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What Diet is Right for
You?
Dr. Wayne Neal
How do you
determine which diet is right for you? You can choose from any number of
books at the bookstore. There is the vegetarian diet, Maker's diet, blood-type
diet, food-combining diet, low-carb diet, low-fat diet, and various
no-taste diets. I personally
have tried all of these at different times. I would tell others about the particular diet
I was on at the time. Some patients
responded well, while others had negative results.
You Are Unique
Each
patient at the Humber Parkerson Clinic gets a different adjustment. The biomechanics of your spine are different
from everyone else. The same is true of
your biochemistry. One size does not fit
all. Your biochemistry affects your diet.
The right food for others may not be right food for you.
The
Nutrition Solution by Dr.
Harold Kristal is a fascinating book that opened my eyes as to why people
respond differently to certain foods.
According to Dr. Kristal, each person has a personalized metabolism or
metabolic type. That is to say the way each person digests food is unique.
Food is the
fuel for the body. Some are able to
easily convert food to energy, but others have problems in this process. According to Dr. Kristal, the way you convert
food determines the type foods you need to eat.
Metabolic
Type
Some
metabolic types digest carbohydrates too fast, causing the blood sugar to spike
too quickly and then fall. When I eat
carbohydrates, I run out of fuel mid-morning and late afternoon. This is like
starting a campfire with newspapers or sticks.
They are easy to light and burn fast, but do not last long. I use proteins to balance my metabolism. Proteins are like the logs that burn slower
and take a long time to burnout.
Other types have a tough time digesting proteins and
do better on a mostly vegetarian diet. I
was a vegetarian at one point in my life, but did not do well. My friends did so well on the vegetarian
diet, but I could not figure out why I was getting worse rather than
better. Now I understand it was because
of my metabolic type.
The
Right Diet
The
Nutrition Solution includes a
test used to determine individual metabolic type. It also includes a list
of foods for each type. It is
interesting to note my adjustments hold better when I eat the correct
foods. A balanced biochemistry helps the
rest of the body stay balanced.
So what
diet is right for you? Before trying various diets by trial and error to
find which one works, determine your metabolic type. Always remember, one size
does not fit all, whether it's clothes, adjustments, or diets!
For further information on this topic,
you may contact Dr. Neal at 770.952.5353, or by email at DrNeal@humberparkerson.com.
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October 2006
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