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Derick Jones [Visitor] — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:36:59 +0000

My wife has been following the diet for a while now and she can vouch for you. I too have never seen her fitter and as energetic as she is now. It is amazing. Thank you for all your hard work! Let the skeptics remain skeptics. They don't know what they are missing out on. Great to learn about your blog.God bless you.

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loki [Visitor] — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:21:28 +0000

Don't think that Andrew Weil speaks for the sceptics amongst us. He's just as laughed at as D'Adamo is. If Peter wants a discussion about the pseudo-science of BTD then I'm sure there's many biochemists and biologists ready to put him right. Double blinded experiments in the meantime might be a good place to start anf the many other holes in the presumed correlation between one gene deciding blood type and it's almighty control over the body. even though there's 276 distinct blood types, P D is more than happy to gloss over and pin it down to four. Even though blood types evolved millions of years ago, AB happened 1000 years ago? Come on.

Hello Andy,

Despite your best efforts to be pithy, you really could be a much better skeptic if you stuck to facts by

1.) Consulting a text book on modern immunology. That could have sufficed to alert you that the ABO system is unique in its appearance in non-hematologic tissue, such as the digestive tract.

2.) Learning some basic genetics. AB blood group is an outcome of the presence of two co-dominant alleles, not the result of any evolutionary process.

3.) Talking to a biochemist. I think you'll probably be unpleasantly surprised by the extensive biochemical basis for this theory.

4.) Learn what a word means before you use it. Pseudoscience generally proposes changes in basic scientific laws or reality in order to allow some phenomenon. My humble theory would most certainly fail that test.

5.) Work on your skeptic credentials. I looked at your blog link and -surprise- your other blog is a collection of vegan recipes from around the world. To my mind, vegans just lack street credentials when it comes to skepticism. [1] However, since I'm type A vegetarian I'll probably check them out.

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free yoga [Visitor] — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:07:35 +0000

well written post!!!

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Tucson desert bunny [Visitor] — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:30:13 +0000

Yes, it does take a lot of "emotional energy" to make changes in diet or in life.
Dr. Weil obviously does not want to do that, so he refuses to seek out the truth by examining the evidence. It's much easier to deny something when you don't have the knowledge than to learn of it and then refuse to accept it. This is very common today. That's why most ignorance is self-inflicted. It's because they like their way of life and it requires too much "emotional energy" to make the changes. It's just too bad that he's in a position to influence so many people.
The BTD has been a savior for me. Don't give up your wonderful work Dr. D'Adamo! As the old saying goes, "The proof is in the pudding!" Thank you!

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pumpkinhead [Visitor] — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:07:11 +0000

I changed my diet in 1999, BTD A and have never in all my life felt so good.
People that stumble around in the dark have to wait untill the light comes on!

"Hello"

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Bekki Shining Bearheart [Visitor] — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:40:34 +0000

Really enjoyed the blog and the comments, only one thing I would add.

Many family members and friends have seen the progress I have made on this diet over the years. Some have tried it, with great success; some have tried it and fallen off the wagon; some refuse (so far) to try it. In my experience it is more about whether one is willing to put one's health first, even on a trial basis.

Many people are addicted to their comfort foods (not always sugar or wheat-- I know people who would be better off without red meat, but they love it.) I admit that I occasionally am tempted by foods that are not good for me; I know what the outcome will be and don't fool myself into thinking there aren't consequences.

Many people will not even consider the possibility of eating a diet that might require them to limit a food that has emotional meaning to them. I no longer eat as a part of my regular diet a number of things that I grew up with and that equal "family", "love", "comfort", "pleasure". I may eat them once or twice a year at a family gathering. But a lot of people just can't give those things up. They will give you all kinds of "logical" reasons, or cite science, but the fact is they enslaved by their emotional (and sometimes physical) connections to the foods they eat, and it is too scary, or feels too much like deprivation, to change.

I always tell anyone who complains of ill health to try the diet for 2 weeks-- a month if they are really bad off. My attitude is, that it is 2 weeks out of your life. If you don't feel better, you have only invested 2 weeks to find out it doesn't help. If you do, then you can decide if feeling better is worth it. I have found that most people do see a change in 2 weeks and if they really want to feel better they now know how to do it.

If they don't bother to try it, then they don't have a right to complain...

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Isa-Manuela [Visitor] — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:08:43 +0000

congratulation, Peter, great blog
times and habits need to be changed, also here in Switzerland, the land all pratiotiones get confronted when not working or accepting the swiss food pyramide....:-(......

facts onto the table...no more lies!!!

all the success I've had with my clients were only about the introduction of BTD.... why should I change and adopt the swiss nutritionel models?? :-)....
Thank you for having tought me and giving a glimps about realities in life.
All my best wishes to you and your family
amicalement yours Isa

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Ffantazsia [Visitor] — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:43:23 +0000

From the quotes posted, it seems like he is coming around. I would take the higher road and just keep doing the work you do; defend yourself and your work where you must, but don't play bad politics (making him look foolish, lawsuits, etc. as others have suggested). Ignore him... don't give your power away. You are a healthy, successful doctor who has loyal followers. You hold youself to a higher standard; it is all you need to do.