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Hi Heidi, Something that I've been concerned about, but after yesterday thought I'd verbalize. ((Spent the day making 3 kinds of Christmas cookies (lots of white flour and sugar) and all the tasting and sampling that goes with it )) I'm B- nonsecretor. I take the Deflect-B at least once a day for maintenance and extra doses when eating known avoids. I usually notice lots of congestion and swollen eyes the next day after eating avoids, even after taking the Deflect. Is the Defect working? Do I need to take more at these times? Otherwise the B-non diet works well, and I'm about 85% compliant most of the time (mixed neutrals and bennies). Thanks and Happy Holidays to you! ~ Linda



which ones plan to cause you trouble.



Of course, you know I can't resist suggesting: how about white spelt and rice flour for next year's cookies? Hm? ;-) I doubt that millet, oat or quinoa will produce swelling & sneezing either, and various combinations or solos of these neutral or beneficial grains make all manner of wonderful cookies. [And an even happier Holiday in 2003! :-D ]



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Can we have the sweetner Splenda, and if so is it ok to drink occasionally a soft drink made with this sweetner. Tim



Hello, Tim! The only "artificial" sweetener I recommend at all ~ and I recommend it wholeheartedly, both for its safety and its metabolic-balancing benefits ~ is vegetable glycerine. If you really don't want to give up commercial soft drinks entirely, please choose one sweetened with sugar, and free of corn syrup. Better yet, choose from the variety of fruit-juice based sodas, as well as fruit-flavored mineral waters and seltzers, which are generally available these days. It will make me really happy if you read the labels and choose the avoid-free brands! Best of all, use some seltzer or mineral water, add some organic fruit concentrate, shake & serve! But I will be utterly devastated if you start glugging Splenda!

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~ lots of info on ordering, at the bottom. Enjoy!



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I am an O+ blood type and I don't know my secretor status as yet. I have been on the diet for approximately 4 months now and love it. I have just had the results of my annual checkup at the doctors. I am pleased to say everything was great. My cholestrol has dropped from 6.5 to 4.0 and I'm very pleased. The only thing that hasn't improved is my sugar level. The last two years it has slightly risen and had still risen this time. I had a glucose tolerance test and it shows I have impaired glucose intolerance. I am wondering what more you can tell me about lowering this by way of the diet. I follow the diet pretty much to the book LR4YT. I exercise, don't smoke and eat well. The doctor seems to think I have the genetic disposition. I don't want to end up with diabetes. Noelene



Hi, Noelene! Keep on your diet, reduce your grain intake to the minimum, include plenty of good fats and starchy vegetables every day along with meats and fish, and see the answers to Tim and Joel above and below this one! Vegetable glycerine has a wonderful effect on blood sugar levels. Don't be bothered by your doctor's prognosis ~ you're going to be fine! Let me know how things go in the next few weeks & months. I'm sure you'll turn it around in short order. Keep in touch!



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I am type B. 54 years old. Have Diabetes type 2 for 8 years. Walk, and not under pressure. Take pills and long lasting Insulin at night. Often have low blood-sugar levels in early morning. Otherwise quite well and blood sugar near normal if I do my thing. Am about to start your diet and enthusiastic. Have read "sugar related" info. Need more information on sweetening food with aspertame and/or saccarine. Also about diet drinks and soda/cola as I drink 6-8 liters of liquid per day (its very hot here)and need something sweet. Also is sheep milk/cheese the same as goat in the diet ? Thank you, Joel



Hey, Joel ~ Welcome to the BTD! I think you're going to be very happy with your results ~



is a link to a site on which the many dangers of asparatame (Nutrasweet, Equal, etc.) are pretty well documented. This stuff gets heavily marketed to diabetics, which is outrageous ~ it is something no one should be ingesting, especially people with diabetes.



Saccharine has been found in numerous studies to cause cancer in laboratory animals. So what do they do with it? Give it to diabetics! Do you think this is a cool idea? It's one of those ingredients that must be declared on the label and accompanied with a warning about its potential hazards to your health -- all this so that the Food & Drug Administration can let the manufacturers market it TO YOU. No good.



and it is safe for everyone to use. Among those 8 liters of liquid, I hope at least four are plain, pure water! It will greatly help your progress!!



Please get some vegetable glycerine for general use as a sweetener, and pick up some blackstrap molasses if you would like some variety -- You will be well on your way to resolving your diabetes in an amazingly short time!



Sheep milk and cheese can be considered equal to goat dairy, but try to stick to the types of cheese on your LR4YT food list. No moldy ones, OK? Thanks for writing, Joel! Please keep me posted on how you're doing!





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Hi, I am a Type A+ (as are my husband and our two children, which makes life much easier from a BTD standpoint). However, the children are teenagers who don't yet want to accept much of what Mom says about how to live their lives, and will eat more or less what they like, regardless. Sigh. Anyway, we have a traditional Thanksgiving with just a few modifications - thought some of your other Type As might like to know about it. We have turkey, peas, homemade stuffing from spelt bread, wild rice instead of mashed potatoes, acorn squash instead of sweet potatoes, cranberries, gravy thickened with spelt flour, wine, and homemade pumpkin pie made with evaporated goat's milk (which is available at my regular grocery store). Not many beneficials there, but no avoids, either, so I'm happy, and no traditional bloated stomaches, either! Makes me truly thankful. -- Kim



Nice job, Kim! It can be done, eh? :-D Don't worry about those teenagers ~ they'll surprise you in a few years. ;-)Thanks so much for your report! It offers solid hope for everyone BTD'ing through the Holiday hazards & pitfalls!



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Speaking of hazards, now everyone gets to experience my favorite Christmas carol. I love this one, always have ~ yes, as you no doubt expected, it's one of the longest! LOL!







Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen,

When the snow lay roundabout, deep and crisp and even.

Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,

When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.



"Hither, Page, and stand by me. If thou knowst it telling,

Yonder peasant, who is he? where and what his dwelling?"

"Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain,

Right beside the forest fence, by St. Agnes' fountain."



"Bring me flesh and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither.

Thou and I shall see him dine, when we bear them thither."

Page and monarch forth they went, forth they went together

Through the rude wind's wild lament, and the bitter weather.



"Sire, the night grows darker now, and the wind grows stronger.

Fails my heart, I know not how... I can go no longer!"

"Mark my footsteps, my good Page; tread thou in them boldly.

Thou shalt feel the winter's rage freeze thy blood less coldly."



In his master's steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted

Heat was in the very sod which the Saint had printed!

Therefore, Christian men, be sure -- wealth or rank possessing,





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~ Wishing Joy, Peace and Prosperity to you and yours! ~