Okay, here's a table for the Explorers to pull their chairs up to!
Set a spell and tell us who you are!
Happy about the new food? Unhappy?
Personally, I'm very sad about losing yellowtail, one of my all-time faves, but I get back my beloved apricots, apples, tapioca and mozzarella. Oh, yeah, I still get to eat that big bad mud bug, the lobster.
Now we need those pocket cards for the genotypes!

Hey, where is everybody?

I am happy to get yams and cottage cheese on occasion again, but sad to see the peanuts and tofu go  

For the most part this looks pretty doable. My husband and I now have a few more foods in common (like lentils) so that is helpfull too.

have to get muchmore aclimated in that aerea O'Suzelannchen, I told  ya that I feel as a mix...and no-one can tell me the opposite... I know who I am and I know also the results of different test's with bioresonance or BIT....

loads of ways and different systems lead to Rome


p.s.
hm.....perhaps I should say bye-bye ......
where are those bl. nice  warriors ......

I have a feeling that I might be an explorer, but my book will only arrive on 17th January - so I am not yet sure. But it would be great to be able to eat apricots and apples.

Quoted from OSuzanna

Now we need those pocket cards for the genotypes!

???

MyraBee, the BTD store sells laminated wallet fold-out cards for each blood type and secretor status. I love my O nonnie cheat-sheet! They just list bennies and avoids, anything else is neutral, great to have at restaurants & grocery stores. Would love to see that in a GTD version. Come to think of it, BTD has 8 cards (4 blood types in secretor and nonnie) it would take less cards for GTD, only 6!

I guess I'm going to have to set out some Explorer-attracting foods and decorate... what do explorers like, um, maps, good hiking shoes, hey, airline tickets and cameras,

Quoted from Curious

I have a feeling that I might be an explorer, but my book will only arrive on 17th January - so I am not yet sure. But it would be great to be able to eat apricots and apples.

Explorers get apples but apricots are avoids..

Has anyone checked out the "overnight detox" in the book and on genotypediet.com?  It's kind of a gentle version of the infamous gallbladder/liver flush that's been discussed around here plus a castor oil pack.  

I really want to try that - the book says the blobs you might see are not gallstones, but I actually think this is a better detox.  I've done the full multiple-day gallbladder/liver flush before, but once I got to a point of feeling that I didn't need such a detox, I stopped doing them.  This version seems like a good happy medium.

Quoted from Chloe

Explorers get apples but apricots are avoids..

Apricots are in the "give them up temporarily then you can have them back but not every day" category.
As an O nonnie, I couldn't have them at all with a clean conscience. for me, it's like getting apricots back.

Quoted from Whimsical

Has anyone checked out the "overnight detox" in the book and on genotypediet.com?  It's kind of a gentle version of the infamous gallbladder/liver flush that's been discussed around here plus a castor oil pack.  

I really want to try that - the book says the blobs you might see are not gallstones, but I actually think this is a better detox.  I've done the full multiple-day gallbladder/liver flush before, but once I got to a point of feeling that I didn't need such a detox, I stopped doing them.  This version seems like a good happy medium.

I noticed that, and it looks doable. I chickened out and went the phyllanthus route 2 summers ago. Right after, people were telling me my skin tone looked tons better - out of the blue. Yeah, this isn't as extreme. I don't do nausea well.

Apricots are only a temporary avoid, they can be re-introduced after 3-6 months. I love apricots, and since I only like them fresh off the tree the timing will be perfect  

I was wondering about the flush too. Is it pointless for someone who no longer has a gallbladder? Or will it still benefit my liver.

Quoted from Heidi

I was wondering about the flush too. Is it pointless for someone who no longer has a gallbladder? Or will it still benefit my liver.

From my readings here there and everywhere, people with gallbaldder problems will have liver problems, too, and can flush stones from the liver as well as gallbladder, so I'd say go for it. Unless somebody wiser than me (and there's lots!) says not to.

Quoted from Heidi

I was wondering about the flush too. Is it pointless for someone who no longer has a gallbladder? Or will it still benefit my liver.

Actually, if you no longer have a gallbladder, it is probably a really good thing to do.  Your liver still produces bile, which you need to digest fats, but it just doesn't get stored in the gallbladder.  This means you can't release bile as needed, instead it is just constantly trickling from the liver.  So your liver has become even more important - anything you can do to improve its function will be beneficial to you.  Because this detox is gentler and uses less oil (therefore easier for your body to deal with if you don't have a gallbladder), it should work fine for you.  Try it and find out!

