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QUIZ: What’s Your Metabolism Type? (It Could Be The Key To Faster Weight Loss)

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QUIZ: What’s Your Metabolism Type? (It Could Be The Key To Faster Weight Loss)

November 12, 2018

From workouts to how well you respond to certain medications, health is becoming personalised – and that includes your diet.

This is where metabolic typing comes in. The concept that we all digest and metabolise food differently based on our genes first made headlines in the late 70s when William Wolcott, a metabolic researcher, discovered a relationship between the body’s oxidative system (which determines how quickly your body converts food into energy) and the autonomic nervous system (which regulates involuntary actions). In most people, one ‘system’ is more dominant.

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Eating for your metabolic type

There are six metabolic types in total: parasympathetic, autonomic balanced, sympathetic, slow oxidiser, mixed oxidiser and fast oxidiser.

The proportion of protein, carbohydrates and fats, as well as specific foods you’re advised to eat, depends on what type you are.

“So, if you’re a fast oxidiser, we advise eating a high-protein, high healthy-fat diet but not too many fruits and vegetables,” says Elizabeth Orme, a nutritionist and metabolic typing practitioner.

“On the other hand, slow oxidisers do best on just a small amount of protein but plenty of fruit and vegetables. We don’t ‘ban’ whole food groups, but it is a matter of eating the right mix of protein, carbohydrates and fats to suit your metabolic type.”

Still, Elizabeth says some of the diets can seem restrictive.

“Compared to the picture we all have of a ‘healthy diet’, some of the diets can seem quite unbalanced. But the thing to remember is that everyone also has a subtype, so after you’ve incorporated the main dietary advice, most people can start to introduce small amounts of other foods, if they like, which makes the diets less restrictive and more balanced.”

But each type does have one or two foods that they’re advised not to eat. “For example, fast oxidisers shouldn’t touch soy products – they just don’t do well on them,” says Elizabeth.

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What are the benefits?

When you’re eating the right food for your metabolic type, you’ll feel and function better, says Elizabeth, thanks to the way different foods affect the pH of your body. Some reported benefits include increased energy levels, better mood and a stronger immune system.

“The benefit of balancing your pH is particularly noticeable for people who, without knowing it, are eating very differently to what their metabolic type actually needs or who aren’t in the best health to start with.”

Weight loss can also be an added benefit.

“Generally, it tends to be slow, gradual weight loss – once you’re eating the right food for your type, your body metabolises the food you feed it more efficiently and weight loss can result from that.”

You need an assessment by a metabolic typing practitioner to find out which metabolic type (and subtype) you are, but your answers to these questions will give you a few clues.

Take the metabolic quiz here:

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QUIZ: What's Your Metabolism Type? (It Could Be The Key To Faster Weight Loss)
1. What's your relationship with coffee like?
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A. I function pretty well on coffee.
B. I can take it or leave it.
C. I don’t enjoy it – it makes me feel speedy or a bit nauseated.

2. When you wake up in the morning, are you:
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A. Not hungry. I don’t usually feel like eating breakfast.
B. Hungry, but not ravenous.
C. Starving! I love breakfast.

3. How do you feel about eating just before bedtime?
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A. It leads to a bad night’s sleep.
B. Makes no difference to me.
C. I think it helps me sleep better.

4. What's your general attitude towards food?
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A. I eat to live, and sometimes forget to eat.
B. I enjoy food and don’t usually skip meals.
C. I live to eat! Food is a big part of my life.

5. How do you feel about salt?
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A. I often find that things taste too salty for my liking.
B. I haven’t really noticed.
C. Sometimes I crave the flavour and will always add more salt to my meals.

6. How often do you snack?
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A. Hardly ever. Three meals a day is plenty.
B. Occasionally, if I’m feeling a bit peckish.
C. Most days, between meals.

7. Sour foods and tastes, like lemon juice, pickles and sauerkraut, are:
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A. Definitely not my idea of yummy to eat.
B. Okay; I can take them or leave them.
C. Delicious. Sometimes I crave them.

8. My ideal dinner is:
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A. Something light, like a poached chicken breast and a salad.
B. I don’t really have a preference.
C. Something that is quite hearty and heavy.

Result: Mostly As
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You may be a sympathetic or slow oxidiser. These are sometimes called carb types, and can do well on diets containing up to 60 per cent carbs, 25 per cent protein and 15 per cent fat.

As an example, for dinner you could have:
• 150 g grilled snapper cooked with 1 tsp olive oil
• 3 cups kale, cooked
• 1 cup mashed sweet potato
• 1 cup brown rice

READ MORE: How To Make Carbs Healthier And Lose Weight 

Result: Mostly Bs
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You may be an autonomic balanced or mixed oxidiser. More evenly balanced diets, made up of around 30 per cent protein, 50 per cent carbs and 20 per cent fat, can work for these types.

As an example, for dinner you could have:
• 150 g pan-fried lean fillet steak, cooked with 1 tsp olive oil
• 1.5 cups quinoa
• 150 g baked pumpkin and 150 g baked parsnip, made with a honey and mustard glaze

READ MORE: A Nutritionist Breaks Down The Biggest Weight Loss Myths

Result: Mostly Cs
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You may be parasympathetic or a fast oxidiser. These are also known as protein types, and diets made up of 45 per cent protein, 35 per cent carbs and 20 per cent fat may suit.

As an example, for dinner you could have:
• 250 g grilled chicken breasts, cooked in 1 tsp olive oil
• 100 g mint and yoghurt sauce
• 1.5 cups couscous

Click here for delicious and easy-to-make recipes.

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Text: Karen Fittall, NowToLove

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