Type A Roundup ~ #8 !
August 23rd, 2000 , by admin
Heidi, would there be any more information on the purpose of a cell membrane fluidizer as is described in the books. I have read on the internet that people have used it for AIDS and for severe immune problems Beyond providing lycopene to types A and B who don't eat tomatoes, just why would anyone be using a fluidizer? Is this safe to use daily? Maddy
Hey, Maddy! Well, the membrane fluidizer cocktail recipe is a synergy particularly beneficial to Bs. Its action is due to the balance of phospholipids -- choline, serine and ethanolamine -- with the EFAs in the oil blended with the fruit juice. The recipe's particular effect is to boost immunity, nervous system health and metabolic function in Bs -- other types do not benefit to the same extent. However, flax oil is either beneficial or neutral for everyone, lecithin is neutral for all, and the fruit juice is chosen from the neutral or beneficial items by the individual. Many non-B folks like the taste and use it as a vehicle for their oil and fruit intake, which may include a high-lycopene fruit like red grapefruit, guava, watermelon or papaya (all far higher in lycopene than raw tomatoes, by weight). I, too, have read many testimonials of extraordinary results elsewhere on the Net, and my opinion is that "the more severe the deficiency, the more spectacular the results" -- for any effective compound, including this one. thanks for your note, Maddy, good question! :-)
Hello Heidi, Recently you supplied a "food pyramid" diagram (I believe it was drawn up specifically for an O-Type Non-Secretor) as an answer to one of the questions that appeared here in your ON THE DIET column. I was greatly impressed with how well it portrayed the dietary recommendations from LIVE RIGHT 4 YOUR TYPE in a clear image that was immediately recognizable and, easy to keep in mind. Would you consider building pyramids for the other bloodtypes as well? I realize that such a project would require 8 separate diagrams for the 4 different ABO types, factored by Secretor Status, but I believe all of your many fans who read this page faithfully would very much appreciate this service! Perhaps to make the task less formidable you could offer these diagrams one-at-a-time over a period of about a week...? As always, thanks for your enlightening replies. Best regards, Mark
Glad to be of service, Mark! I'm not a graphics whiz, so my "pyramids" look a little lame! but at least they serve as a reference point. ;->
Type A should really have four distinct pyramids, as the frequencies differ by A1/A2 subtype, MM type, secretor status, and Rhesus. I'll put together a Pyramid Page here sometime soon. :-) Thanks for the suggestion, dear! By the way, how's that "tongue" situation? :-)
I am a 52 year old A bloodtype and am not sure whether or not I am a secretor or a non-secretor. I have rheumatoid arthritis. Since starting on the ER4YBT diet during August of 2002 I have experienced a major decrease in joint pain. BUT, I still suffer from swelling, especially in my face, hands, and feet. I eat very little salt, so I don't understand why the swelling hasn't ceased along with the pain. To what do you attribute this to? Thank you. Diane.
Without knowing more, it sounds like you need more salt in your diet, Diane. You may be experiencing edema, which is not solved through reduced salt intake. Are you on a low-salt diet? Try this experiment for one week: get some grey sea salt (from your health food store or http://celtic-seasalt.com/saltoflife) and lightly season your food with it. Have a cup of broth every day with a heaping tablespoon of shredded or powdered dulse (again, from your HFS, or http://celtic-seasalt.com/saltoflife/maincoasseav.html or www.seaveg.com). These foods provide salt in a balance with the other minerals which accompany it in nature. I also suggest regular use of dandelion greens and kale, collards or chard as a side dish. And a good mineral water with a high calcium rating -- my favorite is Gerolsteiner, and you can browse through all the different varieties at www.mineralwaters.org. Don't be afraid to buy a "fizzy" kind if the still version is not available -- just crack it open, close it again, shake it and let it stand a bit open. The fizz will dissipate. Also, do a little yoga and stretching, as much as you can, each day. Deflect-A can truly help with getting rid of the last of your pain. Try these things for a week, and write back, please? :-D
Hi Heidi. The fish question again. Could you please try to let me know if the fish at the following website can be eaten by type A's. (And other bloodtypes also for that matter). This is a fish commonly available in SA - ugly but very tasty. http://ibs.uel.ac.uk/fish-bin/fishgen.pl?speccode=482 Thanks eurika
Hi there, Eurika! Try as I might, I cannot get that site to load. Is it still available? If there is another site with that info, or if you have the common & Latin names of the fish, please forward on to me ~ thanks!
Hi, I am a type A from Australia and I note that all peppers (green, red, yellow & jalepeno) are listed as an avoid. I understand that capsicums are also referred to as peppers. Capsicum is not listed at all. Do the references to peppers mean capsicum? Thank you, Glenn.
Hello, Glenn! All peppers of every kind, color, size and shape are avoid for type A secretors, except for the pimiento pepper (a difficult item to track down -- much easier to just get used to avoiding all peppers! :-}). Here's a great site for your pepper reference needs: http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/ It explains the "capsicum" family and its members in colorful detail. enjoy! :-)
Aronia berry juice has been avalable in california since 1998. is this berry good for type (A)? brian
Hi there, Brian ~ Yes, in fact a company called Wildland was selling Aronia melanocarpa juice in 1997. This is a fast-growing, acid-soil-loving plant which bears abundant fruit and is quite unfussy to grow as long as it has a modicum of direct sunlight. It's amusing to note that marketers have opted to go with the Latin genus name of the berry. I think I would, too, as the common name is Black Chokeberry! :-D It does have a distinct weedy, astringent flavor. For that reason, the "aronia" juice sold in bottles requires a deft hand to sweeten and make it palatable for the commercial food market through dilution and blending with other juices. The Wildland site describes it as a super-powered cranberry. We do not have a rating for this berry, so proceed with care as usual: unknowns are "neutral" for those in good health and at their ideal weight. Here's a website with more information: http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible2.html Thanks for writing, brian! :->
Dear Ms. Merritt, Re:Secretor Status for Double Lewis Negative results (LeA-,Le
Back in July 2001 I submitted 2 tubes of blood for the D'Adamo Serotype Panel-1 Test (DSP-1). These are the results that came back: % of Population ABO GROUP : A ABO Group : 42% A1/A2 : A1 A1/A2 : 80% Rh(D) : positive Rh(D) : 85% M,N,Group : M,N M,N,Group : 50% Lewis A/B Group: LeA-,LeB- Lewis A/B Group: 6% Secretor Status: negative Question: When going through the food selections of Live Right 4 Your Type, Do I use the Non-Secretor Section, or, do I Use the foods that are beneficial/neutral for BOTH the secretor and non-secretor. Please advise. Thank you for your co-operation. Marshal
Hallo, Marshal! Ah, one of the rare birds! Peter generally finds that the Nonsecretor values in Live Right work best for his Lewis double negative patients, so that's what I'd advise. Stick to that nonsecretor column, follow the text advice for nonsecretors, and enjoy the plan! Do keep in touch if there's anything we can help with ~~ and thank you for writing!! :-)
and a Happy President's Day to our U.S. readers! :-)
Type O Roundup ~ #11 -- and a plea from Natasha !
August 22nd, 2000 , by admin
I am a type O and just went through a bout of kidney stones a week before I started the er4yt diet. My kidney stones were composed of uric acid and it says I shouln't eat red meat or greatly decrease my consumption of it. The type O diet says red meat is very important to my diet. I do not know what to do. Can you give me some suggestions? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Laura
Hello, Laura! Kidney stones are not "caused" by uric acid ~ the main causes are (1) inadequate water intake during the day, (2) inadequate exercise, (3) frequent urinary tract infections, (4) regular use of calcium-based antacids. It is also a side-effect of some thyroid medications, and in some families there is a genetic pre-disposition toward stone-forming. Even if it runs in your family, just following some simple guidelines can keep you stone-free.
The main things you as an O can do are:
(A) get PLENTY of fresh, pure *water.* Six to eight 12-ounce glasses per day, away from meals, as a protective measure. Tea, juice, etc. do not count for this purpose (although freshly-made fruit and vegetable juices are fabulous for healing the kidneys). Kidney stones form when the urine becomes so concentrated that minerals precipitate out of it (like a science experiment!) forming crystals on the inside of the kidneys. You may pee a bit more and more frequently at first, but after two to three weeks your bladder will easily accommodate the higher water intake.