From scanning the book, I think I may be an explorer, too.
I would have to minimize my chocolate & banana combo which is important in appetite control & portability in my work situation & also a way to wake up since I can't tolerate caffeine.
Those items are very good for hunters & gatherers as are dates.
I suspect I shouldn't eat dates too much as I see how I feel if I eat too many. A tiny amount is OK.  Too bad as I found Lara Bars!!
I think my legs are a little longer than my torso, but even tho both ring fingers look longer upon first glance, if I measure them, on one hand, both fingers are about the same.
I need to get organized & test everything & need a friend to confirm things. I also need to 'bite the bullet' & pay for that secretor test as I still suspect nonniehood.
The leg bones seem very much the same length......
I was glad to see watermelon a bene for all the O GTs. I used to feel so great when eating it & was surprised to see so few bennies among O fruits. Now that changes!! Yahoo!!!!
I've got a ways to go to get it all together, but as of now, I suspect explorer as the type & maybe gatherer.
Well, we will see.
BTDin' & soon GTDin' along,
Mrs "T"     O+    

Quoted from OSuzanna

Apricots are in the "give them up temporarily then you can have them back but not every day" category.
As an O nonnie, I couldn't have them at all with a clean conscience. for me, it's like getting apricots back.

But this is where I'm completely confused and i was rather new to following a diet for my
blood type when this Genotyping book suddenly appeared. Are the blood type food lists now obsolete?
Do we now follow our Genotype lists instead of the blood type list?

Chloe,
You won't go wrong by continuing with the BTD.  The genotype program is just another step toward refining and further strengthening the results of choosing foods that suit you as an individual.  
Feel free to continue as you are, and if you wish, you can read the Genotype book at your leisure and try some transitioning.

The BTD alone is a powerful program, so keep at it as long as you wish!

Ok I haven´t got the book yet... but I typed in my measurements and it says I´m an explorer...
I don´t know what to say when I read the discription it sounds very likely and I am a Rh - ... but when I look at the food list  feel   I need a tantrum face as well
.. all my favourite B secretor foods are gone......( or a lot 9 How can a bennie suddenly become avoid

Well I do need to loose weight (more than I have already on BTD) so my genotype might be the answer there... but I want to scream
I LIKED my B food !!!

So...am I the only one who find the foodlists looking pretty strange

You're not the only one, Henriette.  It's the dawning of a new age.  

Quoted from OSuzanna

Personally, I'm very sad about losing yellowtail, one of my all-time faves, Oh, yeah, I still get to eat that big bad mud bug, the lobster.
Now we need those pocket cards for the genotypes!

Same here, I will miss tilapia and some of the other fishes that warriors get to eat.

Hi Explorers!  Looks like I am really a Gatherer, albeit a weird one!  My finger measurements are just not decisive enough and unless I turn out to be Rh- instead of Rh+ (which I thought I was), I am not one of you.  

Hi Explorers!  Not exactly sure between Hunter or Explorer...longer ring fingers, never been overweight, Rh-, rely heavily on protein or I'll fade!

Oh yes, not a very patient person (waiting for the book)!  

I am probably an explorer, but not sure yet (book is on its way).
A question: Do explorers have the same foods, regardless of whether they are 0's, A's or AB's?
Can someone list the really bad avoids for 0-explorers?

Quoted from Curious

A question: Do explorers have the same foods, regardless of whether they are 0's, A's or AB's?

Yes, one food list for all Explorers.

Quoted from Curious

I am probably an explorer, but not sure yet (book is on its way).
Can someone list the really bad avoids for 0-explorers?

Why don't you take advantage of the free trial week on the GTD site? You could find out your GT and see the foods lists.

is it true that u can only have the free trial if u have a credit card??

Quoted from Heidi

I am happy to get yams and cottage cheese on occasion again, but sad to see the peanuts and tofu go  

For the most part this looks pretty doable. My husband and I now have a few more foods in common (like lentils) so that is helpfull too.

Peanuts and tofu??? Gone???  

Quoted from dirrty_blonde_mp

is it true that u can only have the free trial if u have a credit card??

At this time, it requires a credit card to sign up. My read is that they may have alternate methods in the future. Remember, it is a new start up. Can't do everything at once.

Quoted from Drea

Peanuts and tofu??? Gone???  

On the Explorer list. Have you found out what you are?

Quoted from Don

Yes, one food list for all Explorers.

Thanks Don! If all explorers (0's, A's and AB's) can eat the same foods - that indicates to me that blood-type is not that relevant for Explorers. Have I got this right?  

Blood type is still used in the mix with other data points to determine Explorer GT.

Look at the advanced tables in the appendix of the book and you will see that for the same body and finger measurements different blood, Rh and secretor types may be Explorer or other GTs.

