– Customer review on 13/01/2007

283 of 291 people found the following review helpful:
The real story behind The Metabolic Typing Diet, October 16, 2003
Reviewer: Brett Bauer (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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Having read all of the negative reviews on metabolic typing diet, I would like to shed some light on the criticisms of the book. I have, off and on, been studying customized nutrition for the last decade of my life. There are two critical questions to ask with regard to diet: 1) Is there a one-size-fits-all approach that works for everyone? And 2) If not, what is the best approach to customized nutrition?

To answer the first question one has to go no further than reading one of two books. Upon reading one of those books the open minded reader has no other rational conclusion to draw than the fact that everyone is unique and therefore there is no one-size-fits-all approach. The two books are Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price and Biochemical Individuality by Roger Williams.

The answer to the second question can be found by looking to see who has researched all of the available data on customized
nutrition and put together a program that the average person can follow. William Wolcott is by far the leading authority on
customized nutrition. He has read all of the recent discoveries and has also read what the pioneers in the field have written. In
addition, he studied under William Kelley (a pioneer in the field of customized nutrition). He has come up with the most
intelligible, comprehensive system available today for people to discover their metabolic type.

I am sure by now you are trying to reconcile the conflicting reviews on the book. Some criticize the book for lacking science or evidence for what is said in the book. Others say the book is excellent. I think a great deal of confusion lies in the assumption that his critics are making regarding the book's intended audience. His intended audience in the book is the masses of people in America. Those masses typically aren't very analytical or scientifically minded. If he had written the book to the scientifically minded he would have alienated a much larger audience, the average American. When I first read his book I was relieved to find that it was so easily understandable to a layperson. Yet when I dug deeper into William Wolcott and his organization Heathexcel I found the tremendous amount of science behind his work was second to none.

I highly recommend this book and believe the information in it to be absolutely life changing. If I had to choose this book or any other ten books combined on the subject of diet I would choose this book hands down. The book is worth every penny you will pay for it and more importantly it is worth the time you will invest reading it. There is more information on his web site healthexcel.com.

brettwbauer@hotmail.com

– Customer review on 30/08/2007

I just purchased this book yesterday ist alot of reading like refering to other books, all about customising your own diet it gives you small hints on what to do but for me im in the middle the mixed diet and its a mix or protein and carbs and im lost in what to do with it now. very frustrating on what to do. if you dont like reading like me well this book aint for you all i was looking for is some one to write a diet for me to do and to lose weight which is not this book.

– Customer review on 31/08/2009

Great book, very fasinating principal that each person is designed to eat a group of foods depanding on their origin, and the type of food their body is designed to metabolise. I was a very stron protein type and since changing my diet to just eat that type of food i feel great!

– Customer review on 11/06/2009

This is a great book. We purchased it 6 mths ago and have been following it's advice since then. It gives excellent information on why modern society's way of eating is doing us harm, and making us fat. It also shows you how you can improve your health by identifying your personal metabolic type, proportioning your food to suit your metabolic type, and going back to more traditional ways of eating. My husband and I have both made the changes and we feel great. I'd recommend it to anyone who is serious about improving their health. It just makes sense!