( an exercise plan as outlined in Live Right 4 Your Type. Good, sweat-breaking, strenuous exercise (whatever "level" that means for your current state of fitness), at least three times per week. While it is clearing out your kidneys, it will also tone all the rest of your organs and enhance both your musculature and your bones' calcium uptake.
(C) go through your O diet list, and mark as "avoid" these foods known to raise urinary oxylate levels: spinach, beet greens, almonds, chocolate, and strawberries.
There is a section on kidney stones on pages 341-342 of the BTD Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia, and a reference to the Urinary Tract Health protocols on page 492. It is an excellent resource for complementary treatment of ailments of all kinds! So DO follow your diet including your meat allowance, and I'm sure you'll be speeding along the healing trail in no time! Thank you for writing, and drop me a note on your progress!! :-D
Hello, I'm type "O".. just wanted to know about Oat flakes, the type that's in "Jordan's Crunchy"?? And "Yeast pate" found in health food stores? What about sprouted bread, I read in the book that it was ok, but saw "avoid" on the website!!?? Brgds Stefan
Hi, Stefan!
(1) For any commercial product, check the ingredient list against your type O food list. 'Fraid I don't know what-all's in the products you mentioned! If the oat flakes contain something other than oats, just check each ingredient listed.
(2) If you have a question about food status, just use the TYPEbase 3 database. For instance, use the search term "oat," and remember to hit the "search" button, as the enter key won't activate the search.
You might be confused about "sprouted bread" because we have two listings for it in the database: one is made from 100% sprouted grain, and the other listing covers those many commercial brands who toss in a little sprouted grain and fill 'er up with whole wheat. :-) Essene (manna) and Ezekiel breads are generally fine for Os, but once again: read the labels! Several times, I noted that the "Ezekiel" *hamburger and hotdog rolls* in my HFS are NOT made of 100% sprouted grain -- they contained whole wheat flour as well. So read, read, read! :-D thanks for writing! :-D
I am a type "O" and have been on the plan of for about 1 month now. The first 2 weeks I lost about 17 pounds. Now I am at a standstill now,have even gone back up about 10 pounds what can I do to jumpstart weight loss again. Bridget
Hello, Bridget! Do you drink three or four liters of pure water each day? And get a good lot of exercise? If you are at least 20% over your ideal weight, you can get a better picture of fat loss by measuring yourself at the waist, hips, and around the top of each thigh, every week. Make a note of the figures and see if your weight may be standing still while your fat loss continues. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you're building muscle you may see a plateau or even a small jump in the scale until your metabolism is kicked up by the new muscle tissue.
The first thing I'd suggest is to get a copy of Live Right 4 Your Type. You may need a stricter adherence, perhaps using the Tier II diet. If you eat more than 4 servings of grain per week, try reducing or eliminating it for the time being. Vegetables three or four times per day, fruits 2-3 times per day, along with the beneficial meats and fish, are the basis of the O diet. And do take a tablespoon of flax oil, or ground flaxseed soaked in water, every evening. It's a great way to get fiber as well as support your weight loss.
If you're up for an experiment: try using the food list and portion/frequency guidelines for type O nonsecretors for a few weeks. See if that makes a significant difference.
Don't be disappointed if your weight loss continues at a rate of one or two pounds per week ~ that is a healthy rate, and one at which most people *keep the weight OFF.* :-) Seventeen pounds in two weeks is A LOT, even for the initial loss, and we wouldn't want you to continue shedding it that quickly.
thanks for your note, and I am SURE you will succeed! :-D
I recently purchased the book "Eat Right for Your Type" I am a type O blood type. I have eaten Wheat Products all my life without noticing any problems. My wife says she is Blood Type also. Then I assume our kids are type O. We purchased Ezekiel Bread from the Local Health Food Store. It was frozen. The bread was very good tasting, however both my kids, my wife and I all had diarrhea the day after we ate this bread. All of us ate the bread on different days of the month. So we suspect the diarrhea was caused by the bread. Why would this bread which is supposed to be good for our blood type cause this reaction? Dan
Hello, Dan! Well, in brief: the diarrhea after eating the sprouted grain is most likely the result of the wheat you were eating before. Weird, huh? Go to the column I wrote entitled Type O Roundup ~ #10! and scroll down to the sixth Q, from "Deborah," and my response. Your answers are there! ;-)
and now... the long-awaited Beer Extravaganza! :-)
For TYPE O I looked up the database for Beer. It responded: AVOID: Contains component which can modify known disease susceptibility. What is the component that it is referring to? I would like to know if this is a component found in commercial beer (is it a preservative, for example) and whether it is also found in homebrewed beer. Also, is the yeast in homebrewed beer a problem for Type Os? I noticed that yeast-brewers is listed as beneficial or neutral depending on secretor status in LR4YT. Would this contribute to candida? ~Ed
Dear Heidi: Thank you for your continued informative and entertaining e-column. As a fellow Type O non-secretor, I have experienced immense benefits commensurate with my initiation of the Blood Type diet. However, I am also a lover of microbrewed beer, in particular, Hefeweizen (Wheat Beer) and can't seem to wean myself from this addiction:-)! Are there any other contraindications to the consumption of beer by type O's other than alcohol increasing gastrin production? In other words, are the offending lectins such as Wheat Germ Agglutinin removed during the manufacture of the beer (do they remain with the spent and eventually discarded grain or do they enter into the malt, and consequently, in the beer itself?). An answer would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Kipp
Heidi, An article in a London newspaper recently touted a great nutritional benefit of beer, silicon. Beer has high levels of silicon, a mineral needed for bone density. However, beer is an avoid for bloodgroup O's. I couldn't help but wonder if some home brewed beer made from neutral grains would be OK for an O? What do you think? It seems as if the hops and carbonation would actually be somewhat beneficial for an O! Eh? And what about home made soy yogurt? Or perhaps even almond or rice yogurt? Have you ever tried to make some? Such a thing would be great for O's in India! Wow, what a marketing possibility! Stephan
I have the Cook Right 4 Your Type book. In the 30 day menu plan (I am Type O) white wine and beer are listed as after dinner drinks. In my Blood Type O Food, Beverage and Supplement Lists, these are listed as Avoids (white wine) or not recommended (beer). Also on page 46 of that book, Hops is listed as Highly beneficial, yet on page 49, Chapter 14, Miscellaneous Beverages, I quote "Beer isn't recommended, as hops tend to increase stomach acid secretions and most beer is made from wheat. Please clarify. Also, I bake my own bread and would like to find a recipe for Ezekiel bread. Can you help. Thank you for your assistance. M.
I am Type O. As Type O you recommend no distilled spirts, a beer now and then, and a glass of wine from time to time. Please explain the reasoning behind your limitations. How is distilled sprits (Scoth) worse for you and wine or beer? Where in your book (Eat Right 4 Your Type) should I go to get a full and complete explanation? Thanks Dave
First thing to understand about Os and beer: we ain't well designed to metabolize it effectively. Don't hit me yet, I WILL go into detail! LOL! ;-D
Think of it as a blast of carbohydrates, much of it in a form which heads straight for the liver. The limited grain and sugar choices on the O menu is partly for lectin-ish reasons, but the short list, and the very limited frequencies in Live Right for these foods is directly related to our paleolithic-style physiology. One glass of beer delivers more liver-targeting carbs than the average hunter-gatherer would consume in a month, and the alcohol gets it there in a hurry. The more grain carbs we consume, the more our serum cholesterol (made in the liver) is likely to pop up ~ along with the cascading rest of the well-known hazards.
Second, beer does increase gastrin levels. As a point of comparison: my tummy is well-provided with ample gastrin five minutes after I begin eating. In my type A guy's tum, on the other hand, it takes 45 to 50 minutes to get the juices going. Makes sense for him to stimulate gastrin with a glass of beer, and makes sense for me to relax things with a little seltzer. Now WHAT, you are asking, IS it in BEER that stimulates the O-gastrin to get out of hand? Well, the central culprit is the alcohol from the malted barley; however, the combination of grain carbs and alcohol (as in beer and Scotch) and the addition of carbonation (in beer) work together to produce their synergy of troublesomeness.