Quoted from Don

Blood type is still used in the mix with other data points to determine Explorer GT.

Look at the advanced tables in the appendix of the book and you will see that for the same body and finger measurements different blood, Rh and secretor types may be Explorer or other GTs.

Ah, ok. I can't look in the book, because I have not got it yet (should be here on 17 January), I may just have to wait.

....and the B´s

I must say after sleeping on this info I still feel split on how to feel about the explorer list:
I fit very well to the physically and mentally part of the explorer- except that I am overweight... but is true than I have lots of muscle even when overweight and the description of me medical hard to diagnose as well as sensitive to chemicals, medications etc is very accurate.

Is the weird (for a B secretor) foodlist the price the explorers pays for being a all BT genotype ?
BUT
I simply find it strange that I loose so many B bennies for ever like  MILK , Brussels sprout
Cabbage, Cauliflower and egg plant -( there are LOTS MORE
Foods that I have loved  and felt energized with
- while I gain veggies that I for sure knows are not my friend: like lentils, radish, artichokes and especially Jerusalem artichokes -that makes me fart so bad that I could kill the whole village.

I think I need the book to understand this issue more...

I must say that I had thought that the foodlist was more broken down ( in BT )

and when I read the post I can see that some people just jump in this new world,
other gets frustrated,  worry , angry and leave
and other step back and wait...

well when I first read ERT I was: what !!!
it is so true.... and do I really have to give up all theese foods ?
after a few weeks I returned after digesting this new knowledge...

So I guess I´ll incomperate what I like from the new lists... and keep my bell peppers and milk as long as I care for them...

a brand new world is opening...

Henriette, all natural reactions that you so aptly point out. The beauty of it is, you can pick it up wherever you want. You can stick with your BTD and still get good results. You can make individual adjustments to GTD based on your BTD preferences and still get good results. I expect the GTD to evolve, it's just impossible to anticipate which way. Either way there will still be people doing basic ER4YT.

Thanks  Lloyd I think I´ll just pick and choose  
Happy New Year

That's what I'm going to do!

Quoted from Victoria

Chloe,
You won't go wrong by continuing with the BTD.  The genotype program is just another step toward refining and further strengthening the results of choosing foods that suit you as an individual.  
Feel free to continue as you are, and if you wish, you can read the Genotype book at your leisure and try some transitioning.

The BTD alone is a powerful program, so keep at it as long as you wish!

Hi Victoria ... hope u're well  
Will u really continue with BTD when u know that many beneficials have now become AVOIDS ??  
I find it radical in the sence that here I was eating a ton of lima beans, kidney beans, salmon, parmesan ... etc ...  thinking they were beneficials and now turns out they're toxic ??
Things that make u go hmmmmm

Cheers  

Quoted from Henriette Bsec

....and the B´s

I must say after sleeping on this info I still feel split on how to feel about the explorer list:
I fit very well to the physically and mentally part of the explorer- except that I am overweight... but is true than I have lots of muscle even when overweight and the description of me medical hard to diagnose as well as sensitive to chemicals, medications etc is very accurate.

Is the weird (for a B secretor) foodlist the price the explorers pays for being a all BT genotype ?
BUT
I simply find it strange that I loose so many B bennies for ever like  MILK , Brussels sprout
Cabbage, Cauliflower and egg plant -( there are LOTS MORE
Foods that I have loved  and felt energized with
- while I gain veggies that I for sure knows are not my friend: like lentils, radish, artichokes and especially Jerusalem artichokes -that makes me fart so bad that I could kill the whole village.

I think I need the book to understand this issue more...

I must say that I had thought that the foodlist was more broken down ( in BT )

and when I read the post I can see that some people just jump in this new world,
other gets frustrated,  worry , angry and leave
and other step back and wait...

well when I first read ERT I was: what !!!
it is so true.... and do I really have to give up all theese foods ?
after a few weeks I returned after digesting this new knowledge...

So I guess I´ll incomperate what I like from the new lists... and keep my bell peppers and milk as long as I care for them...

a brand new world is opening...

I'm with u my Dear Henriette !!!  
I'm in shock right now ...  
Cheers  

Quoted from Lisalea

I find it radical in the sence that here I was eating a ton of lima beans, kidney beans, salmon, parmesan ... etc ...  thinking they were beneficials and now turns out they're toxic ??
Things that make u go hmmmmm

They are toxic for reasons that the BTD didn't consider.

There are good and bad aspects to most foods so it depends on the criteria that you use to determine if you should eat them.

Quoted from Don

They are toxic for reasons that the BTD didn't consider.

