Method for determining metabolic type

• US 20070099302A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brandon Horn
• Original Assignee: Brandon Horn
• Inventors: Horn, Brandon
• Granted Patent: US 7,534,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 436/68
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/5091 for testing the pathological state of an organism
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/84 involving inorganic compounds or pH

Abstract

A method for determining a person'"'"'s metabolic typing. The method includes the steps of taking a baseline reading to determine a person'"'"'s blood pH, administering a substance challenge to a person to determine how the substance affects the person'"'"'s blood pH, waiting a period of time, retaking the person'"'"'s blood ph, and from any difference in the baseline reading and post-challenge reading, determining if the patient'"'"'s blood has been alkalized or acidified by the substance challenge in order to determine the person'"'"'s metabolic type. The invention is also a method to test the blood pH shifting effects of substances on people of different metabolic types, by determining whether the substance will cause the blood of persons having known metabolic types to become more acidic or alkaline.

Claims

1. A method for metabolic typing, comprising:

determining a baseline pH level of a person'"'"'s blood;

administering a substance challenge to a person to determine how the substance affects the person'"'"'s blood pH;

waiting a period of time;

redetermining the patient'"'"'s blood pH post substance challenge; and

from any difference in the baseline reading and post-challenge reading, determining if the patient'"'"'s blood has been made more alkaline or more acidic by the substance challenge in order to determine the person'"'"'s metabolic type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance challenge is administered by having the patient drink a glass of water with the substance dissolved therein.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance is a pure substance with constant and known characteristics.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance comprises one of glucose, dextrose, vitamins, minerals, or a pharmaceutical product.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance is glucose, and about 50 grams of glucose is diluted in about 350 ml of pure water.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline pH level is taken in person who has fasted for about 2 to 24 hours.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline pH level is determined by taking a sample of the person'"'"'s circulating blood and measuring its pH.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the pH level is measured with a pH meter.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline blood pH level is determined by extrapolating from the concentrations of hydrogen or other gasses in the blood or breath.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the substance is administered one of orally, transdermally, intravenously, and/or via suppository.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the period of time is about 3 minutes to about 60 minutes.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the same method used to determine the baseline blood pH is used to redetermine the blood pH post substance challenge.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the challenge substance is glucose, and when the baseline blood pH level is acidic, the substance challenge acidifies the blood of predominately fast oxidizers and alkalizes the blood of predominately sympathetic types, and wherein when the baseline blood pH level is alkaline, the substance challenge acidifies predominately slow oxidizer and alkalizes the blood of predominately parasympathetic types.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the method can be conducted at different times of the day, month, year, and/or locations to determine the effect different times and/or location have on the person'"'"'s metabolic type.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the degree to which the substance challenge changes a person'"'"'s blood pH is determined.

16. A method to test the blood pH shifting effects of a substance on people of different metabolic types, comprising determining whether the substance will cause the blood of persons having a known metabolic types to become more acidic or more alkaline.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the method is used to test substances comprising herbs, supplements, foods, chemicals, and/or pharmaceuticals to determine whether the tested substances are appropriate for certain metabolic types.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the pH shifting effects of a substance is determined in a particular person in order to decide whether that substance is appropriate for the person.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the method is used to test substances comprising herbs, supplements, foods, chemicals, and/or pharmaceuticals to determine whether the tested substances are appropriate for certain metabolic types.

19. A method to test the blood pH shifting effects of a substance on a person of a given metabolic type, comprising determining whether the substance will cause the blood of the person having a known metabolic types to become more acidic or more alkaline.