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The 3 different metabolic types are: the Protein Type, the Carbohydrate
Type and the Mixed Type.
Protein types do better on low-carbohydrate, high-protein and high-fat
diets. A typical ratio might be 40 percent protein and 30 percent each
of fats and carbohydrates, but the amounts could easily shift to 50
percent fats and as little as 10 percent carbohydrates depending on
individual genetic requirements.
Carbohydrate types normally feel best when the majority of their food
intake is carbohydrate based. However, just as we only have one word for
snow while the Eskimos have many more, we only have one word for
carbohydrates while there are actually different types. There is a major
difference between vegetables and grains and yet they are both
referenced to as “carbohydrates."
If you are a Carbohydrate metabolic type you will require about 60
percent of your food as carbohydrates, 25 percent protein and 15 percent
fat, but this type may need as little as 10 percent fat and as high as
80 percent carbohydrates in exceptional times. If you followed an Atkins
Diet you might improve initially but eventually your system would break
down because it required far more carbohydrates.
Once a person attains a normal weight and does not struggle with other
insulin related disorders, it is actually possible to consume some
grains and remain perfectly healthy. Carbohydrate types actually can do
quite well with grains, but remember this is likely to only be about 15
percent of the population at best.
Don't stress out about the percentages; they are only rough guidelines.
Even if they needed to be precise, you wouldn't take the time or make
the effort to eat exact percentages of foods every single time you ate,
especially for the rest of your life.
Additionally, your activity and stress levels will affect and alter the
quantity of food, as well as the ratio of proteins, fats and
carbohydrates; you need to feel your best.
Lastly, there is also a circadian rhythm to account for. Your
biochemistry moves through various phases throughout the day. These
rhythms involve your hormonal output, your acid/alkaline shifts, your
waking/sleeping times and many other time-based variables. While some
people will have a need for the same ratios of protein, fat and
carbohydrates at each meal, others will discover that they need very
different ratios at the different meals in order to derive optimum
energy, well being and performance.
How to Determine Your
Metabolic Type
In the book, "The
Metabolic Typing Diet", there is a basic test that you can do
to determine your metabolic type. It is generally helpful but not as
accurate as the typing program that is available through certified
metabolic typing clinicians, such as the doctors at CCNM.
The program at our clinic takes you a step beyond the book in defining
your metabolic individuality, and this process involves simple and easy
lab procedures which analyze your urine and blood.
All procedures are done in-house, and you will have the results within a
couple of hours. It will help you accurately identify specific subtypes
of your metabolic type to determine whether you are a Parasympathetic,
Sympathetic, Fast Oxidizer, Slow Oxidizer or Mixed type.
Our service also recommends an appropriate metabolic type dietary
program and basic supplementation for your metabolic type, as well as
provides access to the doctors who will guide you through the program
and answer your questions.
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