In the case of Kipp's beloved Hefe-Weizen, wheat rather than barley is the foundational mash. There are many styles of beer, notably the Belgian brews and "white" beers, in which unmalted (whole unsprouted) grain (often wheat) is added after the fermentation to produce a particular look and flavor. A mash of up to 60% wheat is used in the Hefe-Weizen style, and it is the *protein* (read, unsprouted, lectin-loaded part) that gives H-W and similar-looking beers their characteristic cloudiness. This does magnify the avoid quotient of those brews, but as I mentioned above, drinking clear beer instead is no solution. ~ pun unintended! :-( ~
Scotch, even just single-malts, encompasses such a huge variety that I'll stick to generalities (you're chuckling, right? ;->) -- The basic ingredients are barley mash and water, and the distillation process produces a beverage (?) which delivers all the above-noted hazards of beer but at ten times the speed and power. This from a longtime single malt fan, sorry to say. On our yearly trip to our favorite steakhouse, I'm now reduced by BTD-compliance and personal wisdom to sniffing and sipping perhaps only two or three out of the 200+ Scotches they have on offer. Bringing a crowd of friends helps raise the potential number and lower the actual quantity I'm responsible for drinking ~ but still, more sniffing and less drinking has become the order of the day. :-}
For the individual questions:
~ Ed, the yeast is not a problem. Nor does brewer's or nutritional yeast contribute to candidiasis ~ as a matter of fact, these forms of yeast feed beneficial organisms, thereby actively helping to re-establish balanced intestinal flora & fauna. They're GOOD for the condition! :-)
~ Stephan, silica is abundant in horsetail, too! ;-> and... while I've never made rice yogurt at home, I fully support your exploration of alternate yogurt products to market in India! :-D keep that imagination fertile, my dear!
~ M., that text regarding Hops in the Blood Type O Food Beverage & Supplement Lists is incorrect. Oops! sorry! ;-) Hops is still Beneficial! and I think "barley" may have been what was intended there. For your baking plans, here's a starter on your Ezekiel bread recipe: Seeking Recipes for Essene and Ezekiel Breads.
Thank you all for this opportunity to touch on a favorite subject! ;-D
AND: Please Help Natasha, California BTD’ers!
Hi, I've just moved to California from Australia and I'm at a complete loss looking for the foods I could buy at the regular supermarket that I now need to buy from a health food store. People back home don't know how good we have it! My problem is that I don't know where any are here all the ones I seem to find sell only vitamins and protein drinks - I want to buy regular health food. I couldn't find the groups that used to be on yahoo to ask them so I'd really appreciate someone replying to me as soon as possible. I've been eating take out ever since I got here a month ago because I can't find too much in the local supermarkets - so my body isn't enjoying it right now!!! Help!! Cheers, Natasha.
OK, readers, the ball's in your court: write in with your recommendations on shopping spots for Natasha! THANKS, EVERYONE!!! :-D
Type B Roundup ~ #7 !
August 21st, 2000 , by admin
Hi Heidi... Can you bear another Deflect question? I know, because of the name, that Deflect counters lectin activity. But how about the other bad reactions to blood like "provokes abnormal blood reaction", "increases polyamine or indican levels" or "secretory insufficiency" ? Does it work on those kinds of avoids, too? (Really, Heidi... I know I sound like I subsist on avoids, but it's not true...15 percent MAX!!!!) Linda (B- NS)
Hey there, Linda! :-) Your intuition (as usual) is correct! Deflect is for lectins, primarily. It also contains some fruit-derivatives which may help a bit with the polyamine and indican levels, but it can't do anything to protect you against the rest of the avoid functions. For instance, taking a whole bunch of Deflect will do nothing to change your ability to digest foods which are avoid due to secretory insufficiency, nor can it block other elements of the food from entering the blood stream.
Now a question for you: Where are you managing to find enough avoids to make up 15% of yer diet? eh? OK, ya lost white potatoes, and in return got artichokes, tomatoes and pumpkin. Yeah, a few cheeses went south, but look at all the ones you CAN have. And all those new OK items in the meat and fish lists! And as if your fruit list wasn't magnificent to start with, look at all those new beneficials!! Heck, girl, with that B-non food list, I'd be in heaven!! ;-) {jealous, jealous!! ;-D} seriously, thanks for writing, Linda, and I'll be happy to take any and all Defect questions now and in future!
~:-D
Hi! I have blood type B and I do have an autoimmune disease (sarkoidosis) which is active right now with a hight inflammation rate in my body. I don`t know yet if I am a secretor or not (I have already ordered the test kit) but I know that type B has a tendency to autoimmune diseases. The thing is that there are not so many recommendations about what we can do about it once the disease is there. At one point I read to take things like magnesium to strenghten the immune system but it is already overly strong so that it attacks the organs (lungs, heart and skin is already affected). What exactly other than sticking to the B-type Tier 2 diet would you recommend? Thank you very much!!!!!!! Sincerely, Birgit
Hello, Birgit ~ I am sorry you're suffering with this! The diet does strengthen the immune system ~ this means it will better fend off invaders in the future. The autoimmune response you are having is a result of the invaders, not a result of having a strong immune system -- in fact, your immune system is overburdened and confused by the level of "aliens" in your tissues, to the point where it is attacking healthy tissue as well. This is where our blood type-specific plan can help where most others cannot.
Keeping to your diet is the first step, and in your case I strongly recommend using the Immune-Enhancing protocol on pages 481-82 in the BTD Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia, as outlined for sarcoidosis patients. And I believe that a stress-relief practice such as meditation, visualization, and any of the activities listed for Bs in Live Right 4 Your Type that you can engage in will be of immeasurable help for you. It's not just a matter of "calming down," not at all. These practices are designed to send signals to the ruling glands of the body, in order to clear stresses and step the body down out of "permanent emergency" (autoimmune) mode.
Best wishes to you, dear! Please keep me posted on your progress!! :-)
Hi Heidi, I just started the blood type diet and I had two clarification questions. I am B and I am confused about the use of soy. I have all of Dr. D'Adamo's books and I think that in one of the books it says that soy protein is ok but soy milk and soybeans are not? But then I saw that wheat free tamari is ok which is made with soybeans. I am confused! Maybe I have read something incorrectly though. My second question is in regards to dairy. I know that as a B I can tolerate dairy better than other types, however I have sinus problems. I just sent in the secretor test and I realize that if I am a non-secretor my dairy intake will be more limited. I am also taking the collinsonia supplement. Is it still ok to consume dairy with a sinus difficulty? Thanks so much! Nicole
Hi, Nicole! On soy: just follow the B food lists from Live Right ~ take a look at the Updates Page; and for quick reference, use the TYPEbase 3 database which is linked from the home page as well. Remember, lecithin is neutral for everyone. I went into some further detail on tamari in a reply to "Dave" in the "Type B Roundup ~ #6" column of a few days ago, in case you'd like to read more.