There are good and bad aspects to most foods so it depends on the criteria that you use to determine if you should eat them.

Ok with THAT said ...it would BENEFIT us all to be moving towards Genotype ... since we're here to evolve in life in general and especially when it comes to foods and our healths ...  hence,  when we KNOW better ... it would no doubt BENEFIT us to do better ...  

Quoted from Lisalea

Hi Victoria ... hope u're well  
Will u really continue with BTD when u know that many beneficials have now become AVOIDS ??  
Cheers  

Hi LisaLea, and Happy New Year!  
I'm going into the new GTD with an open mind.  There is a lot that I don't understand about it yet because I haven't had the time over the holidays to read all the book.  But, I do not plan to just toss the BTD.  I'm sure my transition will be gradual, paying attention to my body's reaction to the changes.

I really like Mikeo's advice.  He is suggesting that we look at which of the BTD neutrals have now become GTD beneficials, and start focusing more on those.  I will probably start there.  I don't see myself immediately starting to eat foods in large quantities that I have believed were avoids, such as chicken and coconut oil for example.  I am not saying that I will never eat them, just that I need to move gently to let my body get used to the changes.

If a person feels unwilling to transition to the GTD, I think that they should just feel good about continuing the BTD if it is working well for them.  The BTD has not suddenly become wrong.  The GTD is just another step in the maturing of understanding about human individuality.

Quoted from Victoria

Hi LisaLea, and Happy New Year!  
I'm going into the new GTD with an open mind.  There is a lot that I don't understand about it yet because I haven't had the time over the holidays to read all the book.  But, I do not plan to just toss the BTD.  I'm sure my transition will be gradual, paying attention to my body's reaction to the changes.

I really like Mikeo's advice.  He is suggesting that we look at which of the BTD neutrals have now become GTD beneficials, and start focusing more on those.  I will probably start there.  I don't see myself immediately starting to eat foods in large quantities that I have believed were avoids, such as chicken and coconut oil for example.  I am not saying that I will never eat them, just that I need to move gently to let my body get used to the changes.

If a person feels unwilling to transition to the GTD, I think that they should just feel good about continuing the BTD if it is working well for them.  The BTD has not suddenly become wrong.  The GTD is just another step in the maturing of understanding about human individuality.

Victoria u r one wonderful  AND  astute lady ... Happy New Years to u too !!  
I look so forward to sharing our journeys together with Genotype, I too will definately keep an open mind  

When I first heard the descriptions of the 6 Genotypes, I thought I’d be a Nomad.  So when I got the book and glanced at the Nomad diet, I was fine with it.  It correlated pretty closely to the B diet I’m on.  But when I glanced at the chart in the back, I saw there were no B- non-secretor female nomads.  I did my measurements and found out I was an Explorer.  What????  I’m a right handed caffeine addicted Ectomorphic.  Then I read the diet and was in shock.  Chicken is NOT an avoid!  All the BTD books say chicken is the absolute worse food a “B” can eat.  Some members of this forum have cut themselves and let the blood drip in a raw chicken and actually saw the blood agglumulate!  When I was in grad school I finally figured out what was causing my horrible stomach cramps – chicken.  I stopped eating it and people laughed at me when I told them I was sensitive to chicken.  Then I was at a dinner function and another lady at my table also said she could not tolerate chicken.  I was elated to find someone else like me.  Then when I read ERFYT and read about chicken being a major avoid, I said this is the diet for me.  When I try to sell people on the BTD, those are the stories I tell.  If I was a secretor, I’d be a nomad.  I sent both our saliva samples in at the same time.  Could they have made a mistake?  My son is a nomad.  Chicken is an avoid for a nomad.  I eat salmon once a week, not it’s an avoid for me, beneficial for my son.  I eat a hard boiled egg every morning, same story.  One of my few beneficial nuts was walnuts, now an avoid for me.  Etc Etc.  How am I going to talk up a diet that doesn’t seem to fit me?

hi explorers, i suspect i may e joining u soon! I hope so!        

i looked at the calculator on GTD site, and it seems no matter what my measurements are, beng a B neg nonnie makes me xxplorer..

Quoted from honeybee

i looked at the calculator on GTD site, and it seems no matter what my measurements are, beng a B neg nonnie makes me xxplorer..

I think there are two combinations of B- nonnie measurements that can be a Gatherer.

Quoted from Don

I think there are two combinations of B- nonnie measurements that can be a Gatherer.

hi Don,
I found only explorer , i am Rh- which i think made it so..?

Quoted from honeybee

hi Don,
I found only explorer , i am Rh- which i think made it so..?

