One man's food is another man's poison....

Ever wondered how your friend lost weight following the Atkins diet or the South Beach Diet, but when you followed it, you put on weight, felt miserable or had cravings? Well, just like everyone is created unique so to are our bodies and just because a diet works for someone, doesn't mean that it will work for you.

Metabolic typing is the means by which you identify your 'metabolic type' and create a diet that suits your individual nutritional needs.

It might be a low fat, high carbohydrate diet filled with pasta and grains, or a high fat, high protein diet focused on meat and seafood....or a mix of the two. By combining the right foods for you, you will be able to:

• Achieve and maintain the ideal weight
• Eliminate sugar cravings
• Increase energy and endurance
• Strengthen your immune system
• Overcome anxiety, depression and mood swings
• Increase alertness and reduce allergies

Metabolic Typing was first discovered by a dentist Dr William Kelley. In the mid 60's Dr Kelley discovered that he had an agressive and untreatable pancreatic cancer. His doctor told him he only had a few months to live and suggested he got his affairs in order.

Dr Kelley's mother, Velma Kelley, demanded that Dr Kelley change his eating habbits from junk food and sweets, to fruits, vegetables and wholegrains.

Much to Dr Kelley's surprise, within a few weeks his condition improved. His energy increased and the tumors in his abdomen reduced. Encouraged by this, Dr Kelley experimented with lots of changes to his diet including varying the quantities of nutrients and trying new foods.

After a while, he found himself having more good days than bad. A year passed, then two. Dr Kelley's health was slowly improving. Importantly he managed to live well past the time the doctors were certain that he would die.

Word of Dr Kelley's recovery started to spread and many people sought his advice to help with their own conditions.

Then, in 1973, Kelley's wife became ill. She became weak and was unable to function or get out of bed. Kelley treated her with the same nutrients and vegetarian diet which had worked so well for him. However, the diet made her much worse.

After much experimentation, her condition deteriorated so much she was on the verge of dying. It was at this point that Dr Kelley realised that there was one thing he hadn't tried and that was meat. Consequently, out of desparation, he started feeding her meaty broths. She reacted well, so Dr Kelley continued to give her more meat.

Much to his surprise, she started to improve. Her recovery was swift and dramatic!!! Within 24 hours she was strong enough to sit up in bed, and after a few days was able to persue normal activities.

Suddenly it became clear to him, that what was a healthy diet for one, was an unhealthy one for others.

Over time Dr Kelley refined his plan and became known as "the father of metabolic typing"