Hi, I am rather new to this so please bear with me. From reading your collumn you seem to recommend something called heallix for anything and everything and a lot of people seem to be benefitting from it. 2 questions - what is this stuff and where does one get hold of it in the UK? I have tried a search on the stacktheme homepage who supply a lot of the NAP stuff without success.....Many thanks. Micha

Hello, Micha! Heallix isn't a cure-all, but it's very effective in a number of different conditions. To learn more about it, and how to obtain it in the UK, just click on the following link to the Heallix website. Best wishes, dear! :-)

Hi Heidi! This isn't a question for your column, but you have an e-mail address and Peter doesn't! I tried to take the BTD test as described and linked in his column on (I think) 12/27. I tried it using IE and Netscape. I tried it from two different computers. I tried it with cookies (set at "medium" security) and without any cookie control at all. No luck. I then tried to submit a description of my unsuccessful attempts, as requested on the site, and I couldn't do that either! Crashed my machine.

Anyway, perhaps you could pass this along, as maybe others are having some of the same trouble. If none of those "submissions" are getting through, maybe no one knows about it. Or maybe it's just me. Anyway, thanks! Kathy K (in MT)

Hi, Kathy! I'm going ahead and posting this message, since I'm not sure what the problem might be -- and one of the readers (or our Webmeister) may be able to clear it up for you. Thanks for the web-note! :-}

Hi Heidi, For our readers, I am A+ secretor 47 years old. My mother is A+ also with a brain tumor that has been operated on in November and she's 78 years old. So far she's doing very well. I'm trying to get her to try hellix but she's doesn't want to take it..(sigh) I'm going to order it anyway and see if I can convince her to take it.

My question is: Even though I have no cancer at this time of my life, should I take hellix as a preventive measure for the rest of my life or is that like killing a fly with a sledge hammer? Thanks much. Diana

Hello, Diana! There are an enormous number of cancer-preventive foods and basic herbs/supps available on the type A plan. The practice of yoga is also highly recommended in that regard. It's all about immunity!

That said, taking a small dose of Heallix daily is another tool at your disposal. It's not an extraordinary step to take. But of course, it's up to you. Don't discount the power of peace of mind -- if using a bit of overkill offers worry-free living, then by all means get out that sledge hammer. ;-> A calm frame of mind is potent in matters of health.

For your Mom, did you review the sections on Poly-MVA and Artemisin on the Minnesota Wellness Directory cancer treatments site? Once the page loads, do a "control-F" search for "brain" and read through the paragraphs you come to. You may find some highly effective and relatively inexpensive protocols there.

I'm sending BIG light to both of you, and hope to hear from you again soon!

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Heidi, I hope you have a wonderful New Year, and thanks for all you did last year!

I have a question about my 19 year old A+ secretor daughter who has dreadful cramps and heavy bleeding with each period. Her ob-gyn prescribed birth control pills, but they haven't seemed to help. I have provided her with uva ursi and fem balance, but no real help there, either. I wonder if pregnenolone might work?

Christina is aware of the BTD diet (she can't help that - I preach it to everyone, and have made many converts - probably should be getting commissions on the books I have sold for Peter!) but she is a college student addicted to pizza and all the other oh-so-good avoids. Do you think pregnenolone would help or do you have other suggestions? Thanks again, Kim. P.S. My college wrestler son, Andrew, is having a good year, and we appreciate all the protein-building suggestions you made.

Hi there, Kim! Very nice to hear from you again! and glad your wrestler is having a fine old season! :-)

Since your daughter's only 19, I don't think pregnenolone would help at all. At that age, she's making plenty of her own.

It sounds like she's aware of the relationship between the debilitating periods and her diet. If she finds it impossible to avoid a diet of 'classic college food,' there's not a lot I can offer that would help her other than suggesting Deflect-A and PolyFlora-A, taken religiously. If she sees a difference after a solid month of doing so daily, she's only learned what she knew already: heavy use of avoids is setting her up for a very bad monthly experience. The A diet is the basic building block of health for her. Trying to mimic its daily effects through pills is an ultimately fruitless task, I'm afraid. ... even though the above two supps may take the edge off a bit.

It's funny ~ I started out back in 1997 thinking that once most of the world became aware of this extremely effective modality, everyone would want to take advantage of it. However, others will make their choices on very personal bases not always comprehensible (or even accessible) to me -- loved ones included. Hey, that's what makes horse racing, eh! ;-> And I wish I could offer some insight to your daughter that would allow her to have a regular old normal day of pizza and ice cream and not feel the effects later! in fact, if I had something like that, everyone WOULD want it. ;-}

All I can say is, I had debilitating periods through most of my school life, and I intimately feel for her in that situation. Luckily, college isn't forever, although it is certainly a unique time in one's life. I can only hope she'll see her way to making her diet a priority -- whether now or when she's out on her own in a couple of years. It truly makes all the difference!

So, my best wishes go to you both -- what a great Mom you are, by the way! and I do hope she finds a way to commit to healing herself through this plan. Only she can do it, and the rewards are tremendous. Bless you, and thank you for writing!

Aloha Heidi, It's realy nice to have you back and it sounds like you had a great christmas as we did here in Hawaii enjoying nice 75-80 degree weather to boot.

Just wanted to add to that going out to eat list. Julie and I go out alot and we only go to resturants that cater to us. Like changing there menu items to what we want. I order the pesto sauce instead of marinara, and we always swap things out or change things on our menu picks. Of course being careful and asking lots of questions is always our way and getting to know the people that work at these places is really helpful. Usually it's the local small restuarants that work the best. But we have found a couple of the big chains that work for us, Julie being a "O" secretor and me being an "A" secretor we kind of order opposite and swap with each other. Like, I will eat her rice and she gets my vegies. We have fun with it all the time.

My question/observation is, we just got Peter's book on diabete's and it's a great read. In the "A" food section the snap/string beans are listed as super benie in the bean catagory and just benefical in the vegetable catagory. Not that it's really that important in the whole scheme of things, but I did notice and I'm sure others will too. Have a happy new year and as we say here "Hauoli Maukaheke Ho" Carl

I'm glad you CAN say that, Carl ~ I just checked, and I can't. ;-D

Nice job you & Julie do with managing those restaurant decisions. And thanks for the Diabetes Book note... I'm very pleased you're enjoying it... however, GACK! First report, and there's a typo! {{weep!!}} Carl, I'm very sorry about the bean mixup. That's my fault. I'm very grateful that you pointed out the error. Haven't yet seen the published book (you sure were quick off the mark!), and I'm really looking forward to it. I had the idea that the galleys would be available for a final look-see before the book went to press, but I think the publishing schedule didn't permit it. Well, here's my first official Fighting Diabetes with the Blood Type Diet correction: Bean (green/snap/string) should be in the Super Beneficial column under both "Vegetables" and "Beans/Legumes." ;-}

We certainly did have a balmy Christmas, and clear warm days continue on as if they've no idea it's New Year's Eve. Seems more like the end of winter than the beginning... at the moment. As we say here in NYC, "ya like this weathah? wait 5 minutes." Keep smiling, and write again soon! :-D