METABOLIC TYPE I DIET PLAN
VEGETARIAN, LACTO-VEGETARIAN, OVO-VEGETARIAN, OVO- LACTO-VEGETARIAN
There are varieties of the diet as well: an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs, and an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products. A vegan diet excludes all animal products, including eggs, dairy, beeswax and honey
Semi-vegetarian diets consist largely of vegetarian foods, but may include fish or poultry, or sometimes other meats, on an infrequent basis. Those with diets containing fish or poultry may define meat only as mammalian flesh and may identify with veget
(GOOD METABOLIZER)
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Burns sugar (carbohydrates) slowly and uses sugar for energy. You do well with most carbohydrates, including carbohydrates that have a higher glycemic index (70-90) (see Glycemic Index Chart).
2. You can eat mostly raw fruits and vegetables. Your diet should be rich in salads, fresh, uncooked vegetables and fruits that should make up between 60-70% of you meal.
3. 60-70 of your foods come from the Alkaline Forming Foods Chart and 30-40% from the Acid Forming Foods Chart (See About Your Blood Test manual). However, you should avoid all red animal meats. Use beans, fish, and fowl as your primary sources of protein and nuts, seeds, eggs and cheeses as your secondary sources of protein.
4. Stress the following foods in your diet:
A. Whole grains including bread, cereals, pasta and rice (for carbohydrate and water requirements)
B. Whole milk, natural cheeses and eggs- (for protein fat and fat-soluble vitamin {D, E, K and A} requirements)
C. White fish (trout, cat fish, orange roughy, cod, flounder, scrod) and fowl (white meat) (for protein fat and fat-soluble vitamin {D, E, K and A} requirements)
D. All nuts and seeds (for protein fat and fat-soluble vitamin {D, E, K and A requirements)
E. All beans and legumes- (for protein and carbohydrate requirements)