What Doctors Don't Tell YouAlthough 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
* Clean up and customise your diet (see our Special Report) and eat an unprocessed, organic diet, rich in antioxidants
''Nuns and midgets, that’s the ticket,'' American author John Gregory Dunne was advised as a fledgling journalist by his editor at Time magazine. Dunne took his mentor’s advice, and the oddity - in the form of the flotsam and jetsam of the human...
While 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...
