Editing Metabolic typing (section)

== Effectiveness ==

Some metabolic typing companies{{which|date=July 2012}} use a battery of [[blood test|blood]] and [[urinalysis|urine tests]] performed by reputable laboratories, but interpret the results in an unconventional and medically questionable fashion.<ref name="qw2"/> During a 1985 investigation into one such firm, an investigator sent two separate samples of his own blood and urine for analysis. He received two drastically different "metabolic typing" reports and dietary plans. Both plans involved the purchase of [[dietary supplement]]s costing several dollars per day.<ref name="qw2"/>