Metabolic Typing is a fusion of two typing systems: the Oxidative system (based on the work of George Watson, Ph.D.) and the Autonomic system (based on the work of William Donald Kelley, D.D.S.). The basic premise is that one or the other of these two systems (the Oxidative or the Autonomic) will be more dominant in controlling the metabolism of any given person.

Our work seeks to identify: 1) which system is dominant in any given individual; and 2) which of two sub-types within that system characterizes the individual (Fast or Slow Oxidizer within the Oxidative system, and Sympathetic or Parasympathetic within the Autonomic system).

The reason that it is important to know the dominance system is that foods have opposite pH effects in members of the two dominance systems; e.g. foods that acidify the two Oxidizers (Fast or Slow Oxidizers) will alkalize the two Autonomics (Sympathetics or Parasympathetics), and vice versa. Acidifying the Oxidizers is desirable for the overly alkaline Slow Oxidizer, but contraindicated for the overly acid Fast Oxidizer. Conversely, alkalizing the Autonomics is desirable for the overly acid Sympathetic, but undesirable for the overly alkaline Parasympathetic.

What we call the Group I types (Slow Oxidizers and Sympathetics) do best on a diet that is lower in protein and fat, and higher in complex carbohydrates. This diet acidifies the overly alkaline Slow Oxidizers while alkalizing the overly acid Sympathetics. However, the Group II types (Fast Oxidizers and Parasympathetics) do best on a diet that is higher in protein and fat, and lower in complex carbohydrates. This diet alkalizes the overly acid Fast Oxidizers while acidifying the overly alkaline Parasympathetics. Because each one of the pairs in these two diet groups comes from opposite dominance systems (Oxidative and Autonomic), the same foods affect them in opposite ways, thereby helping each one to recover metabolic balance: the overly alkaline person is acidified, and the overly acidic person is alkalized.

Thus, by identifying an individual’s Metabolic Type, we are able to direct them at the foods that work best for their particular metabolism, thereby ending the guessing game perpetuated by the numerous conflicting dietary recommendations found in the nutritional marketplace.

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