About dairy, Peter has mentioned in the past that it's sensible even for Bs to discontinue it until a sinus problem is relieved. There is also a sinus health protocol for Bs in the Encyclopedia if this is a recurring problem for you: magnolia flower (Magnolia lilflora), 50 mg: 1-2 caps twice daily; wild indigo(Baptisia tinctoria) tincture: 5-7 drops, twice daily. Four weeks total. There are additional recommendations there for nonsecretors and the mention of vitamin C, yerba santa, anise essential oil in a vaporizer, and the use of a Neti pot. I hope this helps "clear things up." and hope you're feeling better ASAP!! :-D
I'm still confused about this wheat thing for type Bs. I know whole wheat is out, the data base says white flour products, bleached and unbleached wheat is ok. Does that mean I can have white bread? What about wheat products like crackers and cake? Rachel
Hi there, Rachel!! The database is a list of foods -- think of them as "ingredients" -- so when you go to buy a product like bread, crackers or cake, check the ingredients of that product against your food list. That's the best & only way to find out whether a product is OK for you. Take care, and keep smiling! :-D
Hi, I have been following the diet for 2 1/2 years. I have read all the books and love the diet. I am a B. My question is about suppliments. Can I add brewers yeast and bone meal to my daily suppliments? Thank you and keep up the great work. Fred
Hey, Fred! thanks, you're a sweetie! Brewers/nutritional yeast was omitted from the original type B list in Live Right 4 Your Type, but we've supplied that omission and you'll see its values now in the Updates Page and the TYPEbase 3 database. Bone meal is OK for you, but I do suggest you get a brand that's certified to be from free-ranged, no-drug sources. Better yet would be the Phytocal-B supp available in our Store here, as it is readily assimilable and contains balanced quantities of other minerals and cofactors designed just for Bs. There are plenty of calcium-rich foods in the B diet, as well as natural sources of magnesium and other bone-building elements. But if you'd like a supplement, the bone meal would be OK as long as you're getting plenty of the mag-rich foods, and the best supp would have to be the Phytocal-B. Thanks for the Q, and the compliment! :-D
Hi, i've been on the diet for one week only and i feel as if i've lost a little weight and i have better 'color'. problem is, i have been plagued with heartburn (acidity) and my brother, who put me on the diet, urges me not to use medication for it. will this pass? i am a long time sufferer of acidity but the diet has seemed to aggravate it slightly. second qusetion, if it is not on the list (like: soya oil) is it ok to have? i am type B and the oils seems to be my biggest problem in the diet. everything it seems contains palm oil or coconut oil etc. if this is let say in a cracker, are the voulmes of oil negligable? James
Hi, James ~ The "bad oils" are one of the worst heartburn-producing foods, so if this is the major problem you'd like to resolve, I'd steer clear of any nasty no-nos in that area, no matter how small the quantity seems in the product. About soybean oil -- take a look at the the TYPEbase 3 database. Many foods have been added to the lists since BTD was written, and most of them made their first food-value appearance in Live Right 4 Your Type in 2001. Also, see the column I wrote on GERD: Ginger Juice -- Chiropractic. There are great non-drug strategies there which have proven highly successful for 'heartburn.' The diet itself will do a fabulous job on eliminating the reflux, and these extra strategies should have you fine & happy in no time!
And may I offer my WARMEST WELCOME to the BTD!! Keep in touch, and feel free to ask anything that arises as you get settled in your new plan!! :-D
which book? what value? where do I find....
August 20th, 2000 , by admin
Many people ask:
"The books conflict: which one should I use?"
"How do I find the updated value for food 'x?'"
"Where's the answer to the question I submitted?"
"The Ask Dr. D'Adamo link you gave me takes me to a blank page -- how can I find the correct one?"
Here for quick reference are the answers:
FOUND CONTRADICTIONS between the various books' food lists?
Type O Roundup ~ #10 !
August 19th, 2000 , by admin
Heidi, the last three days your the final question of your column has gone unanswered, seemingly because your reply was cut off? You were probably told this already by hundreds of people! genie
Hi, Genie ~ No, you're the first, but maybe I can help: Are you using Netscape, on a Mac? If so, do you have a copy of Internet Explorer handy? "Pat" wrote in to say that if you use IE, the column displays perfectly well in its full glorious length ~ even on a Mac. Hope it helps! BTW, the columns have been so long lately, perhaps you're the only person who read far enough down to notice anything missing! LOL! ~:-D
I recently bought the book "Eat Right 4 Your Type", and also submitted my saliva to be tested for secreter/non-secreter status. My friend talked me into buying the book. He photo-copied the diet for O blood types (my type) from his book and sent it to me. This is what got me interested, so I ordered the book. However, the diet in the book is real general compared to the list my friend sent me. His list has more foods listed, is divided into "secreter" and "non-secreter" columns, and Tier One and Tier Two foods. My book just says to assume I am a secreter, since 80% of the population are secreters. No different columns for secreter and non-secreter, no Tier One or Tier Two (as I recall, don't have the book with me now), and certainly much less food listed. Also, there are some discrepencies. For instance, salmon is listed as neutral for type O on my friend's list, and beneficial in my book. I feel cheated by my book, as my friend's is much more detailed and comprehensive. Why the difference? Are there different editions? If so, whose version is correct? Is the secrete/non-secrete not so important as stated in my friend's material, since it is so cavalierly treated in my book? Jerry
:-) Hi, Jerry! Well, your friend photocopied the text from Live Right 4 Your Type, published in 2001. Eat Right 4 Your Type is the book you bought. It was the first, written in 1995 as the introduction to the blood type plans. However, it is a wonderful book, so don't feel cheated!! It's still the best starting point, and I'm glad you won't be without it. I'm also pleased you're interested in secretor status and following the diet at a higher level of compliance. Just pick up a copy of Live Right, it's the one with the dark red cover. We also have a special Updates Page all set up on this website for your reference. Thanks for taking the time to write in, and I hope you enjoy the books!! :-)
Hi, Heidi: Saw in your column today (2/12/03) this response to a Q on corn-free tonic water: "About corn-free tonic water: I haven't found a single brand, and no one has written in with one. I wonder if it exists?? {sigh!} I'll keep looking." FYI, just to let you know, in case any more of your readers write in requesting that info., I know of one (and only one) brand of corn-free tonic water in the states, and it is ONLY available through a store called "Trader Joe's" This store does not have an outlet in my state, so I've never actually seen the product, but it is made by a New Zealand Co. called "Mead" and the tonic water is called (get ready, it's a mouthful): "Brightwater Indian Tonic Water", or maybe "Brightwater Ridge Indian Tonic Water". Again, it is solely available at a health food store called "Trader Joe's" and this store is apparently found in 47 US states. Hope this is helpful to you, in case someone else writes in with that question. It is one near and dear to my heart and I've researched it pretty extensively, so I'm pretty certain that there is no other brand available in the US except the one above. Hope you are well. Peace. Anon.
Well, thank you kindly, dear! what a surprise! ;-) I am very pleased to hear from you, and most grateful for your timely tip on tonic! Don't know if you've seen this, and you might find it silly, but I've found myself running it every morning ~ ever since a friend sent it to me. The minute I saw it, I thought of you and I've no idea why. Anyway, I guess this is opportunity to offer it to you!
Lovely way to start or end the day!