Look again on the Advanced GenoType Calculator tables 2 and 4 in the GTD book Appendix in the index fingers longer section.

Both tables specify that you would be a Gatherer if the other torso and leg measurements point you to those tables.

Quoted from Don

Look again on the Advanced GenoType Calculator tables 2 and 4 in the GTD book Appendix in the index fingers longer section.

Both tables specify that you would be a Gatherer if the other torso and leg measurements point you to those tables.

ok, thnks for your reply.
I am only using the online calulator at the moment -untl book arrives  

The 2 situations that you, as a B- nonnie, could be a Gatherer are if your lower leg is longer than or equal to your upper leg and your both index fingers are longer than your ring fingers.

Quoted from Don

The 2 situations that you, as a B- nonnie, could be a Gatherer are if your lower leg is longer than or equal to your upper leg and your both index fingers are longer than your ring fingers.

ok, eek, now i am getting gatherer or nomad.. i understand how troubling this can be for some of us now!

Quoted from honeybee

ok, eek, now i am getting gatherer or nomad.. i understand how troubling this can be for some of us now!

You can't be a nomad as a B- nonnie according to the book, so something is definitely wrong with your data input, or the program.

Quoted from Don

The 2 situations that you, as a B- nonnie, could be a Gatherer are if your lower leg is longer than or equal to your upper leg and your both index fingers are longer than your ring fingers.

I'm also a B- nonnie, online calculator returned 'Explorer'. Lower leg shorter than upper. Index and ring fingers identical on both hands.

No book yet.  

From what I've gathered, could someone please suggest whether I'm leaning towards Hunter or Explorer?    

Torso longer than legs, upper leg longer than lower, both ring fingers 2cm longer than index...

Would really appreciate any comments.

Cheers  

Assuming the data you presented is correct you are 100% confirmed an GT4 Explorer.

Ok I have spent my afternoon making new list over my food and what can I say
I´m still a bit   but not freaked out.

However some of the categories really makes me wonder :-/ did I test right ???

The Meat ... well it looks pretty much like my old B meat list... not much new there
The poultry - thank heaven turkey are still there. ;).. I don´t know If I´ll  eat chicken -used to make me constipated and the other poultry hard to get
Fish : where is my salmon????  well at least monkfish and cod are still ok or good
The salmons that are ok in moderation after 3-6 months are not at all easy to get here in Denmark and tuna is a no no and that is one thing I used to eat a lot since I´m  really are so fussy with fish
MILK OH My OH MY are you certain that I a B should be explorer...
Well ricotta and paneer is nice and at least I get some fermented milk backafter a while but not butter( Ghee is nice ;)) or milk. Is this the price I pay for being with the A and AB and Os ;)
Nuts - well macadamias are among my favourites and at least almonds and walnuts return after a while.
The beans -does not look like my  B beans at all   and can I eat so many ? but I´m happy to see peas and green beans high
Veggies- well ASPARAGUS are great and at least broccoli and carrots are still there
but all my other B cabbage are gone and my red peppers and EGGPLANT  
Yes I have gained lettuce, bitter plants and radish   but.....

Fruit -well I´m lucky to live in an area where several of the diamond fruits are plenty and the other bennies are easy to get in general ... but my oh my what have I lost

Drinks herbs etc looks ok... sugar isn´t healthy for any....

BUT I wonder what will I use instead of milk since both cow, goat, rice and soy milk is out and almonds are a black dot nut
and eggs I won´t stop eating my 4-6 pr week lovely homemade eggs....

My plan is
to add the easy diamond and bennies into my diet and foods that have been neutral before.
I will leave the avoids out that I didn´t like anyway or where neutrals before
... but untill now I´ll keep my old bennies like milk, feta etc or I go crazy  

Oh by the well I think I´ll post this on Genotype as well  

I'm with u Henriette   

Actually, I've been jumping from Explorer to Nomad ... and suddenly I started thinking that perhaps I'm a Gatherer instead !!!  

Am I the only one that's bewildered here ???
I seem to have characteristics in all three ...  

Ok ...lets see ...

I'm VERY emotional   and struggle with appetite control 'cause I love food !!!
no weight issues really though ... BUT if I do gain it bascially goes all to my BELLY !!!
(Gatherer)


I'm athletic looking on a petite-medium frame I would say ...
and
I'm VERY senstive to caffeine ... if I drink it after 4-5 pm = NO SHUT EYE.
(Explorer)


I must have a VERY sensitive digestive track since I've been having so
many digestive issues the last two years with lots of burping, gurgling noises, pasty mouth in the morning ... and now even blood in my stool !!!
HOWEVER, I don't have read hair and green eyes ...  
(Nomad)


I would really like to know EXACTLY who I am ???
'cause I really wanna start eating the right way ASAP and hopefully start to move towards optimal health again

More info:
I'm 5' 6 about, 125 pounds

Brown hair and eyes

Both my index finers and ring fingers match lengths; however,
looks like my index fingers r somewhat longer ...

