Are you running on the right fuel? That depends on whether you are a Ferrari or a Mack Truck? Imagine you’re the owner of a beautiful, big, brand new Mack Truck, and you pull into the most exclusive petrol station that has the highest quality gasoline from the world’s leading refinery. Now this gasoline is as good as it gets, and you’re driving the best truck on 18 wheels. The man at the station decides to put the best quality gasoline in that big diesel engine. Oops! That Mack Truck had better have plenty of sleeping area because you’re not going anywhere fast. Now it’s not the fuel’s or the truck’s fault, it was simply the wrong fuel.
This analogy between individuality and appropriate fuel source is the principle behind Metabolic Typing. Below we examine:
• What Metabolic Typing is • The three basic Metabolic Types • The history behind Metabolic Typing • How you can find out which Metabolic Type you are?
What is Metabolic Typing?
The following excerpt is drawn directly from The Metabolic Typing Diet by Wolcott & Fahey. (1)
Metabolic typing is based on the fact that over thousands of years of evolutionary history, people in different parts of the world developed very distinct nutritional needs (biochemical individuality), in response to a whole range of variables, including climate and geography and whatever plant and animal life their