Yes, I'm very familiar with Wolcott's work. I use Metabolic Typing  in
my Nutrition Practice, and for those interested I do a paleo version of
it. This is what has really gotten me on track personally with my diet.
All of the different Metabolic Types can be done in a "paleo way." I
actually learned the system from two different people, one who types by
trial and error, the other uses objective lab tests (glucose tolerance
testing, blood pressure, pulse, etc...). Wolcott only uses a
questionairre, which I don't think is accurate enough. He calls the two
extreme types "Carbo" and "Protein". They're called by different names
with other practitioners. But for a paleo translation, the Protein type
are the ones who do well on a low carb diet, and specific meats (dark,
fatty, high in purine) are better for them, as well as specific
vegetables. The Carbo type still needs meat, but less of it, and of a
lean, light variety, with less fat, and LOTs more veggies & fruits, also
of certain types.
LP
On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 07:37 PM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:

> Has anyone read "The Metabolic Typing Diet" by William Wolcott?  It's
> not a "paleo book" per se (though he's very clear about the problems
> that can be caused by eating grains and sugar), but a quite detailed
> exploration of the many factors that make each person's metabolic
> profile unique.  I'm finding it a useful adjunct to paleo eating, in
> that one can use paleo principles for selecting the types of foods one
> will eat, while using Wolcott's metabolic typing principles for
> adjusting the balance of protein, fats and carbohydrates.