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Summary: UNIQUE!!!
Review: This book is really wonderful, mainly based on the foundation it is written on; that of Dr. Roger J. Williams. This theory is extremely eyeopening and mindboggling compared to the other ... theories that are thrown at us today. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN THIS ALL ALONG!!! Imagine, actually saying that all people are different, and react in different ways to different things!!! The medical profession doesn't seem to have caught on to this yet. But every one (of us little real,peon people) can tell you that different things work for different people. Dr. Williams shows you why. And this book is a fantastic foundation for encouraging you to learn about your differences and how they affect you in the diet/nutrition arena. Those of us who have been through the medical zoo know that you have to take your health out of the medical professions' hands and into your own hands if you want to live and get well (and/or thin), and this book will help start you out. Your diet is the basis of your health and your health problems. Always go treat the source and not the symptoms. I also truly recommend all books by Dr. Williams; especially "Biochemical Individuality" (it's not as difficult as it sounds!) and "The World Within You," along with Jeffrey Bland's "Genetic Nutritioneering." I also recommend Dr. Mercola's absolutely free and highly educational newsletter at [his website], along with Doug Kaufmann's information at [his website]. Doug's new book on cancer, though expensive, is worth twice the money, and is just about as eyeopening as this book. The only doctors and medical personnel who will benefit from this book are the ones who truly want to help patients and their people. The doctors who are either brainwashed by the pharmaceutical agents who taught them in medical school or are out to make a buck will not be interested. The "industry" does not want people to learn for themselves, eat nutritious foods, take supplements or herbs that work with their bodies or otherwise make their bodies well and healthy. They want a bunch of mindless, totally bodily degenerated zombies who are dependent on them to keep them addicted to their "wonder" drugs and paying them astronomical prices for their drugs and body poisoning procedures. The same goes for their cohorts, the AMA, the FDA and the large "disease" associations who never listen to anything that helps anyone, only to their own pocketbooks. And the FDA is the worst of them all; they're supposed to be protecting people. Instead, these people are trying to crush everyone who makes a stand for real health. We all have to stand up for our own health, along with the few who are trying to help us, such as the authors of this book, and people such as Dr. Mercola and Doug Kaufmann. This book is a good, solid start. (Please note that the views expressed here are my own, and not from the book!!!!)
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Summary: Extraordinary information
Review: This is an extraordinary book. Within it, there is a test that will tell you what type of macro nutrient food mix (carbohydrate vs. protein) you will do best on. This takes out the guess work out of nutrition. The author explains also how extremely different diets have millions of succesfull followers. Take Ornish high carbohydrate-low fat diet, and Atkins high protein-low carb diet; both have millions and millions of followers who swear their good health by these radically opposite diets. How could that be? It is pretty simple, the followers of a specific diet are individuals who thrive on this type of diet. In other words, their specific metabolic type corresponds closely to the guru diet they follow. But, this does not mean that one diet or the other is good for you. You first have to find out your own metabolic type, then you will know. This leads you from darkness into light, nothing less (at least as far as nutrition is concerned).
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Summary: An Important Book
Review: As a health professional, I feel qualified to state that if someone follows the guidance suggested in the book, chances are well over 85% that they will see dramatic improvements in their health. Mr. Wolcott has done a great job synthesizing some of the greatest nutritional paradigms we have, as well as adding his unique contribution with the "dominance" distinction for autonomic and oxidative functioning. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Review of the reviews
Review: Having just read 33 reviews of Wolcott and Fahey's book, I am amazed at the range of views. I even wonder if some reviewers read the book. The most favorable reviews came from those who tried the book's approach and had success. The most unfavorable reviews rant about generalities and blab on about science, but give no specifics. I found the book to give a well presented background of the theory, but when I tried the test I came out as about balanced (as did my wife). We later went to Dr Harold Kristal (who also has a book on the subject on this website) for a measurement-based typing and found myself to be protein oriented and my wife, vegetarian. Following separate diets, we both lost pounds and inches, as well as gained energy. Thus I know that the theory works. I would not recommend using a questionaire to decide one's type. But obviously, it seems to work for some people. Maybe they are more in touch with the effect of food on their body than I am. I also suspect that this book works best for people who have been eating far from their ideal diet for a long time, and change because of the information. It is worth reading, but I recommnend Dr Kristal's book more highly.
