The Ultimate Metabolism Diet: Eat Right for Your Metabolic Type

Scott Rigden, MD
Hunter House (2009)
ISBN 9780897935104
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (8/09)


Dieting - try, fail, try, fail, try, fail.  That’s the story of most people that attempt to diet without understanding their body mechanisms.  It is certainly a story of my life until I discovered I had a metabolic disorder. Many diets don’t address metabolism or associated disorders.  Dr. Scott Rigden explains, in detail, the five weight-loss-defeating metabolic disorders as:  carbohydrate sensitivity; metabolic syndrome; impaired lived detoxification; food hypersensitivities, and hormonal imbalances.

Through concise explanation, case studies, clinical conditions, and recommendations, Dr. Rigden gives the reader an inside look as to what may be happening with the body.  Unfortunately many allopathic and bariatric doctors don't address the metabolic issues and often put their patients on diets, pills, or injections that may work for the short-term, but in the end the patient regains all that was lost. 

Following Dr. Rigden’s protocol will make the difference between trying and failing, and trying and succeeding. I know as I’m a prime example. After much testing by a medical professional that understood that there is much more than just cutting back on food intake, I was diagnosed with food hypersensitivities and hormonal imbalances. Following a protocol similar to what Dr. Rigden suggests, I was able to turn my condition around. 

I highly recommend that anyone who has experienced the yo-yo effect of weight gain/loss consider Dr. Rigden’s “The Ultimate Metabolism Diet” to have a better understanding of what may be happening to the body.  I’m a true believer there is more to maintaining a healthy body than being on a diet, it’s all recognizing and understanding our body’s needs and fulfilling those needs.

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