Pathways to Optimal Health

After many years of practicing dentistry and treating people for the ravages of gum disease, tooth decay, and lost teeth, Dr. Baldwin began to realize that one of the causes of chronic illness is a lack of proper fuel for the body. Proper nutrition for the individual person is THE answer for almost all chronic health problems.

Following a diet that's wrong for you will disrupt your cellular oxidation. In other words, your cells will not have the ability to efficiently convert nutrients into the energy they need to conduct life-sustaining metabolic activities.

Your cells are the workhorses of your body; they're like miniature chemical factories.They take raw material in and process that raw material into a vitally important end product-energy! But your cells cannot accept just any raw materials; they are genetically programmed to require a specific type of nutritional input.

So, whenever you consume calories in a form your cells can't use, or in a form that's not ideal for them, your cells simply can't do a good job of burning the calories, or converting the food and nutrients you eat into energy. And whenever calories can't get burned or oxidized as "body fuel," they get stored as fat instead.

This is the reason why some people stay slim, energized and feel great on various kinds of high-protein, high-fat diets while other people feel sluggish, gain weight and are unhealthy by eating the same way. Conversely, some people are able to stay fit and healthy on low-protein, low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets, while these same diets cause others to pack on the pounds and be chronically fatigued and unhealthy.

Metabolic Typing (PMT) tells us the proportionate needs for proteins, carbohydrates, and fats (macronutrients) in the patient's diet. It also tells us the types of micronutrients that will benefit a person on an individualized basis. PMT fulfills what the sages have discussed for literally millennia: Hippocrates: "Let your food be your medicine," and Lucretius: "One man's food is another man's poison."

Everyone is different, and everyone needs to identify thespecific foods and food combinations that are best for their own unique body chemistry Fortunately, Personalized Metabolic Typing is a breakthrough that provides you with all the tools and information you need to identify a diet that's precisely right for you.

To give you a clearer understanding of just how important it is to eat according to your Metabolic Type, and what kinds of things can go wrong if you don't feed your body what it needs, consider the following examples:

Jack is a "Protein Type" (Type II in our language), which means he needs to eat a diet based on significant quantities of protein and fat. He definitely needs to eat protein at every meal and snack, and to limit his overall consumption of carbohydrates (such as grains, fruits and vegetables) to roughly 30% of each meal. However, if Jack ignores his requirement for a high proportion of protein and fat at each meal, and instead eats liberally of carbohydrates whenever he feels like it here's what is likely to happen:
1. his body will compensate by breaking down ("catabolizing") its own muscle tissue for protein
2. his adrenal and thyroid glands won't function properly
3. his metabolic rate will drop, causing him to feel sluggish and tired
4. his body will produce excess insulin, a hormone which directs the body to store fat, as opposed to burning fat for energy
5. fat storage will be increased because his cells will be unable to carry on normal and efficient oxidative processes
6. Susan is a "Carbo Type" (Type I in our language), which means that carbohydrates should comprise roughly 60% of each of her meals and snacks, with proteins and fats comprising the remaining 40% of each meal and snack. Unlike Jack, who as a Protein Type really needs to eat protein at every meal, Susan can sometimes eat carbohydrates alone without suffering any ill effects. However, most Carbo Types do well by including protein at every meal. But they need lighter, leaner, lower-fat proteins than Protein Types. However, if Susan disregards this approach and eats excessive amounts of protein and fat, and inadequate amounts of carbohydrates, here's what will happen:
  1. due to a shortage of glucose, her body will tear down ("catabolize") its own muscle tissue in order to obtain this desperately needed fuel
  2. her adrenal and thyroid glands will not be able to function properly
  3. the above occurrences will cause her to gain weight and feel tired by decreasing her metabolic rate
  4. fat storage will be increased because her cells will be unable to carry on normal and efficient oxidative processes
This is the secret of Personalized Metabolic Typing and why it contributes so heavily to overall Wellness!
When you eat according to your Metabolic Type you will feel full and satisfied after meals, and free of the hunger pangs and food cravings that many people experience shortly after eating. You'll be able to last 4 to 5 hours between meals and snacks without feeling hungry. You'll have lots of energy and mental clarity, and be free of fatigue, irritability and other problems that occur when you fail to eat according to your genetically based needs.
In both conventional and natural medicine the picture of chronic illness has become more complicated over the years, using only subjective interpretation of signs, symptoms, and blood chemistries to determine proper diet and supplements. This method has also become more unreliable in terms of delivering a consistent clinical outcome on a timely and cost-effective basis. This is why PMT is the best first step in the treatment of chronic illness.
You will experience plenty of long-term benefits as well, including the ability to lose weight and keep it off, strengthened immunity and stamina, and the ability to prevent, reverse or greatly alleviate common health disorders, such as degenerative diseases, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes!
You do not have to be tired all the time! You do not have to be sick all the time! You do not have to be overweight! You do not have to have stomach or intestinal pain with gas all the time! Your child does not have to be medicated and sedated for autism, ADD, or ADHD! You do not have to feel your hormones jump up and down! You have a right to healthy skin, a healthy gastrointestinal tract, and to be free of addictions! We have helped people with these problems over and over, and we can help you!!
This is a WELLNESS PROGRAM!!!!
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