Oxidizer Test

    Are you  a Fast, Slow or Balanced oxidizer.  This will help you figure out how your body process what you eat. More specifically, how your body deals with 3 macronutrients in food; carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

Fast oxidizer -  should eat foods with more proteins and fats in order to slow down their rate of oxidation and insulin release,  and to better promote stable sugar and sustained energy levels.

Slow oxidizer- should eat foods with higher ratios of carbs, since proteins and fat slow the rate of oxidation and energy  production even further.

Balanced oxidizers fall right in between the two.  They require foods that have equal quantities of protein,  fat, and carbs in order to optimally process, produce, and use the energy from their food.

Circle the response that best applies to you. You may not know the answer right off the bat - it may take a couple of days.

1. In the Morning you

    A. Don't eat breakfast
    B. Have something light fruit, toast, or cereal.
    C. Have something heavy like eggs, bacon or steak, and hash browns.

2. At a buffet, the foods you choose are

    A. Light meats like fish and chicken, vegetables and salad, a sampling of different desserts.
    B. A mixture of A and C
    C. Heavy, fatty foods like steak, ribs, pork chops, cheeses, and cream sauces.

3. Your appetite at lunch is

    A. Low
    B. Normal
    C. Strong

4. You appetite at dinner is

    A. Low
    B. Normal
    C. Strong

5.  Caffeine makes you feel

    A. Great - it helps you focus.
    B. Neutral - you can take it or leave it.
    C. jittery or nauseous

6. The types of foods you crave are

    A. Fruits, bread, and crackers.
    B. Both A and C
    C. Salty foods, cheese, and meats

7. For dinner you prefer

    A. Chicken or Fish, salad, and rice
    B. No preference- choice varies daily
    C. Heavier, fatty foods like pastas, steak, and potatoes.

8. After dinner you

    A. Need to have something sweet
    B. Could take dessert or leave it.
    C. Don't care for sweets and would rather have something salty like popcorn

9.  The types of sweets you like are

    A. Sugary candies
    B. No Preference
    C. Ice Cream or Cheesecake

10. Eating fatty foods like meat and cheese before bed

    A. Interferes with your sleep
    B. Doesn't bother you
    C. Improves your sleep

11. Eating carbs like breads and crackers before your bed

    A. Interferes with your sleep, but they're better than heavier foods.
    B. Doesn't affect you.

    C. Is better than nothing, but you sleep better with heavier foods.

12. Eating sweets before bed

    A. Doesn't keep you from sleeping  at all.

    B. Sometimes makes you feel restless in bed

    C. Keeps you up all night

13. Each day, you eat

    A. 2 or 3 meals with no snacks

    B. 3 meals with maybe one light snack.

    C. 3 meals and a lot of snacks.

14. Your attitude toward food is

    A. You often forget to eat

    B. You enjoy food and rarely miss a meal

    C. You love food and it's a central part of your life.

15. When you skip a meal , you feel.

    A. Fine

    B. You don't function at your best, but it doesn't really bother you.

    C. Shaky, irritable, weak, and tired.

16. Your attitude toward fatty foods is

    A. You don't like them

    B. You like them occasionally.

    C. You crave them regularly

17. When you eat fruit salad for breakfast or lunch, you feel

    A. Satisfied

    B. Okay, but you usually need a snack in between meals.

    C. Unsatisfied and still hungry.

18.  What kind of food drains your energy.

    A. Fatty Foods.

    B. No food affects you this way.

    C. Fruit, Candy, or confections , which give you a quick boost, then an energy crash.

19. Your food portions are

    A. Small - less than average.

    B. Average- not more or less than other people

    C. Large- usually more than most people

20. How do you feel about potatoes

    A. You don't care for them.

    B. You could take them or leave them

    C. You love them

21. Read meat makes you feel.

    A. Tired.

    B. No particular feeling one way or the other.

    C. Strong.

22. A salad for lunch makes you feel.

    A. Energized and healthy.

    B. Fine, but it isn't the best type of food for you.

    C. Sleepy.

23. How do you feel about salt

    A. Foods often taste too salty.

    B. You don't notice one way or the other.

    C. You crave salt and salt your food regularly.

24. How do you feel about snacks

    A. You don't really snack, but you like something sweet if you do.

    B. You can snack on anything

    C. You need snacks but prefer meats, cheeses, eggs, or nuts.

25. How do you feel about sour foods like pickles, lemon juice, or vinegar.

    A. You  don't like them

    B. They don't  bother you one way or the other.

    C. You like them.

26. How do you fee about sweets

    A. Sweets alone can satisfy  your appetite.

    B. They don't bother you but don't totally satisfy you.

    C. You don't feel satisfied and often crave more sweets.

27. When you just eat meat for breakfast you feel.

    A. Sleepy, lethargic, or irritable.

    B. It varies day to day.

    C. Full until lunch.

28. When you eat heavy or fatty foods. you feel.

    A. Irritable

    B. Neutral - they don't affect you.

    C. Satisfied

29. When you feel anxious

    A. Fruits or vegetables calm you down.

    B. Eating anything calms you down.

    C. Fatty foods calm you down

30. You concentrate best when you eat

    A. Fruits and grains

    B. Nothing in particular

    C. Meat and fatty food

31. You Feel more depressed when you eat

    A. Fatty or heavy foods

    B. Nothing in particular

    C. Fruits, breads, or sweets.

32. You notice you gain weight when you eat

    A. Fatty Foods

    B. No particular food. You gain weight when you overeat.

    C. Fruits or Carbs

33. What type of insomnia if any applies to you

    A. You rarely get insomnia from hunger.

    B. You rarely get insomnia, but if you do , you often need to eat something in order to fall back asleep

    C. You often wake up during the night and need to eat. If you eat right before bed, it alleviates the insomnia   

34. You personality type is

    A. Aloof, withdrawn or introverted.

    B. Neither introverted nor extroverted

    C. Extroverted.

35. Your climate preference is

    A. Warm or hot weather

    B. Doesn't matter

    C. Cold Weather

Scoring your metabolic Typing Test

Add up the number of A answers, B answers, and C answers you have circled.   

If your number of C answers is 5 or more higher than your number of A or B answers, you are a fast oxidizer.

If your number of A answers is 5 or more higher than your number of B or C answers, you are a slow oxidizer.

If your number of B answers is 5 or more higher than your number of A or C answers, or if neither A, B, nor C's are 5 or more higher than the other two, you are a balanced oxidizer.