Best wishes! I most sincerely hope you, too, are at peace! :-}
Hello, Im o+ and I was wondering if I could drink a tea that has an orange and blackberry leaf would that be something to avoid. I know I should avoid an orange because of its citrus acid and blackberry because of its lecthin. Please help thank you very much. William
Hey there, William! You're absolutely right. Blackberry is an avoid due to the lectin, and orange also due to its stimulation of polyamine production. Write back & tell me if you wanted to take that tea for a particular ailment, and I'll do my best to hunt up some substitutes for you! :-D
Re: Romano Cheese. The authentic variety is ok for O's because, like good feta, it is made from sheep milk. Also, in response to a recent query about hair loss in women: older women DO, I am sorry to say, suffer hair loss for a variety of reasons, primarily genetic, and also as a reaction to hormones, meds, and stress. (I know about this last one, because I was once so tense that my neck and scalp tightened so nuch that no blood was getting to the hair follicles, and my hair fell out. Really.) The good news is that unless the loss is genetic, the hair will regrow, especially with the improved diet and stress-relieving exercise preached on this great website. Fyi and all that, Blessings of a beautiful autumn day, AMN
:-D Yep, good reasoning on the cheese, AMN. And quite true about hair loss. Lord, I do remember that warm late autumn... Well, I belatedly send the blessings of this crisp, cold winter back atcha! At least it might keep the flu bugs down, eh? and it certainly was a perfect white Christmas! :-D
As recommended by my family physician, I tried the blood type diet (I am Type O). I always thought my diet was alright, calorie wise, but could not loose weight (I only need to loose 10-15 pounds). My diet did consist of mostly proteins, but also a modest amount of dairy and wheat. Well, I did the diet for three days and had diarrhea for three days! When I added the dairy and wheat back, the diarrhea stopped. It seems that every Type O meal I eat, it is followed by diarrhea. What am I doing wrong, or is there a supplement that I am missing? I would really like to make this diet work! Thank you! Deborah
Well, Deborah, I'm sorry you "ran" into that problem! It helps to understand that at the beginning of the diet, the body will go all-out to rid itself of the toxic stuff and mucus in the bowels and throughout the system. Sometimes this manifests itself as an overflowing cold, or joint pain, tiredness or hyperactivity. Diarrhea is not a pleasant thing, but in your case it might well have been part of this cleaning process. I can tell you that dairy and wheat will stop my elimination entirely for a period of days, so I believe the "cure" you took for the diarrhea is actually the problem in disguise. Do work from the portion/frequency tables in Live Right 4 Your Type for all the food groups. The greatest part of the diet is vegetables (and fruit), some starchy and some green and fibrous. Try to get a balanced weekly intake of all of them. I'll note here again, just in case it's helpful, that the veg and fruit frequencies in Live Right should be DAILY, not weekly. Give it another try and fill in with starchy veg or a bit of one of the neutral grains where you'd normally use wheat. A modest amount of dairy is still permitted, and there are some suggestions under the "dairy" category. Take care, and please write again to let me know how the second experiment turns out! I'd really like to follow up on it. :-D
'Tapeworm loved the Blood type O diet.' I'm a type O+ sec. with a real need to put on weight, now that my little friend is gone. I lost over thirty pounds of everything. Do you have any ideas to help with this while staying compliant? Also, are you aware of anyone producing Grass Fed Beef Jerkey that in not smoked? This would be a great way to stay compliant on trips to foreign lands, and handy for those long plane flights. Thanks for all your great work. Paul
OOoof!! Sheesh! poor you!! Well, I do not know offhand of a source for grass fed jerky, but if it's out there, it might very well be found at www.eatwild.com. With a dehydrator, a warm dry climate, or even an oven that can be set on LOW, making jerky at home is a snap. Consult the lovely little book, Jerky, by A.D. Livingston, The Lyons Press (Guilford, CT) ~ it's likely found everywhere online, and possibly at www.lyonspress.com. Great recipes and ideas, and just substitute a bit when called for by the BTD. And for your much needed body re-building, see the notes in the past few columns I've put up here. Search at the bottom of this page using "superslow" ~ you'll find what you're looking for. Best wishes to you, Paul, and my vibrant hope that you'll replace the old "everything" with "primo" BTD-engineered healthiness!! :-D
Type O Roundup ~ #9 !
August 18th, 2000 , by admin
Dear Heidi, can you enlighten me about the way secretor status is handed down genetically to children - is 'secretor' dominant? - my husband is group O secretor, I am group A non-secretor. So far tested my two group O children are secretors. Haven't had results for the two group A children yet - I beleive the secretor status is not linked to ABO,so hoping they are secretors for their health! Christine
Hi, Christine! Follow this link: More on Blood Type Heredity. Enjoy!
*The Blood Type Diet Encyclopedia* has pinto beans as an "avoid" for type O's; *Eat Right 4 Your Type* has it as neutral. Which is it? Mark
Hi, Mark! That change was made when Live Right 4 Your Type came out. Follow this link for more information: Updates Page. Thanks!
Please, reply or post some advice as to the BTD recommendations in relation to Multiple Sclerosis. All and any sort of information would be highly appreciated. Sincerely, Eugene
Hello, Eugene ~ Please follow this link: Optic Neuritis - MS, this one: re Green Tea / MS, and this one: Vitamin D. Best of health to you, dear!
Hello again, Heidi Thanks for your column, which is very informative and interesting (although I, too, miss the old message boards). I have persuaded my sister, an O (don't know secretor status) to try the BTD and she is doing quite well. She is, however, experiencing very bad cramps in her legs at night. She didn't have these before going on the diet, and is feeling a bit discouraged. Any ideas that might help? BTW the Encyclopedia is now readily available in Australia - paperback AU$39.95. Susan
Yes! She would greatly benefit from a good calcium supplement -- and I mean, a few minutes after she takes it the cramp will disappear. If she cannot get Phytocal-O there, then look for a "bone builder" compound based upon microhydroxyapatite (bone) and make sure it is from clean-raised animals ~ lamb, perhaps. Calcium citrate is the third-best form. Primarily, she needs more vegetables in the diet, specifically dark green leafies and a good variety of the others -- and some mineral water and/or broth made from bones of roasted "organic" fowl or meat, or from fish bones. She'll be fine in a bit! And thanks for that bit of news about the Encyclopedia! :-D
I was wondering about the "protein shakes as supplements" referred to about half way down page 128 of LR4YT. I am not a senior, however I am a very physically active type O, and I try to consume a minimum of 1 gram of protein daily for each pound of my body weight. I used to supplement my intake with whey protein powder mixed with milk, however if I am going to give this diet a try, I need to find an alternative. Can you please recommend a specific type, and even brand if possible, of this "protein shake supplement" to which Dr. D'Adamo is refering? Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thank you very much. Darren
I am new to the diet plan. I have not been able to find any info on Protein powders ie, Whey protein. Some are milk based which would be an obvious no-no for a type O, but what about egg based, or whey based, which is derived from milk, but is only a single component in the milk. Could the whey have separate lectins that are compatable with O blood type? Any info you can offer would be helpful! Thanks! Nicolette
Hi, I am of the "0" blood type and I'm trying to loose weight and gain muscle mass, what kind of supplements would you recommend that I take to, loose weight and second gain lean muscle mass according to my blood type which is "O +"? Oliver
Hello, Darren & Nicolette & Oliver ~ Yours is the question most asked by type O bodybuilders and just-general-health-seekers alike!
For all you folks, the best supplement to lose weight and gain muscle mass is the Type O Diet/Exercise Guidelines. Requires no drugs, no surgery ~ in fact, can be accomplished with one book, a pair of sneakers and a plan. :-) The full story can be found in Live Right 4 Your Type, and if you'd like to fix a protein shake, here are some suggestions for the protein part of it: a hard-boiled egg or two, a scoop of nutritional yeast, rice protein, egg protein, soy protein (for secretors), walnut or almond butter, or some combination of the above -- some of our intrepid hunter-gatherers find that a few chunks of meat whiz up well in the blender, too!
So ... WHEY is the Only No-No ~ there are so many other choices!
First rule of protein powders: read the label and check for avoids. Second rule of protein powders: see first rule.
Live strong, last long! ~~:-D
heidi, my question is about creatine. dr. d discourages its use in his column, in response to a type A individul. is there any blood type connection? i seem to recall reading somewhere that creatine monohydrate, like pork, is chemically a-like. is this right? thanks, cric :-)
Hi there, cric! Now that you're thinking you've read it, you've got me thinking I've read it, too ~ not sure where! However, that column Peter wrote on creatine applies to all types, so I'd not spend me hard-earned cash on it. Here it is again for those who'd like to read it. Thanks for writing, dear, and keep in touch!
And for all you athletes (and athletes-in-the-making), a quick note from Chris on building lean muscle mass:
Strenuous exercise can be accomplished by performing SUPERSLOW exercises for 30 min. ONCE A WEEK.(Ken Hutchins, www.superslow.com) Or, if you don't have access to nautilus equipment, high intensity weightlifting for 30-40 min. 3 x week will do. (books by Ellington Darden) Aerobics & 'CARDIO' are simply marketing terms and reduce metabolism....and work against you. I'm an ex=jogger O non-secretor and understand this. Sports should be done for "mental relief" rather than EXERCISE.....exercise should be a well-controlled intense & BORING undertaking(no talking/music....full concentration) . time for me to get off my pedestal....or lectern. chris
Thanks, Chris! And for those of us for whom general out-of-shaped-ness makes high intensity weightlifting sound a tad daunting at the moment, remember my oft-mentioned 5BX Canadian Air Force site. Designed for everyone, whatever age or level of fitness, takes ten minutes per day, and really gets results!. Heartily recommended!
