How To Personalize Your Nutrition Using Two Key Concepts (& Finally Know What To Eat)
The foundation of my nutrition framework
There’s not one diet that is right for everyone.
To achieve optimal health, you must determine what is right for you.
I’m sure you’re familiar with the never ending shit show that occurs when two people on opposing sides of the aisle disagree on nutrition.
Whether it’s the vegans versus the carnivores.
The Paleo dieters versus the vegetarians.
Frugivores versus pescatarians.
It happens too often for my liking and tragically leaves a bad taste in people’s mouths who want to begin this health journey, but feel intimidated due to the tribal warfare.
I will use this opportunity to explain two concepts which do a lot of the heavy lifting within my own nutrition framework.
Concept #1: Biochemical Individuality
Most people do not know about these concepts, even those who are deep in the nutrition game. Dietitians, doctors, and mainstream media will give you a bewildered look if you mention either of these ideas.
And that’s how I know there’s magic to them. (I’ve also seen wonderful results in others who have followed the tenets of these two ideas).
The first is known as biochemical individuality.
It’s a breakthrough concept coined by a famous biochemist named Roger Williams in 1956 through his book entitled Biochemical Individuality. It outline the anatomical variations that exist within each of us.
For example, Williams showed that there are variances in the size, shape, location and capacity of virtually all our internal organs.
He showed there was a tremendous difference in metabolic rate from person to person, water content, and oxygen carrying capacity in the blood.
This has incredible implications because it means we are as different on the inside as we are on the outside. It also means there’s no such thing as “one universal diet.”
After all, isn’t that where all of these arguments stem from?
Everybody thinks their diet reigns supreme.
But every single one of those people are foolish in this respect because they haven’t done the necessary research to align themselves with the truth.
Nutrition is a gray area, not a black and white one.
One thing remains true:
Every individual has a unique set of biochemical and nutritional needs.
Don’t Get Me Wrong
Just because we’re all different on a biochemical level doesn’t mean we need to reinvent the wheel and dispense of ancient cultural wisdom and modern technology.
There is no one universal diet..
But there are certain principles we can stand by to point people in the direction of optimal health. Perfect examples being the consumption of high quality red meat, proper preparation techniques for foods like legumes, grains, and seeds, and the avoidance of foods devoid of nutrients.
Concept #2: Metabolic Typing
Metabolic Typing is based around the idea that your optimal diet funnels down from where your ancestors lived geographically and what they ate for generations.
This makes sense when you begin to take a genetic perspective into account and realize that geography plays a crucial role in human nutrition.
We evolved with the seasons and lived according to their ebb and flow.
Going to a grocery store for a variety of out of season foods is a relatively new phenomenon and is an incredible blessing, but it can also be a curse because we’re likely to be disconnected from where our food comes from and how it grows.
Within the Metabolic Typing framework, you can only be one of three types:
The Polar Type: Typically thrives on a macro-nutrient breakdown higher in fat and protein + lower in carbs. Does well on full fat dairy. Does terribly with refined carbohydrates and sugary beverages. Prefers high purine foods.
The Variable Type: The best of both worlds. Takes some foods from the Polar Type and Equatorial Type to combine them into one protocol.
The Equatorial Type: Thrives on lean meats, higher veggies, higher grains that are prepared correctly. Their body responds better to monounsaturated fat rather than saturated fat. Prefers a diet higher in carbs than protein and fat.
(FYI: we’re exclusively talking about nutrient dense food here).
I’m a Polar Type and stand by this framework.
I cannot stand a diet high in grains, greens, or anything the Equatorial Type thrives on and much prefer heavier meats and higher fat content.
The Synergy
By both using Biochemical Individuality and Metabolic Typing and combining them into a major part of your nutrition framework, you set yourself up for success in this game.
Only a handful of people I’ve heard of are aware of these concepts, yet they’re potent for creating good health and limitless energy.
But there’s one problem..
Learning about these ideas alone will take weeks of studying, let alone all the trial and error of experimentation that you frankly don’t have the time or energy for.
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Much love,
Zaid