No, I don't think it is B.S. Here's why: Been lifting/bodybuilding (not a competitor) for years. Same pattern would always happen to me: eat a lot of carbs and high protein (branched chain amino acids OR 3 cans of tuna/day). Result: muscles always started to feel more amazing, more packed. I never made a gain, but my muscles felt really more . . . fuller. But negative stuff: start to become drowsy/sleepy/tired (can't keep my eyes open when sitting down), blood pressure rising to 160/100, sweaty, perpetually nauseated stomach. Always began to feel "out of equlibrium". Tried to "eat myself back into equlibrium" but could never do it at this point. Go to the doctor: he says that I have primary "idiopathic" hypertension. Wants to give me pills. Says that I need to get more rest, and eat more. I just don't buy his explanation. Thought it was lactic acid poisoning, but that gives you low blood pressure, not high blood pressure. Doctor says that if I had lactic acid poisoning, I would not be walking around. Ok, I want an explanation, but can't find one anywhere. Why? Why? Why? Then, one night, stumbled onto metabolic typing: slow oxidizers (eat a lot of carbs) vs. fast-oxidizer (need carbs but also more fats in the diet). I TOTALLY SEE and believe that I fit the profile of a fast-oxidizer. Totally get that. I believe that bodybuilding--expanding the musculature--and eating a high carb, high protein diet went AGAINST my natural metabolic gradient. I was going into metabolic stress because I believe that when I or anyone expands their musculature, you are "inflating" both your fat-burning (lipolysis) and your carbohydrate-burning (glucogenolysis?). But I think if you're a fast oxidizer, your glucose-burning will expand more and metabolic stress begins to predominate over fat-burning. So I cut down the workouts, and included more fats in my diet: flax oil, avocado, Omega 3-6-9 blends made of different oils and fish oils. Felt better now when lifting the weights. I didn't care about the Omega 3 stuff. I just wanted the oil to bring down my metabolism, keep it from racing, and burn the oil as alternate source of energy. I take 3 tablespoons/day. Dr. Udo Erasmus is an expert in flax oil, and he advocated taking more tablespoons. Problem is 1) I can't afford it, and 2) with too much of these oils, you could be more prone to bleeding, which scares me a little. But I TOTALLY belive in metabolic typing. I also think (personal 2 cents hypothesis) that all the professional bodybuilders are slow-oxidizers (who have muscle potential too and who took steroids too). My 2 cents. Also, I don't have a gluten allergy. I just don't think bodybuilding mags have ever discussed metabolic typing at all.
Just lookin' for some opinions on the validity of the theory...I have a hard time on low-carb diets, this might be why...
