Type A and Type O Easy Chocolate Decadence for the Holidays :-) Non-secretors acceptable! stir together: 1/2 cup sesame tahini 2 heaping teaspoons cocoa powder molasses or vegetable glycerine to taste* spread on one -or- between two Unsalted Brown Rice Snaps (http://www.edwardandsons.com) for a modified "oreo" cookie type treat! Eating with fingers or spoon also works. Tip: make small batches so you don't go overboard! * Feel free to use acceptable sweetener for your blood/secretor status ~ L/(v)

Or any time of year! {grin} Thanks, dear!! :-D

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Hi Heidi, I love reading your column each day and just wanted to ask you some questions. I have been seeing a naturopath who put me on the blood type diet about four months ago (I'm an O+) just recently after reading BTD I asked her about being a secretor/non-secretor and she said she's not sure but she thinks that being an O+ might mean that I'm a secretor. Is there any truth to this theory. I have also been getting a lot of headaches for months and was wondering if that would be part of the whole detox thing (I am also on chinese herbs for my liver), if so, is it possible that the headaches would last for months!!!! Chantelle

Hi, Chantelle! Your secretor status is completely independent of your ABO and Rhesus types, and requires either a Lewis (blood) test or a saliva secretor test to determine it. Here's your chance to educate your naturopath: give her a copy of Live Right 4 Your Type, or print out a copy of our Secretors & Nonsecretors explanation page, HERE!

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If you've been having headaches for months, that's too long to be a detox reaction. They could be related to other aspects in your life, or they may be a sign that your digestion is generally sluggish or that one or more items in your diet are giving you trouble. Try to track the pattern of the headaches: do they come on after eating certain foods? at certain times of day? when you haven't had any water for a few hours? Did they start after you introduced certain foods? Also take a good look at your supplements and any medications you take. Ask your naturopath for help in isolating whatever is causing your headaches. She may be able to set up a form for you to use as a food diary, in which you'd enter everything you ate, drank or took as a supp, indicate the time, and note how you felt an hour, a few hours, a day later. Did your naturopath suggest PolyFlora-O as a probiotic? It's specifically designed for Os. If sluggish digestion is the problem, regular exercise and the probiotic may be the key to getting rid of those headaches. I hope she has already done tests to rule out any serious condition that might cause them?

Yuck! headaches!! I really feel for you, dear. Please let me know if I can do anything further to help!!

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I have just started the diet and am group A. In England we have a popular vegetarian product named Quorn which is constructed from a substance called "mycoprotein". Do you know if this is suitable for my type? karen

Hello, Karen ~ Check out this note on quorn in a recent column: just click here! ~ thanks for writing! :-)

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Hi, I'm a blood type A on the diet for about 3 weeks. I noticed that grouper is listed as an Avoid, but in the Cook Right 4 Your Type, it lists the recipe Sauteed Grouper as a Highly Beneficial for type A. There must be an error somewhere, but where...in the listing of grouper as an avoid or in the listing of this recipe as a beneficial? Thanks, A Grouper lover - Wendy

Hey there, Wendy ~ Not an error in this case, but an update. Live Right, the Encyclopedia, the Food, Supp & Beverage guides, and the online TYPEbase 3 database contain new & improved food lists. These are unlikely to experience much, if any, change in future with the exception of additions to the lists. Some general and specific notes on the new food lists can be found in the Updates Page, also linked on our main page. Sorry for your loss of the grouper... but you gained a bunch more in the fishies section! :-) Hope that's some consolation!! :-)

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Heidi, I thought that black cohash and dong quai were avoids for type O women for menopausal support. However, I see that the ingredients on Dr. D'Adamo's new FemBalance formula contains both and is recommended for all blood types. Can you explain the discrepancy? I enjoy your column so much. Thanks for the time you give to it. Sue

Well, Black cohosh & dong quai are more effective for As & ABs, but they're not actually avoids for Os. Thanks for bringing up that point, because I think many folks reading the Encyclopedia may interpret the absence of their type next to a single herb or supp as an indicator of avoid status. Instead, since the Encyclopedia protocols are blood-type specific, they can narrow down the elements according to each type/condition. The FemBalance formula is a compound of many ingredients which in concert will do the job for a woman of any type. Hope that explains it for you, Sue ~ and thank you for your kind note! :-)

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Hi, my name is January. I have been on the blood type diet since August of this year. Never in my life...I am 21...have I felt so good. I am extremely overweight, but because of the diet I have lost 55 lbs. I had been to several doctors who could not figure out why I could not loose weight. My new theory is that I was eating all foods that were literally decreasing my metabolism. I wanted to say thanks for the knowledge of the diet. And good luck to everyone else.... January

{smile} I'll bet your doctors now cannot figure out why you are losing the weight. {smile} January, thank you for sharing your wonderful report with us! I'm so happy you discovered this plan so young, and congratulations for taking charge of your bright & healthy future!! :-D

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