What Is Hauser Diet Typing?
Diet Typing is an objective testing procedure that allows the clinicians at Caring Medical in Oak Park, Illinois to determine which diet, or food choices, are best for you to obtain optimum health.
The goal of Diet Typing is to find the foods that will give you the maximum amount of energy.
Your body functions the best when energy reserves are highest. Basically, more energy = more health.
To obtain maximum energy from the food we eat, we need to eat foods that will keep our blood sugars stable and help us obtain a normal acidity/alkalinity level (venous blood pH), and that don’t produce an allergic reaction in the body.
What tests are you doing with the Diet Typing Procedure?
Diet Typing is an objective testing procedure that includes checking a fasting venous whole blood pH test, Modified Glucose Tolerance Test, Blood Insulin Levels, Hemoglobin A1c (HgA1c), and an additional test maybe ordered – the Food Allergy Profile. The whole testing process takes about two hours.
After an overnight fast for at least 10-12 hours, your blood is drawn by the laboratory nurse. You then consume a fruit drink containing 50 grams of sugar. The blood sugar level is checked every 30 minutes for the next 90 minutes with a fingerstick to determine your oxidative rate or ability to process carbohydrates. Insulin levels are typically checked at fasting and at one hour post-sugar ingestion to determine your body’s ability to clear sugar from the blood if the doctor feels that may be an issue. The food allergy/sensitivity panel is also drawn which involves collecting a single tube of blood that is sent to an outside laboratory for analysis. Their analysis takes approximately 2-3 weeks.
Once the results from these are analyzed, the appropriate Hauser Diet is recommended to help you obtain optimal health. If you would like to find out you Hauser Diet Type call us or make an appointment.
Figures 1a-d: The Diet Typing process
The Diet Typing Process is outlined in the above figures: (a) fasting serum blood pH, glucose and insulin levels, and food allergy panel are drawn; (b) a 50 gram sugar drink is consumed; (c) fingerstick blood glucose levels are taken at 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and 90 minutes after the drink is consumed; and (d) the results are graphed to determine the modified glucose tolerance curve.
Figure 2: Modified Glucose Tolerance Test Results
After the 50gram glucose load, the blood sugars should gradually rise and fall (see the pink normal curve). Fast oxidizers (yellow) typically start below normal and experience fast rises/falls in blood sugar levels; where slow oxidizers (blue) start above normal and show a slow rise and slower fall in blood sugar levels.
Figure 3: Venous Whole Blood pH Ranges
An important aspect of the Hauser Diet® is blood pH. A normal blood pH level is seen in yellow. Acidic blood pH levels are below the normal range, where alkaline blood pH levels are above normal. The proper Hauser Diet® will be prescribed to correct the blood pH levels to bring them within the normal range.
The results of these two tests will determine a specific healthy diet plan that maps out the percentage of carbohydrates, protein and fat a person should consume to support his/her physiology.