:-D
I am a type O, and I miss the cream cheese on my (spelt) bagels! Do you have a solution? Diane
Hi, Diane ~ I don't have a solution right off-hand, but I do have a couple of suggestions. Try some very soft, fresh, plain goat cheese (spreadable) or mozzarella (meltable). Some soy cheese might also work ~ scour your organic grocer, cuz I believe there are cream-cheese-like products available for your purposes. Hey, if you find something you really like, write back & tell us, OK? :-D
Hi Heidi, I enjoy the new column immensely and it is a daily ritual after breakfast every morning to check. Breakfast is my biggest hurdle, still getting stuck with eating too much grain. Can you give a short synopsis example of what you eat for a typical day? I look in ER4T for menu ideas but there is more incentive when someone else tells you what they eat. thanks, Jayne
Hey there, Jayne ~ Well, I'm not sure if this will fit into your plans or your schedule, and also keep in mind that I'm a nonsecretor! but here goes.
In a typical day, I eat no grain, beans or dairy at all. Whoosh! There go three food groups! ;-> To some this looks tremendously difficult and restrictive. To me, it simplifies things beautifully. I do very occasionally eat those items, but more as exceptions to the general flow of things than as a planned part of my diet.
OK: breakfast could be
a stir-fry of ground buffalo/kale or collards/tomato/onions/garlic/olive oil/sea salt/red pepper flakes in a bowl with two fried eggs on top; or
curried turkey made from ground dark-meat turk, onions, garlic, red peppers, chopped okra (or whatever's fresh and yummy and beneficial at the organic grocer that week) ~ and the usual curry spices; or
turkey or beef broth with turmeric, nutritional yeast, dulse, sea salt, and cayenne; or
leftover fish and veg. Could be just about any fish/veg combo, although I love fish stew this time of year -- and a piece of salmon with a roasted bit of sweet potato will Never be refused! -- or
if it's summer, I might start the day with a smoothie of blueberries, black cherries or cranberries, almond butter, nutritional yeast, blackstrap molasses, maca, soaked-rose-hip water, and whatever little booster/supp I can take care of in that fashion. Sometimes I use pineapple/grapefruit/black cherry, etc. (high summer).
That's the usual breakfast! and I hit the green tea pretty hard. :-) Breakfast is my big meal.
Lunch varies, once again, but it's mostly a big salad with a handful of nuts (in warm weather) or a vegetable-heavy stew (in the cold, like now). Occasionally we roast a small turkey or chicken with greens and squash on the side. Late lunch, for the most part.
The rest of the day, I fill in with whatever I didn't already cover. It might be some fruit or fruit juice, mineral water, nuts, dried seaweed (VERY tasty), a smaller portion of leftover fish or meat with salad or broccoli, etc. Sometimes I make my "O-V8": juice together tomato, red pepper, carrot, celery, beet with greens, parsley, onion, garlic (with the addition of a teaspoon of flax oil) and eat whatever raw veg I have on hand along with it.
I hope this gives you some ideas, Jayne! It's really pretty easy once you think of breakfast as dinner and treat the other meals as lighter or snack-ish fare. At least, I think so... well, again, good luck and I do hope this helps! :-D
Type B Roundup ~ #6 ! (with a bit of A in there) ~ and a Note for Debs!
August 17th, 2000 , by admin
Dear Heidi, I am 63 years old type B positive. All my life I am suffering from constipation. I have bought three books: Eat, Live, and Cook right 4 your type. For four months I and my whole family are following the diet from the books, and it appears to be beneficial for my son; however my constipation is getting worse instead of better (I eat flux seeds, psyllium husks and drink plenty of water, but it does not help bowel movements - there is no urge at all). First question: yesterday I have read your response called "Freedom from enemas?" and immediately went and purchased type B Polyflora from the web site. But I do not know what is the best way to take it - before the meal, with the meal or even after the meal? If before, then how long before? Second question: where is the latest diet information available? I am confused about which of the books is the most up to date. Third question: both Eat Right and Live Right both classify soy lecithin granules as AVOID for B group; but Live Right (copyright 2001) on page 251 advises to use lecithin as a part of "membrane fluidizer coctail". I use soy granules lecithin. I am doing wrong? Is there some other lecithin available? Yelena Sorry, one more question. In the intestinal health protocol it is recommended to take magnesium, but not calcium. Should I take calcium as well of I follow the intestinal health protocol?
Greetings, Yelena! Let me see if I can sort this out for you. First, here is the answer to your lecithin question. Soy lecithin is fine for all types. Flax seed can help, but only if you take plenty of water (away from meals) throughout the day (which I suggest in any case).
The PolyFlora-B works well if two are taken in the morning on an empty stomach 1 hour before eating, and two in the evening one hour after your last meal.
The latest diet information is in Live Right 4 Your Type, with updates as posted on the Updates Page -- that page also can be found linked from the homepage, at the bottom of the "Library" section. One of the wonderful things about Live Right is the portion/frequency guidelines given for every food group. This addition makes it MUCH easier to plan your meals and balance your diet.
The B diet provides ample calcium, and Bs benefit from a higher magnesium-to-calcium ratio in their diet than other types, hence the suggestion in the protocols to take magnesium. Trust me that you can slowly increase your dosage of magnesium until the bowels loosen, then cut back a bit and remain at that level unless you need to adjust it slightly later. It will work!
Most important, though, is getting enough exercise so that the normal muscular peristalsis can resume and proceed on its own. Exercise is SO important in getting all the body's systems back to optimal levels! For instance, walking a distance of 1/2 mile or so at the fastest speed you can maintain is a great start. Do some physically-challenging (for YOU) exercise three times per week ~ you may be amazed to find yourself taking great pleasure in it and looking forward to it on "off" days! ;-) and it is probably the best thing for constipation of all.
I do hope this helps, dear! Please let me know your results ~ and I'm happy your son is seeing improvements! :-D
Hi! My husband and I decided that we would like to give the blood type diet a try. However, I have a couple of questions. Why are there contradictions between the web site and "Eat Right for Your Type"? Also I was wondering if you could tell me if grape seed oil is okay for types O & B? I also had a question about these spices; for O & B; Minced Onion, Onion Powder, Hot Paprika, Zatar- which is made of hyssop, sesame seeds, wheat, salt, olive oil, sumac, parsley, and coriander. Cajun seasoning- Salt, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, white pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and thyme. I'd also like to know about the spice ginger for type O. Thank you very much, Sara
Hi! I e-mailed you earlier this month with questions concerning certain spices, and discrepencies between BTD and the web page. Unfortunately I have not been answered yet. I was also wondering whether types O and B can have rice bran oil. Thank you. Sara
Beginning in March, I hope you won't have to wait so long for an answer, Sara. Sorry for the delay! ;-)
The "contradictions" between the Eat Right book published in 1996 and the website here in 2003 are improvements and additions to the research available in 1995. I suppose Peter could have simply left all the food lists at the level of Eat Right. Would have saved him a deal of trouble ~ no new food lists in the subsequent books. And a place to ask questions on the website isn't necessary, either. Hmmm..... Maybe the research should considered finished, and stopped as of now. And these columns simply archived and closed for questions, so that everything remains just as it is. No more changes, ever, after that. Of course, the NAP store would remain open and its staff available for questions on their products only. It's an idea! What do you think?
All the spices and herbs you mention can be found in the TYPEbase 3 database, except for hyssop and sumac. For these we have no ratings, so they are technically "neutral" for people with no extra weight or health complaints. Hyssop I suspect would be quite good for type As and ABs, and neutral or less for Bs & Os. Wild hyssop would do for Bs & Os a bit better, methinks. Sumac has antiviral activity, and is a potent source of vitamin C, along with other properties. It's not listed in LECster! :-) so I've nothing to report as to possible lectins, and I can't give an opinion as to where it stands in the BTD herbarium.
Grapeseed and rice bran oils are also unknowns, so may be considered neutral if you have no weight to lose or other health issue to resolve. It is difficult to find organic sources for these oils, but they certainly have high smoke points and thus are safer for high-heat cooking than any of the other O&B-OK oils. Proceed with care and explore with joy!