Ideal waist-to-hip; however, whenever I do gain weight it goes straight to my belly   and I look pregnant

I'm a B+

I need an expert here  
Cheers  

Quoted from Lisalea

I need an expert here  

Do you have the book yet?
If not, have you joined the GTD site?
Have you taken all the measurements you can? Watch the videos to get help on how to do the measurements.
Once you have the measurements and other data load it into the GTD site online GT calculator or use the tables in the book to determine your GT.

If you still need help post the data here.

Guessing your GT based on other criteria is not going to be very useful.

Getting your secretor status would probably help 100% confirm your GT.

Quoted from Don

Do you have the book yet?
If not, have you joined the GTD site?
Have you taken all the measurements you can? Watch the videos to get help on how to do the measurements.
Once you have the measurements and other data load it into the GTD site online GT calculator or use the tables in the book to determine your GT.

If you still need help post the data here.

Guessing your GT based on other criteria is not going to be very useful.

Getting your secretor status would probably help 100% confirm your GT.

Yes, of course I bought the book but haven't really had the chance to take all the measurements since I  can't locate my tape measure ... sigh ...   and with the holiday and all ... I'm anxious to find out for sure though!!
In the meantime, I'm gonna stick to goat, lamb and turkey, eggs and almond butter ... essene bread and pasta rice, quinoa, millet and all types of lentils !!
As far as veggies GO ... looks like I'll be safe with beets, carrots and broccoli ... and apples, papaya, pineapple but I'm NOT ready to give up all my fruits not for now anyways ...  I could even eat Rye bread ... looks like ... wow ...  
and I would love to be an Explorer and be able to eat POLENTA !!!!!!!!!   ... Yuppiii ...  
I'm really praying that I don't have to give up kefir and yogurt if I'm a Gatherer ... so help me God ... I drink tons of it ... especially when I've eaten so much sugar ... etc ... and all the incredibly amazing benefits of kefir that I keep reading about ... would make it a real tragedy to give it up !!!
Thanks Don  

Quoted from Don

If you still need help post the data here.

Thank-u much John  

Quoted from Don

Getting your secretor status would probably help 100% confirm your GT.

?? In what sence ?

Thank-u again

Based on the Advanced GenoType Calculator tables your Genotype is 100% confirmed if you have your blood type, Rh, secretor status and your torso, leg, and finger length measurements.

I’m with Henriette.  It is very unsettling to have to change the diet you’ve become accustomed to and has been working well for you.  I have a hard boiled egg and a banana in the car every morning on the way to work.  Both are now dot avoids.  Even though I’m getting over a cold this week, I’m still eating them.  Otherwise I’ll skip breakfast and that is even worse for getting over an illness.  For lunch I have a salad with broccoli, cauliflower, and cheese or yogurt.  Cauliflower went from beneficial to avoid without even a dot.  Yogurt is a dot avoid.  I have fish several times a week and my favorites are now either dot avoids or full fledged avoids (like tilapia).  Butter is an avoid!  Walnuts are dot avoids.  I have to revise my whole shopping list.  I’m not going to jump in full force to the Explorer diet.  I’m going to gradually shift and see how my body reacts.  Except for chicken.  I refuse to eat it even if it is a neutral.

Quoted from honeybee

ok, eek, now i am getting gatherer or nomad.. i understand how troubling this can be for some of us now!

If I'm a Gatherer,  it'll be indeed VERY upsetting ...
ESPECIALLY about the kefir and yogurt !!!  
The rest seems to be ok ...  I think ... let me go back to my book on page 203

The book hasn't arrived yet and I haven't been to the website (no time) but I too am guessing that I'm an Explorer.
Left-handed, Rh-, ring finger longer than index, Torso longer than legs (anecdotally ... I haven't measured the torso bit yet as I don't know where to measure from).

What's this about eggs? I eat 3 eggs for breakfast every day!!!
It was a big change doing the 3 eggs for breakfast Looks like I'm in for another big change.

It sounds like change is good for Explorers. I wonder if that explains why I have a soft spot for stories by Jules Verne  

Quoted from Don

Based on the Advanced GenoType Calculator tables your Genotype is 100% confirmed if you have your blood type, Rh, secretor status and your torso, leg, and finger length measurements.

