Portland Metabolic Typing: Is Your Food Killing You?
Posted by Janice Vaughn Knox on Mon, May 16, 2011 @ 11:08 PM
Eating is a pleasurable past time. Who doesn't like to eat? Any more, most of us are trying to eat healthy. The question is "are we really"?
Every knows to stay away from the simple sugars and starches, the ones with high glycemic indexes. Every one knows that organic and or natural foods are best for you. But what many of us do not know is that not all the "good" foods are right for you. Foods should be pleasurable and at the same time, medicinal. Medicinal doesn't sound appetizing does it? Let me explain.
Yes, food should be delectable, nutritious, beautiful and gastronomically satisfying. But, do you realize that foods act as the fuel for the cells in your body? Foods are broken down in to energy and nutrition for the cells. That is how the cells stay healthy thus keeping you healthy. How those foods are used at the cellular level does determine your health. The food is medicine to your cells. What's more important, everyone's cellular needs are different so that even those "best" foods are not the "best" foods for everyone.
Metabolic typing looks at everyone's cellular needs that are specific to the individual. Once the metabolic typing is done, a cell specific diet is designed so that the correct foods are eaten. By correct foods, I mean that if your specific type determines that you need a higher protein ratio than complex carbs or vice versa, then this will be designed for you in your food plan. Once you are eating correctly to give your cells the best possible nutrition, then you are eating to stay healthy and increase your longevity free disease. This is using food medicinally. If you are not eating according to your metabolic typing, your food could be killing you. Tastes good yes, good for you? No.
Janice Vaughn MD
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