The basics behind the Rohner Concept.

The history of mankind is marked by cycles of feast or famine.
During times of abundance (summer/fall), we had to create reserves that would help us get through times of scarcity (winter) later on.

Those who knew how to use food to stimulate their appetite and build energy stores had had a better chance of survival.

Through glucose tolerance tests and other measurements, we are able to determine your metabolic type. You begin by drinking a glucose solution. We then take hourly measurements to determine how fast the glucose is being metabolized in your blood.

If the glucose is metabolized very quickly, we know that you build reserves very efficiently, like a groundhog in the summertime.

If your metabolism switch is set to reserve-building, everything you consume is allocated to these reserves. Think about the groundhog: During the summer, it doesn’t know whether the piece of cabbage it’s eating is going into the reserve tank or if it will be used immediately for energy.

Therefore, our goal is to determine how good your reserve-building “groundhog” instincts are working.

Since we can’t change your predisposition, if you have a weight problem, you should avoid foods that trigger reserve-building and eat only those that provide the necessary energy to get you through the day.

With the results of the test in hand, we can determine your metabolic type and the specific foods that are classified under that category due to their biochemical structure.

Our nutrition plans for each metabolic type contain the foods assigned to that type based on their biochemical structure.

This often results in improvements in various metabolic parameters such as cholesterol and uric acid as well.