Unlike the Protein Metabolic Type who loves food, Carb Metabolic Type is a person who does not much care about eating, especially about regular type of eating. His appetite is weak and he can go without a food all day long. Often he skips meals. To compensate for food, the Carb Metabolic Type will typically drink a lot of caffeine (tea or coffee).
Unfortunately, when one goes without food for an extended periods of time the body gets into a starvation mode. This significantly lowers the metabolism. A starvation mode of metabolism is the primary reason why the Carb Metabolic Type is often overweight and even obese.
The Carb Metabolic Type loves to eat baked goods and starchy foods. From a health standpoint, this type of feeding is quite dangerous as it causes havoc in their bodies and they often suffer from hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and diabetes.
These types need a diet that consists of more carbohydrates than proteins and fat. But proteins and fat he must consume. An ideal nutritional make-up for a Carb Type person is as follows: 25% protein, 15% fat and 60% carbohydrates. The best proteins for this person are light proteins such as white fish and white meat poultry. They should eat protein daily.
The Carbohydrate Metabolic Type processes carbohydrates slowly. However, binges of carbohydrates still cause them the insulin spikes, hence their health problems. When their eating is controlled, the Carb Types lose weight well on a high carbohydrate diet.
Carb Metabolic Type – Lose Weight And Stay Healthy
To lose weight and stay healthy, the Carb Metabolic Type also has choices to help him meet his goals. They are as follows:
- Eat light protein – as mentioned above the best are white fish and white meat of the poultry. You may notice that the occasional heavy protein you may consume, such as found in beef, will cause you to feel lethargic and tired. Try to stay away from these.
- Limit your dairy consumption – because Carb Types metabolize dairy rather poorly, it is wise that the consumption of dairy is reduced or completely eliminated. The signs of poor metabolism would be lethargy and fatigue. If you experience these symptoms shortly after eating dairy you may have to eliminate it.
- Select your carbohydrates wisely – not all carbohydrates are equal. It is important that you limit your intake of pasta, baked goods, high starch foods and replace them with “good ” low starch carbohydrates, such as broccoli and salads. If you may not have enough protein with your meal, you may find yourself tired and hungry soon after the meal. Next time try to increase the protein amount in your meal.
- Be careful about legumes – monitor your response to legumes (beans, lentils, etc). Often, a Carb Metabolic Type has a problem digesting legumes, again leading to sluggishness. Only you can monitor the situation. Try combining legumes with other protein for example chicken and beans.
- Limit the nuts and seeds – although an excellent source of good fat and protein, the amount of fat in seeds is high. Eating too many nuts will skew your fat consumption. To get the valuable fats from nuts, only eat them in small quantities for snacks.
Being a Carb Metabolic Type is not necessarily a picnic. You may have digestive problems with a lot of foods. Begin by experimenting with different kinds of food. You may find that your choices need a lot fine-tuning. Pay close attention to what your body is telling you, whether you are feeling lethargic, depressed or tired after eating. Keep a food journal going and write down every morsel you place in your mouth. The results, both weight loss and overall general health, will be worth it.
The Diet Solution Program implements metabolic typing as an essential part of its weight loss regimen and the information regarding Carb Metabolic Type is partly based on its training manual. The Diet Solution Program not only helps one to determine one’s type, but also provides one with a list of foods and favorable combination of foods. Because being a Carb Metabolic Type person is quite difficult, I urge you to explore this or another diet program that includes metabolic typing as part of their healthy eating plan.
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