Metabolic Typing
by Dennis Myers
Acid-Base or pH balance of your fluids is still the bottom line in all
the following determinations. It is not known why yet, in physiological
terms, but some people just don't do well on alkalinizing diets. Metabolic
typing provides a good answer to this question and many others.
Metabolic Dominance Systems
The term biochemical individuality was coined by the biochemist Dr.
Roger Williams. George Watson's book Nutrition and Your Mind: The
Psychochemical Response, developed a protocol for assessing the health
of individuals suffering from 'mental imbalances', based on the
acidity or alkalinity of their venous blood. William L. Wolcott in 1983
showed that either the Oxidative or Autonomic control system determined
a person's response to acid or alkaline foods. Francis M. Pottenger,
M.D. in the 1930s and 1940s developed the relationship of nutrition to
the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous
system which are delineated in his book, Symposium of Visceral Disease
and Vincent who developed the BTA machine, Royal Lee who started Standard
Process, and Dr. Donald Kelly, D.D.S. Together these gentlemen developed
Metabolic Typing.
The main idea is they say, half (others say 1/3) of the population derive
their energy oxidatively (i.e. by converting nutrients into energy via
the Krebs cycle), and that the other half derive it autonomically (via
the neuro-hormonal system, under the control of the autonomic nervous
system) and that either the Oxidative system or the Autonomic system is
more active, or dominant, in any given individual.
The older docs who developed metabolic typing, used pH of venous blood
to determine the sub-type within the dominant metabolic system characterized
the individual. Individuals who operated primarily under the influence
of the Oxidative system would be typed as Fast Oxidizers if they had acid
blood, or Slow Oxidizers if the had alkaline blood. If, however, they
primarily operated under the influence of the Autonomic system, they would
be typed as Sympathetics if they had acid blood, or Parasympathetics if
the had alkaline blood.
Fruit and vegetable juices (Group I foods as below) have an acidifying
effect on the blood pH of Oxidative dominant types, but an alkalizing
effect on the Autonomic dominant types; while a high protein meal (Group
II), has an alkalizing effect on the Oxidative types, but and acidifying
effect on the Autonomic dominant types.
Instead of using blood pH developed Harold Kristal, DDS in his book
The Nutrition Solution, A Guide to Your Metabolic Typing developed a much
simpler test which he termed a modified glucose tolerance test. You
drink 40 grams of glucose and 5 grams of cream of tartar (which
is 1 gram of potassium) test that showed the effects of Group I (vegetarian/carbohydrate)
and Group II (protein and fat) foods on Oxidative and Autonomic types
as below.
Fast Oxidizers tend to burn up glucose too rapidly; therefore they require
more proteins and fats to slow down the rate of glucose combustion. Conversely,
Slow Oxidizers do not burn up glucose rapidly enough; therefore they require
a higher percentage of glucose (and less protein and fats) to fan the
flames of oxidation.
CO2 is a catalyst that allows oxygen to be released from
the hemoglobin, freeing it up so that it can be absorbed into the tissue
cells. Actually the tissues require three times as much CO2
as they do oxygen. If there isn't sufficient CO2 the oxygen
remains bound to the hemoglobin. Oxygen is alkaline forming in the blood
while CO2 is acid forming.
This drink is acid forming to the two Oxidative dominant types, thereby
increasing their blood levels of CO2 and decreasing their levels
of oxygen. This has the effect of increasing the respiration rate, blood
pressure and pulse as the body tries to compensate by breathing in more
oxygen, while decreasing the ability to hold the breath, due to deficient
oxygen. Also their saliva will become more acid, and their urine more
alkaline. Their venous blood pH will be acidified by the drink.
Conversely, the glucose challenge drink is alkalizing to the Autonomic
types, thereby increasing blood levels of oxygen and decreasing their
levels of CO2. Accordingly their respiration rate, blood pressure
and pulse will tend to drop, due to the presence of adequate amount of
oxygen while their ability to hold their breath will increase. Their saliva
will become more alkaline, and their urine more acid. Their venous blood
pH will alkalized by the drink. From this one can determine which type
a patient is.
- Slow Oxidizer's and Parasympathetic's blood tends to be on
the alkaline side of pH 7.46 (7.46-7.65).
- Fast Oxidizer's and Sympathetic's blood tends to be on the
acid side of pH 7.46 (7.24-7.46).
Metabolic Typing
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