Our Metabolic Rate Determines How Quickly We Digest Our Food

Slow and fast metabolism, to a large extent, goes hand in hand with food combining. There are no hard and fast rules because two foods that would digest quickly if eaten separately, might digest slowly if eaten together. Taking blood type and dominant gland profiles into account changes the equation even more. This is where a daily log becomes very important as a tool for personal health information.

Let's take an example and work from there, as opposed to trying to cover the entire spectrum in a shotgun manner.

Let's assume you are a slow metabolizer, are blood type O and your dominant gland is the thyroid. If you read the blood type book it tells you that you can eat a lot of meat. Protein is the most difficult food to digest. Calcium and iron also don't digest easily but are generally taken as supplements, are in whole foods, are in a natural combination and in small overall percentages. When eaten in whole foods, calcium and iron are ingested at relatively low percentages when compared to protein dense foods such as red meat.