Pro-Metabolic Nutrition

Pro-metabolic nutrition is the food framework in Kate Deering's How to Heal Your Metabolism. It prioritises easy-to-digest foods that support thyroid function, blood sugar stability, mineral status, and low stress-hormone reliance.

Preferred pattern

• Carbohydrates: fruit, pulp-free orange juice, honey, milk, ripe/cooked fruit, coconut water, potatoes and selected roots, with grains only in moderation and only when digestion is robust.
• Proteins: milk, cheese, eggs, liver, shellfish, white fish, potato protein, gelatin, collagen, and bone broth.
• Fats: coconut oil, butter, ghee, cacao, beef fat/lard, and modest olive oil as dressing.
• Mineral supports: salt, dairy calcium, eggshell calcium when dairy is insufficient, shellfish minerals, orange juice/potassium, coffee with calories, and broths.
• Foods to limit during healing: seed oils, nuts/seeds, legumes/soy, grains/gluten, raw fibrous vegetables, heavy muscle-meat reliance, protein powders, alcohol, and processed foods.

Decision rule

Deering's rule is not “natural food good, processed food bad” alone. It is: does this food provide usable energy and nutrients without creating a digestion, blood sugar, thyroid, PUFA, or stress-hormone burden?