Today, I finally glanced at the section: Advanced GenoType Calculator tables and so far I'm leaning towards Nomad ...  but still need my secretor status to confirm I guess ...  

Thanks John  

Quoted from vandelam

...I don't know where to measure from).

Look at all the GTD video Dr. D put up on YouTube and in his blog to find out how to do the measurements.

Post them and someone can help you figure out your GT while you are waiting for the book to arrive.

Get your secretor test, LisaLea.  Just do it! (do it)    

Quoted from vandelam

The book hasn't arrived yet and I haven't been to the website (no time) but I too am guessing that I'm an Explorer.
Left-handed, Rh-, ring finger longer than index, Torso longer than legs (anecdotally ... I haven't measured the torso bit yet as I don't know where to measure from).

What's this about eggs? I eat 3 eggs for breakfast every day!!!
It was a big change doing the 3 eggs for breakfast Looks like I'm in for another big change.

It sounds like change is good for Explorers. I wonder if that explains why I have a soft spot for stories by Jules Verne  

Well they come back after 3-6 months...
but I feel your pain  
I use a lot of eggs as well to keep me happy .... at least my hens are taking a winter break  

However I don´t think I´ll leave them completely out of my diet for 3 months... what should I use instead ??? goose egg .. . that is a joke here in Denmark

Quoted from Don

Assuming the data you presented is correct you are 100% confirmed an GT4 Explorer.

Wow! Thanks Don...I always was the black sheep of the family (!) and I've done extensive traveling around this planet and will always jump at any opportunity to do more  

Quoted from Don

Look at all the GTD video Dr. D put up on YouTube and in his blog to find out how to do the measurements.

Post them and someone can help you figure out your GT while you are waiting for the book to arrive.

Thanks, Don.
Here are my measurements:

Total height: 171 cm
Torso height: 94 cm
Total leg length: 77 cm
Upper leg : 36 cm
Lower leg : 34 cm

Left index: 73 mm
Left ring : 75 mm
Right index: 70 mm
Right ring : 74 mm

Waist : 85 cm
Hips  : 96 cm

Quoted from vandelam

Here are my measurements:

Total height: 171 cm
Torso height: 94 cm
Total leg length: 77 cm
Upper leg : 36 cm
Lower leg : 34 cm

Left index: 73 mm
Left ring : 75 mm
Right index: 70 mm
Right ring : 74 mm

Based on that you are a confirmed Hunter.

Quoted from Don

Based on that you are a confirmed Hunter.

Yipes. I didn't expect that. Sorry to have wasted the Explorer's time.  

Looks like I'm off to find another thread  

Hi Explores where ever you are

Have you gotten more adjusted to your new lists ?

I have posted a few Q on the GTD - I thought we better start using that as well...

but I have a slight problem with breakfast ideas  
Except for that I have spent the day making new lists looks good in different colours
had peas and meatsauce for lunch as well as apple and licorice/ peppermint tea .. felt good
For dinner I´m planning a soup based on marrowbones and asparagus  

Quoted from Don

Based on that you are a confirmed Hunter.

Wow those upper and lower leg lengths are awfully close.  If the finger margin of error is 2-3mm...the leg would surely be more?  Might make a difference?

Quoted from Gumby

Wow those upper and lower leg lengths are awfully close.  If the finger margin of error is 2-3mm...the leg would surely be more?  Might make a difference?

I wouldn't make any assumptions about leg length differences based on the tolerance of the finger length measurements. Dr. D had specific reasons for the finger length tolerance.

Quoted from Dr. D

in evaluating the results from the clinic studies it was easy to see why ties (or even close neck and neck issues) should go to the index finger. True androgenic types have way longer ring fingers; a distinction often obvious enough to preclude a  any need for measurement whatsoever.

Makes me wonder if I'm really a Gatherer! Those dang fingies so close an' all...

Quoted from Victoria

Get your secretor test, LisaLea.  Just do it! (do it)    

  

...nope, ring fingers still longer...

Well, this morning I started charting out the types of foods I should be eating and how many X per day. Also started a shopping list of supplements. This is definitely going to be interesting! However now that Mr. OSuzanna seems to be a Hunter, I won't be able to feed us identically. I'll worry about that later. He willingly usually avoids grains except for rice, and peanut butter. These things seem to make his skin itchy & flaky. Hence the nickname "Hannibal Lectin."

Osuzanna have you figured out what to eat in the morning yet ?
Grains and fruit seems pretty high sugar rush for me.

Love the "Hannibal Lectin."

