Do you look at your "metabolic type"?

[LightLover]

I do find this an interesting subject:

* Do you look at/know your "metabolic type"?
* Are you believing in this, and why or why not?
* What is your opinion about the text below?


"The somewhat surprising reason for this is that any given food may be either alkalinizing or acidifying, depending on the metabolic type of the person ingesting it. Before we can be certain which foods (and supplements) a patient needs, we must know his or her metabolic type"
Source: www.bloodph.com/research/mtatype.html

LL

[RawNut]

I don't practice it and don't really agree with it. A food is either alkaline or acid or somewhere near neutral. The mineral ash is what determines the Ph of a food so if it is alkalizing in one person, it should be in all people.

In the booklet I got with my litmus paper, it states that being too alkaline is ultimately caused by being too acidic and the body then dumping ammonia into the bloodstream to neutrilaze the acid. It recommends alkaline foods for people who are too acid and for those who are too alkaline.

I don't subscribe to the "eat right for your type" theory any more either. Meat isn't good for anyone... not even type O people.

Craig

[Forever Young]

I eat whatever my body tells me to eat whenever I'm hungry, raw foods only. Forever Young

[sport]

This sounds like someone is trying to resurect the "Eat right for your type idea".
I'm not buying into that.

[ljcoolj]

I don't buy it either. My thought process goes back to one thought all the time...'humans have lived for thousands of years without knowing their blood type, body type, metabolic type (whatever you want to pick) and have been fine with eating plant food.' It makes no sense to me. What does make sense to me is that the SAD way of eating goes completely against how humans should eat. Its that simple to me.

Forever Young...where in Ohio? I'm in Fairfield, just north of Cincy.

[Forever Young]

Forever Young...where in Ohio? I'm in Fairfield, just north of Cincy.

Pansy and I live about one hour north of columbus around galion.

[dreamrawalwz]

Doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure some do better with fats while others can't handle it, but I don't know. Seems like a scam kind of like "eat right for your blood type" ..

[rawpriestess]

I suppose there is a slight possibility that people might metabolize things differently than other people, as there are some races/cultures/areas of tribes who can handle alcohol and certain spices and some that can not, because of their genetic makeup.


So, I can believe that this might be slightly true in some aspects, but it just doesn't ring true in all aspects to me.

Although I do understand that some people handle spices easier than others, and some can handle different types of food indigineous to their culture, I can't imagine that one type of food would be alkalizing to one person and not to another, even in blood types, plasma is handled the same. Where as whole blood could kill.

I don't understand everything about the human body, but I do understand what my body likes, wants and needs, and that is whole raw ripe fresh foods.

So, one day I may eat nectarines, and the next day I may eat carrots, but I'm still eating raw foods.

But that is me, and I could be wrong, but I don't care, because what I'm doing is working for me.

[Ginger]

RP I read that & tend to think it has to do with tolerance. Suse we can build up our tolerance to alcohol & spices & stuff but wouldn't we be better off without it?

[alex]

The eat right for you blood type is completely false according to Arpad Pustai who is probably the world's foremost authority on lectins. I read the book and don't buy it.

I also don't believe in metabolic typing to any large degree. Sure there are some differences between people, but the biochemical pathways of metabolism are pretty much set and affect us all to similar degrees. I don't believe that the differences are large enough to warrant completely different nutritional habits between one and the other.

I know that Dr Mercola is big on metabolic typing but I just don't get it.


alex

[LightLover]

I don't practice it and don't really agree with it. A food is either alkaline or acid or somewhere near neutral. The mineral ash is what determines the Ph of a food so if it is alkalizing in one person, it should be in all people.

In the booklet I got with my litmus paper, it states that being too alkaline is ultimately caused by being too acidic and the body then dumping ammonia into the bloodstream to neutrilaze the acid. It recommends alkaline foods for people who are too acid and for those who are too alkaline.

I don't subscribe to the "eat right for your type" theory any more either. Meat isn't good for anyone... not even type O people.

Craig

I am following you Craig, but what is a "litmus paper"?

LL

[LightLover]

To all: You can only listen to your body if you are "clean".

A heavy smoker can light up a sigarette and don't get problems. If a non smoker does, he has to coff. But the latter longs are cleaner, the signal
the smoker is receiving is false, because his is not clean!
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How about the following, is this to extreme or not?
I know I am extreme, but this world is soooo extreme, we also have to be extreme as a counterweight, so forgive me, the following is only meant to open a discussion and has no other intentions!
(I know to compare with a smoker is not appropiate, but I want to be clear)

Imagine that: " the high sugary fruit -eater is after some time not so clean anymore, because of the acidifying and fermenting sugar-effects , because of his "non-clean being" he receives false signals, just as the smoker does (only the smoker is much worse of..). It's not that : "what is not killing us, is making us stronger", ("Nietzche"), it is in this case : what is not killing us, makes us accustomized without knowing , and our real attention is put to sleep?

just some thoughts

LL

LL

[RawNut]

LightLover,

Litmus paper is used to determine the Ph of substance. I use it to test my saliva and urine.

I do agree with the all the others that some groups of people have adapted to tolerating some things more than others as a means of survival. I've read that caucasions are less likely to be lactose intolerant than Asians or Africans. I've read similar things about alcohol and wheat. To me, it only means that certain groups of people have inhereted genes that allow them to TOLERATE certain foods or poisons because their survival depended on it. If they couldn't tolerate milk or wheat and that was all there was to eat for a while, they died and did not pass their genes on. It doesn't at all mean that they NEED them in their diets.

I also agree that you can only listen to your body when it's clean. I read something that Storm Tolefero wrote about addictions and how the body wants to balance itself. When the addictive substance is removed, the body craves it in order to maintain the homeostasis it has gotten used to. The body pushes back against the substance and over-corrects when it's removed. Once the body has re-adjusted, the physical craving and "need" will stop - the psychological cravings might persist for a while, however.

Craig

[LightLover]

Quote:

"If they couldn't tolerate milk or wheat and that was all there was to eat for a while, they died and did not pass their genes on. It doesn't at all mean that they NEED them in their diets"


"When the addictive substance is removed, the body craves it in order to maintain the homeostasis it has gotten used to. The body pushes back against the substance and over-corrects when it's removed. Once the body has re-adjusted, the physical craving and "need" will stop - the psychological cravings might persist for a while, however"
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Rawnut, I am following you: can I apply your story about tolerating food and not needing certain foods in your diet and cravings etc... to high-sugary-fruits..?
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LL

[RawNut]

LightLover,

Are you talking about RAW sugary fruits? You may apply whatever I say here but please give credit to the sources that I've given.

As for the sugery fruits, let us know more about your situation and how sugary fruits pertain to it. I'd be a big help to all of us.

Craig