What is the difference between Metabolic Typing and Blood Typing? Is a Metabolic Type the same thing as a Blood Type?
HEALTHEXCEL: With the advent of the recent book on blood types, Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter D’Adamo, N.D., we are often asked if blood typing is the same as metabolic typing. In short, no. Actually, one’s blood type is just 1 of 9 different components used in the process of metabolic typing to determine individual nutritional requirements. Here are the components that we have discovered are necessary to consider in evaluating your metabolic type: • Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) the master regulator of metabolism • Oxidative System rate at which nutrients are converted to energy within the cells • Catabolic/Anabolic aerobic / anaerobic metabolism, tissue pH, selective membrane permeability • Acid / Alkaline Balance 6 different kinds of pH imbalances • Electrolyte Stress / Insufficiency concerned with blood pressure, circulation, electric potential • Endocrine Type determines body type, shape, weight gain, etc. • Constitutional Type from AyurVeda and Chinese medicine, concerned const
