Eat According to Your Body Type

People are now aware that fast foods are generally bad for their health and that consumption of fried food should be kept to a minimum. There are many slimming diets on the market, but too often they are not balanced meals for proper ongoing nutrition.

We are all very different physically and so are our nutritional needs. It makes sense to try to find an approach that is adapted to you rather than following government sponsored guidelines that are flawed because they treat everyone as if they were made by the same widget factory. In this regard, the concept of Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, outlined in his book, Eating Right for Your Type, makes sense as it recognizes our differences based on our blood type (one of four) corresponding to different metabolic capabilities and, consequently, different nutritional needs.

Ayurveda also teaches nutrition according to the three doshas (energetic types known as Pitta, Vata and Kapha) also illustrating the need to adapt to our specific composition or dominating energies. This is the subject of the book, Conscious Eating, by Gabriel Couzens, MD. Another interesting book is Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, PhD. It challenges in an informed and documented way all the governmental and quasi-governmental agencies more keen on defending the interests of powerful corporate lobbies them promoting the well-being of Americans.