Hope these bits of info are of help to you, dear! :-D
Hi Heidi, could you please give us a little info on negative gut bacteria. My friend was having quite a bit of trouble with what she thought was an exterior fungus, went to a naturpath and for $300.00 tested her stool & found she had 3 neg bacteria in her gut. One of the neg bacteria was one that thrived on carbs. The prescription was starve the bacteria-no carbs, make the gut inhospitable-mega vit C, & boost the positive bacteria-Acidolpholis supplement. Mindy is B "positive", I am A- & pending the info you send back I also think I am a NS, I cannot tolerate soy products. So in starving the little buggers I am also starving myself. Feel like I could explode any minute after drinking a glass of pineapple juice, I like it but my stomach burns all day after drinking it, I cannot handle very many fresh fruits I mostly like home canned black cherries & then peaches. Needless to say I am very restless always looking for something to satisfy my needs, I prefer beans but they are very aggrivating to my gut. Do we need to identify all the different little buggers or can we get them all with one prescription. Thanks Cindy
Hoo, boy. OK: If I were struggling with this problem, no matter WHAT my blood type, I'd go straight to www.heallix.com and order at least one bottle of Heallix ~ probably two. Of course, read ALL about it first and ask all your questions of Leo there who is a great human being. Heallix is a tremendously effective substance in (a) chasing the bad guys out, (b) feeding the good guys and (c) healing tissue. ~ Note that (a) and (b) in this case are somewhat simplified, as the "guys" who are bad only attain "badness" through overproliferation, which is permitted and abetted by a bad diet and built-up stresses in the HPA axis (compromising the immune system and digestive efficiency).
It's wise not to bother identifying & quantifying & giving energy to "who's up to what" in the case of gram-negative bacteria OR any others. Lab tests can tell you a bunch, but we don't need that particular information in order to know what to do. Both you & Mindy should do the following: keep strictly to your diets using only Beneficial items (making an exception for neutral oils - you need them for healing -- and don't bother with any of the foods giving you acute distress (that will change once your gut population is in better order!)), and use the antibacterial and antibiotic protocols 4 your types in the BTD Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia on pages 467 and 468. 250 mg of acerola cherry or rosehip Vitamin C twice per day, one tablespoon of ARA6 twice per day, and two caps of PolyFlora first thing in the morning an hour before breakfast and two and hour after your last meal at night, for both of you.
That's the prescription. :-) You probably already know this, but I wouldn't feel right not saying it: Please!! Do not take any prescription antibiotic drugs, OK? It will put you right back to where you were before eventually, only worse. That's not where I want you girls to be.
A HUGE hug to you both, and I want to hear your progress reports! thanks, Cindy! ~:-D
I checked the ingredients for soy sauces and for tamari sauces, and they are basicly the same. However in your new database of foods it lists soy sauce as an avoid for type B's and tamari sauce as a neutral for type B's. Is there something in the processing of the tamari sauce that makes the soy beans less harmful??? Please explain. Dave
Hi, Dave! What you're seeing is the difference between "Tamari (wheat-free)" and "Soy sauce." The ingredients are usually quite different, with soy sauce customarily containing wheat and chemical extracts and/or flavorings and/or colorings. The wheat-free tamari we recommend (organic, of course) is a fully-fermented product with no additives except for a bit of salt in some cases. And it is used in relatively small amounts, being stronger-flavored than the commonly-available soy sauces. A good middle-of-the-road brand is San-J organic/wheat-free in the gold label. There are many fancier, stronger "gourmet" brands with which I'm less familiar.
Hope this helps clear up the confusion, and thanks for your note! :-)
I'm a type B secretor In LRFYT pork is not listed as an avoid for tier one. Does that mean I can have it unless I'm sick or something and need to follow tier 2? Rachel
UGH! I was afraid one of you Bs would ask this question!!! THANKS, RACHEL!! LOL! Well, what I think is that pork should be moved to 'Tier I avoid' for Bs. Especially because Bs are particularly susceptible to slow-growing viruses and pork is known for carrying viral material.
Long ago, Peter posted the following under "Ask Dr. D'Adamo:"
But I can't find any reference to that change in my notes, so I'm going to check this with Peter and post it when he's had a chance to review it and reply. Thanks again, Rachel, and we'll ferret it out for you!! ;-)
Dear Heidi, I've got info for Debbie in England or anyone else in Europe searching for vegetable glycerine. Go to www.healthleadsuk.com on the internet. They have vegetable glycerine in 500ml size, and also have black cherry juice concentrate, as well as other supplements. You can phone them in the UK at 0845 345 8880, or outside the UK at 44 1994 23 1940. Outside UK, the shipping is pretty expensive, so I just made my second order for 12 bottles, and got a good discount. You actually can buy vegetable glycerine in France and possibly other European countries in pharmacies, but it is horribly expensive - and I find the UK source to taste better as well as being more economical. Also to Debbie regarding surgery, she might check with a homeopathic doctor, as there are certainly good ones in England. There are many homeopathic remedies for pre and post surgery that might help her.
Many thanks, my dear!! I'll make a note of your info as well, and it's much appreciated! ~~:-D
Couple of general Qs, specific urgencies, 2 ABs, BTD 4 Soccer, a progress report & announcement ! :-)
August 16th, 2000 , by admin
Progress Report:
Things are going well on the Q Qleanup Quest. I'm only a week or so away from having all the type A and B questions spot up to date, and the two AB Qs still waiting will be answered in this page right 'ere today.
Now, you voluble Os are a different matter. (Notice I say "we Os" when it's something nice, and "you Os" when I'm about to complain. LOL! ;->) I was so pleased to have worked the O list down to 60 unanswered's ~ but this morning, when I harvested the entries from January 5 to today, y'all's bunch of outstanding Qs popped right up to over 175 again. Yee-Ouch! Looking at the history from May 2002 through Jan 2001, Os submit roughly double the number of all other blood type Qs combined ~ averaging around 5-6 Qs daily.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE hearing from all of you! and please, don't anyone stop writing, or I'll stamp my foot and weep!! :-} I just want to warn you that it will take my full originally-projected time before the Os are well and truly answered, every one ~~ and I will probably be testing the limits of the page size here (and the limits of non-Os' patience) by taking quite a few days in each week for all-O Q&A marathons. ;-)
Announcement
It's like the old adage: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach him to fish, and he eats for a lifetime. To make things a bit more user-friendly, I'm planning to put up a new entry page with directions for finding an answer before posting (or re-posting) and brief note on how things work here in general. Look for it on President's Day (or before)! :-)
Now, back to work! :-)
dear sweet heidi URGENT i am going into hospital on 26th february. thankyou for your recent advice on protocols to do but i quite forgot to ask you what painkillers i should take,i am o nonny.would paracetamols be okay? also are there any healthy painkillers?ie natural ones? years & years ago i had duodenal ulcers so i am loathe to take aspirin any ideas boss? URGENT my dear i'm so sorry to bother you again but i don't know what else to do.i posted enquiries on other webs but no response & i couldn't find anything in your back lists.i am trying to find a source for 100o/o veg glycerine & nutritional yeast flakes.if i can my HFS would order it for me as they have had no luck either in searching for it.also although typebase said nutritional yeast flakes is beneficial for o nonnies would that include o nonnies with candida? thanks for all your time & good work debs from england.ps what exactly does nutritional yeast do too? thankyou for all your good work,especially pot-pourris, thanks debbie from england, xxx
Hi, debs ~ For the painkillers: Check your Live Right book on p. 128 - also, the bottom of page 170 where there are some surgery suggestions including supps, and aspirin once again is mentioned as a no-no. It's a process of elimination of the ones Os are advised against taking, from the list your doctor/surgeon may offer. Just arrange this with them before going into surgery and also make sure they're not going to IV you with anything deleterious (including dextrose).
