try to imitate it." It's a great idea, but there's just one problem: Few of us today have a clear-cut ethnic or genetic heritage, particularly in the United States, where we've become a true genetic "melting pot."
People from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds have moved from continent to continent and country to country and mixed and mingled like crazy. So most of us have lots of different blood running through our veins. A little of this and a little of that.
Maybe you're part Irish and part German with traces of Mexican blood. Your best friend might be half Italian and half Japanese. Perhaps your neighbor has a Swedish mother and a Lebanese father and a maternal grandmother who was part Jamaican. The permutations are endless. There have been so many cultural shifts and so much intermarriage in the modern world that it's just not possible for most of us to identify with any degree of precision exactly what our ancestral diets might be.
And even if you could, it might be pretty tricky to try to imitate it. If you're of pure Native American descent, you could have a hard time obtaining cactus or buffalo meat on a regular basis. Or if you're of full-blooded Austrian descent, it could get challenging... |
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David Vaughan (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-25 00:00>
This book is so advanced in it's approach to diet and nutrition that all other so-called diet books are now obsolete. I have been using Wolcott's book and system in my practice as a medical nutritionist and have found that it addresses every single problem I encounter. His determination of a person's "type" is simple and direct and the results are fantastic. This book is the only book a patient or healthcare provider will ever need to understand individual nutritional needs. It is easy to read and understand and is a must-have for anyone who is interested in optimum health.
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Michael Lim (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-25 00:00>
You have to read this book from start to finish! You don't have to really, but that's what I ended up doing because it reads well and puts me at ease with the concept of food, nutrition, and health. I find this effect on me remarkable because various contradictory approaches to health have been dissected and exposed, as the author explains his approach with a nice tinge of history. Likewise, the author summarizes some complementary approaches to Metabolic Typing, and for this reason I find the book balanced and not self-serving. It is well-referenced and provides a good starting point to living a healthy food-centered lifestyle. After reading Fast Food Nation, I realize how important it is for use to invest our time in modifying our eating lifestyle. This book provides a more compelling reason for us to have a conscious determination of what we eat. Lastly, this book takes a big step in standing on its head medicine as it is commonly practiced, with its blockbuster silver bullet approach toward disease as a reactive palliative to an unhealthy lifestyle of fastfoods. |
Jane James (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-25 00:00>
This book really makes a lot of sense. My doctor recommended it to me, and he swears by it.
With this book, I've been able to identify my own metabolic type (it's not what I thought it was!) and I've realized some very important things about how my body works, and how it reacts to certain foods.
This is not a "simple" sort of fix. It takes some trial and error in the diet, to find out what is actually occuring with the body, and it's not as easy as Atkins or a low-fat diet. BUT, it's designed for each person's particular metabolism, and takes into account that some foods make some people sick, while they work well for others.
I recommend an interested person read through this book several times, and retake the test as you go along. I found that when I took the first test, I was not as aware of my body as I should have been. The results were different when I took the test again later, after working on the diet for a while.
I do think this is the solution for people who have been struggling to find a diet that works. |
Dorothy Weiss (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-25 00:00>
A group of scientists and clinicians have identified specific dietary needs of individual systems, and called it metabolic typing. There's a simple multiple choice self-test to help determine your metabolic type: 1. protein 2. carbo 3. mixed. Each type corresponds to a specific diet. In following the suggested options, you customize your diet according to your ever -changing needs. It is an attempt to demonstrate the body's superior capacity to regulate and heal itself, once it's given the right raw materials to work with. Eat according to your metabolic type. The book is clear, written in a simple easy to follow style. It includes, "frequently asked questions with answers", "fat burning vs weight loss". "getting adequate protein", "listening to your body", helpful tips on organizing and implementing your diet, as well as a troubleshooting test. This is not just another approach to diet and nutrition. Well worth reading. |
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