What is your metabolic type? - Mixed type

Mixed type

Mixed types are neither fast or slow oxidizers, and are neither parasympathetic or sympathetic dominant.

A 50% of each of carbohydrates and proteins is recomended for the Mixed type diet.

40-30-30 Diet (e.g. Zone diet) is suitable for the Mixed types.

The following twelve steps will help you adjust your diet specifically for Mixed types.

1. For the first five to seven days, eliminate all "caution carbs": grains, cereals, breads, desserts, fruits, starchy vegetables—as well as milk products.
2. Eat freely of any of your allowable proteins and fats: meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, nuts, seeds, butter, and vegetable oils.
3. During these few days, limit your vegetable intake to the following non-starchy varieties: asparagus, celery, green beans, cauliflower, spinach, and mushrooms. Start out with only a small portion of vegetables as compared to your protein amount. This is your baseline.
4. Eat until you are full but not to the point of feeling stuffed.
5. Have snacks between meals if you like, using the same food choices.
6. Many Mixed Types will feel better almost immediately. They will be able to go longer between meals without eating, will lose their sweet cravings, and will feel a distinct energy boost. But some Mixed Types can experience withdrawal from high-starch and sugary foods. This usually does not last for more than forty-eight hours. It might involve any number of symptoms such as headache, flu like sensations, or extreme sweet cravings. If this should happen to you, just hang in there for two to three days and you should start to experience some of the positive feelings mentioned earlier.
7. Typically, Mixed Types will feel better for five to seven days after eliminating all the "caution carbs." But shortly thereafter they generally begin to feel irritable, short-tempered, and tired, then crave sweets, and feel hungry or unsatisfied after eating. When you reach this point, increase the amount of non starchy vegetables as compared to your quantity of protein, until you once again begin to feel well.
8. If you still do not feel well even after increasing your non starchy vegetables, begin to add a little starch to your meals, starting with only one tablespoon of a starchy vegetable such as artichoke, corn, peas, potato, yam, or winter squash with dinner.
9. If you still feel well or even better by eating a little starchy vegetable with dinner, add one tablespoon of a starchy vegetable at lunch, and then one tablespoon at breakfast.
10. If all goes well, raise your starchy vegetable intake to two tablespoons per meal.
11. Then, if all is still fine, substitute some whole grain in place of starchy vegetables.
12. In this manner, you can continue to slowly increase your carbohydrate intake. At some point, you'll move beyond your personal fuel mix and begin to notice a reappearance of your "old" symptoms—fatigue, depression, mood swings, sweet cravings, digestive problems, and so on. When that happens, you'll know you need to start decreasing your carbohydrates gradually until you start feeling well again. At this stage, if you have any degree of uncertainty, you can always return to your baseline and start over.