As a Type B person, I've been following Dr D'Adamo's directives with the Membrane Fluidizer Cocktail most mornings for several years. I recently purchased the Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia, and was surprised to see under the listing for Lecithin(p.518) that type B's should AVOID it! Is this something new? Now I'm confused! Lesesne

Hello, Lesesne ~ That is my own personal error in the Encyclopedia, for which I fully expect to pay life-long! ;-)

Lecithin is OK for ALL types! So enjoy your MFC, and my apologies for the scare! :-D

In Dr. Dadamo's book "Eat Right 4 For Your Type" on Page 318, 2nd paragraph, last sentence, it states that a type B person can can eat soy products but it is uncertain if it has the same benefits as a type A person for cancer treatment etc.. This seems to be in direct conflict with the type B diet whcih lists soy products of al types on the avoid list. Should this maybe reference a type "O" person? If so, then this would in essence be in itself a type"O". Kidding. I hope that you will e able to help me with my confusion. Thanks in advance, Jim

Hiya, Jim! ... hey, lay off the TYPO jokes, OK? I'm a little sensitive on that count (see the answer to Lesesne, above!) ~ ;-D

The real answer to your question is that when BTD was written, the newer research on soy & Bs had not yet been done -- so in that book's food lists, you'll see soy listed as a beneficial legume. The avoid values you're referring to are from that more recent research, and reflected in the food lists in Live Right, the Encyclopedia, the Food, Beverage & Supp Lists and in TYPEbase 3. thanks for your note!! :-)

There is a lot of concern, particularly among Afro-Caribbean males about prostate health. However, some of the foods that are supposed to be beneficial to the prostate - eg. tomatoes and pumpkin, are on the avoid list for type B. What advice do you have on this? Are there other foods that contain lycopene that can be substituted for these foods? Jaine

Yes indeed! Peter's column page entitled Lycopene Without the Tomatoes has a lovely list! A couple of those items, I noted, are beneficial for Bs, and the rest are solidly neutral! I hope this helps, Jaine!

I want to know about some apparant inconsistencies in the book. As a type B, I sould not eat olives, yet olive oil is the best thing for me. As a type B I should not eat Wheat flour, which is in everything including most all beef wienners, yet white flour is on my list as acceptable. Is white (bleached) flour somehow better than whole wheat flour. The book said wasa bread was OK to eat yet they have all kinds including rye and wheat, which I should not have. I also found quaker rice chips and they contain corn, however the ingredients list says that the kernel is removed. Does that make a difference? I am finding cornstarch in most processed meats, including butterball turkey bacon, which is one thing that my daughter loves. I am overweight, I am trying very hard to follow the diet and have been for almost two months, though I have not lost any weight. My daughter is the same blood type as me, she is also 100 lbs overweight, I know she needs to concentrate on the fruits and vegtables, but if she is at least not eating most of what is not good on the diet, should she begin to loose weight. How badly can she sabatoge the process by deviating from the diet? I have more questions but will quit here for now. Thank you very much, Donna.

Hello, Donna ~ good questions. Corn and wheat are in just about all processed foods, and we who follow this diet do a lot of research around our neighborhoods and on the Net to find better products. They ARE out there. Applegate Farms is one producer of wonderful turkey bacon & sausage products that are corn & wheat free.

It is especially important for type Bs to avoid the corn, corn sweeteners, corn products of all kinds (even with the kernel removed), as it can truly sabotage your efforts.

It is most important to (1) get those fruits & veg, and (2) start a very mild exercise program like walking, or the 5BX Plan -- either program can be done at your own level and speed of progress, and will most certainly help you get the weight off. But DO fill up on veg & fruits (after all, you have the most marvelous fruit list of all 4 types, so enjoy it!! :-)) There is NOTHING like these foods for providing vitamins & minerals, antioxidants, and pure water all in one package.

You're at the most difficult stage right now ~ trying to make the transition, and reading all the labels & finding out how bad most of your old diet's foods were. OK! That's past! Do your best to make these changes at your own speed, and drink plenty of pure water between meals. Use the TYPEbase 3 database to check any food you're uncertainof. I'm sure you'll have good results in the weeks to come ~ keep in touch, OK? :-)

Hi, your column is great. Do you have any recommendations for a type B with chronic infections (klebsiella/blastocystis) and recently discovered celiac. P.S. Thanks for mentioning in a prior column that "b" and soy don't mix. I was already avoiding it per concerns noted in Live Right for Your Type and a recent "accident" made the problem painfully clear. Thanks. elene

Hi, elene ~ I can offer some suggestions you can put to work yourself, but I want to make sure you are under a knowledgeable physician's care... you are, right? If not, you should be, and this should be someone who understands the value of the B diet for you, OK?

Do get hold of the BTD Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia ~ it is an invaluable resource, and I will quote some of the recommendations here:

You should definitely use PolyFlora-B, ARA6 (larch arabinogalactan) (both available in the Store on this site), and 500 mg of rose-hip or acerola-cherry Vitamin C every day. The "B" protocols are: Coriolus versicolor mushroom, 300 mg: 1-2 caps daily; Schizandra chinensis, 250 mg: 1-2 caps daily; Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) 500 mg: 1-2 caps daily ~ For 3 Weeks. AND alpha lipoic acid, 100 mg: 2 caps daily; Baptisia tinctoris (homeopathic 6c): 2-3 pellets, twice daily ~ For 4 weeks, concurrent.

Then, go to the bottom of this page and search for "blasto" ~ you'll come up with two column pages, please read them both. Melissa's treatment might be of help to you, if you substitute turkey for the chicken she used.

Elene, my thoughts are with you, and please write back and tell me how you're doing! take good care, dear!! :-)

Heidi, I heard on the news recently of a study that claimed that browning meats (by grilling, baking at high heat, etc.) caused a significant increase in deposits (plaque, maybe? can't exactly remember) that would lead to heart disease. They were suggesting to (gag) boil or steam almost all meats. If this is true, do you think it might be one of those things that skews along blood type lines? In other words, it happens to Type A (for instance) and everyone else is getting lumped in? (Can you see this Type B and Type O crossing our fingers?) We actually do usually boil or steam or saute meats like chicken and rabbit, and we never deep-fry anything, but we certainly cook red meat on our countertop grill (no charring, at least, from burning fats or anything), and we do prefer some brown edges. Are we heading toward an early demise? Thanks! Kathy

~:-D Yeah, they're really out to get the meat eaters scared to death, one way or another. I wrote something on this issue just in the past few days, which you've probably already read, come to think of it! :-} Oh well, here it is again, and there ain't NO way you & me are going to start boiling our steaks.

Know what those ol' h-g's and nomads did to cook their meat? Put it on a stick and stuck it in the fire. Hi! the cancer rate was nil. I don't know what else (if anything) they fed those lab animals who didn't do well on blackened meat, but I suggest you and I use only organic meats (if at all poss), use common sense in cooking it, keep eating all the massive food & veg quantities demanded! by the diet, do our exercise and just go our merry carnivorous way rejoicing. Boiled lamb chops, yummy!! Pfooie. Wonder what they'll come up with next? stay tuned! :-D Thanks for that note, Kathy! ~:-D