No More Diet Roulette: The 1-2-3′s to Creating YOUR Perfect Diet

Can you honestly say that the foods you eat are exactly what you want to be eating? That they make you feel good and give you enough energy… to the point where you can put your fork down and say, “that was GOOOOOOD!”, and at the same time feel completely nourished at least four hours after eating? If you answered ‘yes’, congratulations are in order: you’re one in thousands.

But chances are you said ‘no’: If you’re anything like most other health-conscious Westerners, you’re eating what you think is supposed to be good for you, and, to a certain degree, hating it.

Why do we do this? I’m amazed to look back at all the nutritional approaches I’ve tried, thinking that because so-and-so said it was healthy, that it would also be healthy for me.

Here’s what I remember:

• Eating certain vegetables ’cause they’re “good for you”, even though they made me bloated and gassy
• Eating six light meals a day to balance my blood sugar, but still feeling hungry and irritable
• Cutting fat off meat and pulling the skins off chicken, and resenting my dog who got to scarf them down
• Not eating anything but fruit until noon, and waking up on the floor after fainting
• Eating whole grains to increase my fiber, but ending up so constipated nothing would come out!

After two decades of trying the popular advice of the day, I’m no longer eating what the health professionals claim to be “healthy”… And ironically, have never felt better.

Now here’s where I could come running in to tell you all about my diet, and how, since it saved my life, it will inevitably save yours too…

WRONG!

Unfortunately, this is where most other well-intentioned health professionals let their confidence in “their” diet lead others astray: Just because it works for them, it doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you, me, or for a certain percentage of the the hundreds or thousands of people who want to jump on their wagon. I don’t care what approach it is, no one diet is going to work for all people, period. We have to create our own.

The 1-2-3′s of a Personalized Diet

Before jumping into the next “latest and greatest” diet fad or nutrition advice, use these three steps to build your own, personalized, do-it-yourself diet that sustains your energy, prevents disease, maintains your health and makes you feel good inside and out:

Step 1. Get a Foundation - A good starting point is mandatory, unless you want to spend decades (like I did) playing “diet roulette”. The way to start is to use your metabolism, genetics, lifestyle and personal history to your advantage to identify your metabolic type – how YOU process and metabolize certain foods.

The most thorough process for this that I know of is via Metabolic Typing®. Through this program, you’ll take an extensive online questionnaire that takes into account your food preferences, psychological traits, body structure, digestion, genetic factors and more to determine how your specific body type is metabolizing foods and nutrients right now.

Based on your answers, you receive a detailed guide with information about your specific metabolic body type and a food list including the foods that best support your metabolism at this time.

Body by Body, my Metabolic Typing® program, provides you with the official online test, and six complete weeks of detailed information on how to implement a diet perfect for your own metabolism. To read more and register for Body by Body, click here.

Step 2. Building Upward - Once you have your foundation laid by implementing your metabolic type diet plan, it’s now just as important to subtly adjust that diet to meet your body’s very own, very specific needs. We call this “fine-tuning”.

The Body by Body Program goes through three main stages of the fine-tuning process. First and foremost is to define your personal macro-nutrient ratios, the balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats on your plate. It’s important to remember that the ratios of foods on your plate may be strikingly different than another person’s, even though you and she may be following a similar plan and have a similar body-type.

The second phase of fine-tuning takes this a little deeper. You’ll work on a subtle level to define what I call your carbohydrate tolerance, and attune your carb intake to meet the particular needs of your body. You’ll also take a deeper look at which kinds of carbs are better for your body.

Next thing to do is look at your circadian rhythms. Once you’ve identified your macro-nutrient ratios, it’s now imperative to assess whether or not they pertain at every meal. You’ll start to look at patterns and preferences of food at each meal, and how it made you feel after eating. Ask yourself these questions: Do you do better with more protein in the morning, yet need less at night? Do you sleep better with heavier or lighter proteins for dinner? Do you need more calories in the middle of the day and a little extra carbs to keep you going?

Step 3. Identify your “Health Saboteurs” - You could be eating really good foods for you, but if you’re unable to digest and assimilate them due to gut dysbiosis, hormonal imbalances, stress, frozen emotions, genetic factors or a whole slough of other potential issues, they could be doing absolutely no good.

Diet always comes first, and in many cases may actually help to decrease any of the above factors. But if symptoms are chronic, they’re in there deep, and it may take more than a healthy diet to “do right”. In these cases, professional guidance is most likely needed, and is highly recommended.

The Body by Body Program introduces these “health saboteurs” and a few key ways to address them. I recommend lab testing, as well as a variety of clinical modalities to identify your core blockers. Once these are determined, a corrective path toward healing can be laid out and implemented.

Registration for the Body by Body Program is happening now! Learn how to apply these three steps into your daily ritual to get the powerful results you deserve: Elimination of food cravings, sustained energy, balanced emotions, a clear-head, weight correction… and just as important… to simply eat what you love, and love what you eat.