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Summary: Not very original, but probably useful for many
Review: The Metabolic Typing Diet recommends finding the optimal carbohydrate, protein, and fat intake for one's "metabolic type" based on a detailed survey and empirical results of the diet.
The book contains a detailed survey which supposedly helps to determine one's type based on questions like "How do you feel about potatoes?" and "Do you have a lot of energy after eating meat?" I have not talked to anyone whose "metabolic type" based on the survey was other than "Mixed Type" so don't find the survey very helpful. The Metabolic diet is primarily concerned with keeping blood sugar levels low, just as in Atkin's and The Zone. It is helpful in that, unlike these one-size-fits-all diets, one is instructed to find the percent of carbs, proteins, and fats that allows one's blood sugar to stay low. This can be higher than allowed on the Zone's strict 40-30-30 (carb/protein/fat) regimen and especially Atkin's. It might be 60/25/15 for a pure "carbo type" or 50/30/20 for a "mixed type." This makes the diet easier to follow and perhaps more effective for people whose blood sugar is already well regulated and does not spike that high from eating carbs. After the metabolic type is determined based on the survey, one is instructed to follow a diet with limited carbs, then start raising the carb intake until the ideal ratio is determined as evidenced by the best energy levels, digestion, and well-being. If the diet is seemingly not producing benefit it then instructs one to follow Eat Right 4 Your Type - it even includes an abbreviated version of the ER4YT food lists.
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Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read on Nutrition
Review: After 8 years of reading health books, I've finally found the one that beats them all. This is a novel approach, a real paradigm shift. I'm very grateful to the author for cutting through all the confusion surrounding nutrition. It clearly explains why focusing on a patient's specific needs has to be the foundation of health care.
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Summary: a MUST read for anyone interested in nutrition....
Review: Absolutely life changing. As I learn more about nutrition, I find I need to learn even more. And this book helped me to understand how little it really takes to improve my overall well being. I was NOT reading it to lose weight, but as an added by product, I shed a few pounds and found a mental clarity (particularly in the afternoons) that I never knew before. I am now in the process of "living" this diet, and I absolutely can't believe the difference in how I physically feel. The one problem I have with it is that there is no way to identify the type and diet for children. You need to know how different food types make you feel physically and mentally, and children can't possibly understand it.
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Summary: So-So book.
Review: There are much better books on this same topic. This book seems to be written over the head of many instead of in a conversational tone. Don't get me wrong, the topic is a GREAT one... it's just that I think it would have much more credibility coming from someone knowledgable on the subject rather than a former encarcerated dentist. I highly recommend the topic, I just don't recommend this book. Spend your money elsewhere.
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Summary: Unclutters your mind off conflicting ideas on food n health
Review: You have to read this book from start to finish! You don't have to really, but that's what I ended up doing because it reads well and puts me at ease with the concept of food, nutrition, and health. I find this effect on me remarkable because various contradictory approaches to health have been dissected and exposed, as the author explains his approach with a nice tinge of history. Likewise, the author summarizes some complementary approaches to Metabolic Typing, and for this reason I find the book balanced and not self-serving. It is well-referenced and provides a good starting point to living a healthy food-centered lifestyle. After reading Fast Food Nation, I realize how important it is for use to invest our time in modifying our eating lifestyle. This book provides a more compelling reason for us to have a conscious determination of what we eat. Lastly, this book takes a big step in standing on its head medicine as it is commonly practiced, with its approach toward blockbuster silver bullet approach toward disease as a reactive palliative to an unhealthy lifestyle of fastfoods.
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Summary: Nutritionist says this is the only "diet" book you need.
Review: This book is so advanced in it's approach to diet and nutrition that all other so-called diet books are now obsolete. I have been using Wolcott's book and system in my practice as a medical nutritionist and have found that it addresses every single problem I encounter. His determination of a person's "type" is simple and direct and the results are fantastic. This book is the only book a patient or healthcare provider will ever need to understand individual nutritional needs. It is easy to read and understand and is a must-have for anyone who is interested in optimum health.
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