Nutritional yeast is a powerhouse of B vitamins and protein. Several brands have been mentioned in this column both of vegetable glycerine and nutritional yeast - just pop to the bottom of this page, first search for "glycerine," and second for "yeast." There are many column pages that contain some of this info, so you'll need to just browse through the ones that come up in that search. Best of luck in hospital, dear, and let me know how things go for you! :-)
Heidi: I have a question that is relevant for all blood types. I have been using lecithin granules in my morning smoothie and know it is one of the primary ingredients in the Fluidizer Membrane Cocktail which you recently mentioned is fine for all blood types, even though it is recommended especially for Bs. I was told recently by the health food specialist for my husband's and my grocery store (I'm pleased to say we carry many of the food items you recommend, including organic eggs, chickens, produce and grass-fed beef) that all soy lecithin is genetically modified and there is no non-GMO organic source available. Is this true? And, if so, how does this fact influence Dr. D'Adamo's recommendation for regular consumption of this product? Thanks for clarifying this. Nancy
Nancy, I did a websearch and came up with 10,000 or more hits for the words 'lecithin organic.' Five sites came up in the first page alone, offering organic lecithin. Just do a quick search, you’ll see what I mean. Takes fifteen seconds. As I often mention in my columns, I go first to www.alltheweb.com/advanced. To give you a start, how about http://www.organicingredients.com? Also, please do speak to your HF specialist about doing research of this kind, it is a job necessity in this internet age! and mention, in case s/he is does not already know this, that in the U.S. ALL food labelled "certified organic" by a state-authorized board must be non-GMO food. You're in a wonderful business, and I wish you all prosperity!! :-)
I am AB- Can you tell me isWheat grass and Whey protein is highly benefical, neutral or should be avoided. Thank you-Margie
Hi, Margie! Well, let's go right over to TYPEbase 3 and look for Whey. That one's neutral for you. According to Peter's Ask Dr. D'Adamo column entitled Wheatgrass and Blood Group A, he considers "wheat grass to be an excellent addition to the diet for all blood types." I'd say that means beneficial, eh? And thank you for the reminder, as I should put that item in TYPEbase 3 without delay!
thanks for writing, Margie! :-)
Hedi, thanks so much for all your help in the past. Now I would like, if you have any, some advice over my mum who is AB. I am not going to nag her about BTD, her health is her own responsibility, but if there is any simple advice I could pass on, at least she has the chance to follow it if she wants.
She had breast cancer about 8 years ago but it was found very early & successfully eliminated. She has always had trouble keeping the weight off & for the last few years since retirement has rather piled it on. This week she was diagnosed with high blood pressure & slightly high cholesterol. She also has a bad hip &, in my opinion is just beginning to show the very earliest alert signs of possible future dementia (my sisters disagree but then they have no experience of this & I have). There is no way she is going to adopt the AB diet wholesale. She has to cook a special diet for my diabetic, high blood pressure & high cholesterol, arthritic-kneed Dad (an O who also does not follow the BTD), and would never be bothered to cook two separate diets. Their diet is extemely low in fat & dietary cholesterol, fairly high in grains especially wheat & rice, fairly high in meat & fish, and, they allege, high in veg, though when I go to stay this seems to consist of one veg plus potatoes or pasta. Mum does a lot of gardening & goes for a good walk (she says) every day. The food she cooks is low in sugar but I suspect she eats more cake & ice cream than she's letting on.
Could you let me have any diet adaptations that would give her a few quick wins? What are the few most important avoids for AB? What HB foods could she easily incorporate to improve her health, that would not be even more harmful to my Dad? btw, dad would never eat rabbit in a million years although mum likes it. Once she made a pie, which he ate all unknowing, but when she told him what it was, back it all came!! BTW I have already suggested to my Dad that he cut out wheat & dairy & eat more veg. I have already told my mum that the majority of blood cholesterol is manufactured in the liver & does not come from food cholesterol. Thanks in anticipation of your help. Sarah
I do hope it will be help, Sarah! in any case, here goes:
A serving of oatmeal daily for both of them. Apparently works right beautifully against high blood pressure and high cholesterol in all types. This will probably shove aside their morning serving of wheat, thereby doing even more good.
The worst avoids for ABs are corn, buckwheat, chicken, lima and kidney beans, and MOST of the avoid fishes in the AB diet. They're all equally horrible for her. The second worst avoids, and it's a close second, are all the avoid meats she is eating (which are packing on the pounds, raising her cholesterol and stressing her colon, by the way). There will be little you can do about this. Some doctor has told her "lo-sugar, and/or lo-fat" so "lo-fat/sugar" she will go, dutifully draining the fats off pork and beef, eating whole wheat, and never suspecting she may have paid for truly hazardous advice.
ABs, just like the rest of us, have a vast list of Beneficial dark green leaf vegetables ~ collards, kale, beetroot greens (AND beets), mustard (not for your Dad), then there are all the salad greens, the garlic, broccoli, and all the starchy veg like sweet potatoes and parsnips... this aside from all the neutrals at her command. I mean, the WORLD of veg opens its arms to both of them! For instance: take a look at her ONLY avoids in the 88-item veg list: aloe, artichoke, capers, chilis, abalone & shiitake mushrooms, black olives, peppers, pickles, radishes and rhubarb. Eye-opening, ain't it?
Your Dad would surely eat lamb, turkey, pheasant? or cod, grouper, monkfish, herring, mackerel, perch, red snapper, salmon, swordfish, tilefish... there is a host of fishes quite wonderful for AB and O alike! I've listed only the very commonly available ones. Since he balked at the "idea" of rabbit I shan't try to start him on goat, but goat is often inexpensive and it's very good for both of them - as well as absolutely delicious when roasted.
I've had some small experience communicating these things to an AB. I have learned from my successes as well as my failures!! You might mention to her that the diet of wheat, potatoes and pasta will kill her husband and quite scientifically, too. If she does not mind doing so, nor mind taking care of him whilst he sickens and dies, then the current plan is pretty good for accomplishing her goals and needs no change. You wouldn't think anyone'd respond well to statements of this kind, yet surprisingly some do (notably the ABs of my acquaintance, after a public whinging session and a private good think about it) ~ so I offer it to you for your consideration! ;-)
Sarah, I feel for you -- as I feel for ALL of you out there trying to improve your loved ones' unspeakable diets -- and I must say that giving all information likely to be received cogently, then saying, "Well, now you know what I know and my conscience is clear" is perhaps the best procedure of all for all parties. I know you said you won't pursue the issue with her, and that's the difficult but best path to take. You will be relieved of the tempting pressure to correct their choices in future, and they will be relieved of the fear of your criticism. And, it is surprising indeed what happens when one refuses to comment or argue. Sometimes the resistance to new ideas is fueled by household controversy ~ take away one's own willingness to row over it, and the resistance disappears as well. A month or two down the road, and hey presto! you find out THEY are telling their friends about discovering this wonderful new diet. ;-) Best of luck to you, my dear!! Let me know what transpires, eh? :-)
Hello Mr. D`adamo! I come from Germany and I am a performance sportsman. Now I would like to make gladly the Secretor test and also the urine for indikan test. Are the statements of these tests also translated into German or only in English? Additionally it interests me wheather Diaet is recommended the groups of blood aslo for performance sportsman? I am group of blood of 0 and I am carbohydrates to avoid. In my sport (soccer) these are however normaly very important. Wheat products I stopped to take. I try to keep your diaet and so far I good experience thereby made. Only for me the given portions of a meal are too small. For example meat up to 180 gram. Is it posible to eat 350 gram beef on the day. I hope I get from you very fast a response. In advance thank you for your efforts.I read two books from you and also possess the Example book. Sorry for my bad english. Faithfully Stephan
Dear Stephan! Your English far surpasses my German! and you write perfectly clearly, so let me try to answer your questions.
The O diet is great for performance sportsmen, and will serve you far better than all the carbs your soccer teammates are eating.
To plan your meals for the day: two eggs if desired, one or two servings of meat, one of fowl or fish, four of vegetables (including both greens and starchy veg), four of fruit, one serving of oil (olive, flax or walnut), one of nuts. Have some whole rice or other neutral grain (or beneficial "essene" or Ezekiel bread) three or four times per week maximum. You should eat a variety of the items in the meat, vegetable, fruit groups etc. as much as possible. You can have 225-250 grams of meat or fish or fowl per serving, but all other food quantities should be increased 25-30% as well. This is a "sportsman's variation" of the O diet in Live Right 4 Your Type. Many new foods have been added to the lists since Eat Right 4 Your Type was published in 1996, so it is a good idea to purchase the (newer) Live Right book.
For information on obtaining the secretor test and other testing, please go to www.stacktheme.com and choose the German page if you like ~ there are many helpful people there!
Thank you, Stephan, and good fortune to you in your career!! :-)
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