What Doctors Don't Tell YouWhile some supplements may work for some people, there’s no magic bullet for losing weight. Keep in mind that even if a product does help you lose weight, you usually have to continue taking it to maintain results. So, ultimately, the best way to...
Over our past year’s search for the best health regimes, the work of two people has particularly stood out. William Wolcott, the world's leading authority on metabolic typing (The Metabolic Typing Diet, Doubleday, 2000), and former director of...
The cells in your body are like little woodfires. If they burn too fast (too much carbohydrate for your type), it’s only a quick burst that soon peters out. If they burn too slowly (too much fat and protein), it’s a weak flame producing very little...
Protein types should: * eat protein at every meal * emphasise high-density, high-purine, high-fat foods * go easy with grains (wholegrains only), and avoid all breads except sprouted-grain and sourdough breads * emphasise vegetables grown above...
Although metabolic typing is complicated and best left to a Trained Metabolic Typing Advisor (see below), the following simplified list provides some idea of the optimal macronutrient ratio you should be eating. Read both lists to determine which...
The thrust of our New Year's issue this month is that the way to health is not a superhighway on which all of us can motor in the same direction, but a dirt road that we have to navigate to and tread along single-file. The incalculable contribution...
The latest dietary fad to hit the US and the UK involves the acid-alkaline balance of your body and the fact that you need to control a tendency toward over-acidity. However, the story is more complex than simply eating more greens. Foods can have...
The conventional view is that certain foods have fixed pH effects on the body. But the same food that can cause an alkaline shift in one metabolic type can cause an acidic shift in another metabolic type (Wolcott W, Fahey T. The Metabolic Typing...
Suspect acidity if you:
* take excessive strenuous exercise, which causes lactic acid to accumulate in the blood
* are diabetic, which tends to cause acidosis through loss of potassium, sodium and ketones in the urine
pH: the real facts - Report Findings Types