I´m wondering how to match my daughter diet with this as well
especially if she turns out to be a garther  

My list are all colour matched   ( visual B explorer)
I left some of the more weird stuff out...
My problem is especially with the diamond fish ...
most of them we can´t get here...
but at least I can get cod, cusk monkfish  sea bream whitefish and turbot...so ill be ok
Some of the fish is pretty revolting for me

Quoted from Lloyd

On the Explorer list. Have you found out what you are?

I'm a Warrior, so this doesn't apply to me, thank goodness!  

I am still struggling with breakfast.  My normal routine was to eat a hard boiled egg and a banana in the car while driving to work.  I’d wash it down with Water Joe (spring water & caffeine).  Let’s see – chicken egg is dot avoid (no geese flying by have left any of their beneficial eggs for me), banana is a dot avoid, and caffeine is a full fledged avoid.  

I totally love butter which is now an avoid for me. Yesterday, I made brown rice, with sea salt, mozzarella cheese (one of the few of my beloved cheeses available to me) and olive oil.  I need to buy or make some ghee.

We all have to chant “Trust in Dr D, he knows what is good for us”.

OK Explorers, we’ll get though this transition together.

Hi all....

I'm here wit yu'se guys now.   What a shocker!  Anway first thing off the list is coffee.  That will be a hard one.  Will spend the weekend with a pot of green tea and hope for the best.

Oh, how I desperately wanted to be a Nomad!

Well Im glad that some Bs at least join me here.
I was feeling so weird about being B and explorer for a while I wanted so much to be with the gentle B nomads( Victoria ; Kristin and GCG)
but somehow I´m more Ghengis Khan as a explorer

Butter   milk
Dont know how i´ll handle it jet... maybe no butte, eggs and milk from monday to friday - and then a little in the weekend.

Awe Actually I wondered about maybe being an explorer. I've definitely figured out I have the caffeine sensitivity but I am Rhpos(though I'm thinking about retesting), right handed, ring fingers longer than index fingers on both hands, have a rock solid sense of direction, and am sensative to barometric pressure changes. I definitely like my food lists better than yours and following it seems to be working.

Don't worry Kristin, Victoria, and I still consider you our cousin. You can still drop by the camp as long as you don't try to swipe our goats

you better figure out since some parts are pretty different  
Love you  B guys what ever you are:
nomads, gatherers or explores -you are b´s as well  
Ghengis Khan aka Henriette

Quoted from gulfcoastguy

Don't worry Kristin, Victoria, and I still consider you our cousin. You can still drop by the camp as long as you don't try to swipe our goats

ROFLMAO

Oh, by the way,....I now think I'm a Gatherer, so I'm going to move into their compound. But I'll leave the table & chairs & decor I set up when I started the thread.
It's been real! See ya 'round the compound, kids! Love ya!

Quoted from Henriette Bsec

Osuzanna have you figured out what to eat in the morning yet ?
Grains and fruit seems pretty high sugar rush for me.

Love the "Hannibal Lectin."

I've been going between rice cakes with mozzarella, butter and pinto beans, and ostrich or beef w/onions. So far. It's only been a few days for me.

Okay did the Eldon card at my local health food store and I am definately Rh positive B. This health food store was counseling a shop full of people on the BTD and doing blood test(certified technician)like every saturday. A grandmother carried her college football playing grandson in and paid to have him typed. When they found out he was an O Jim, the owner, filled him in on the diet. They are reviewing the Genotype book and getting ready to order suppliments and test kits. They also carry goat meat but no moose or ostritch. So back to my tent with the other Nomads.

My little explorer needed dessert. Ricotta cheese,cocoa powder(HFS) and honey whipped up OMG like a mousse.
Yes I know it has a black dot on the chocolate but what's a Mom to do.

Quoted from drgnwng1

My little explorer needed dessert. Ricotta cheese,cocoa powder(HFS) and honey whipped up OMG like a mousse.
Yes I know it has a black dot on the chocolate but what's a Mom to do.

i am really going to get into this ricotta thing!
On a side, am feeling like a bit of a lonely wandering B, my book hasn't showed up when supposed to, the food lists are spinning round and round in my head, but i do have some nice fennel, licorice and peppermint tea. it is soothing, it ok for all B geno's and I can not wait to start trading sweet goat meat and illicit chocolate with u all  

Quoted from RedLilac

I totally love butter which is now an avoid for me.

The food list on the GTD website does not list butter as a toxin to avoid but in the book it does. I've been using it as neutral. Can someone clarify which is correct?

Quoted from teri

The food list on the GTD website does not list butter as a toxin to avoid but in the book it does. I've been using it as neutral. Can someone clarify which is correct?

Aha, I was looking in the dairy food category where butter is not listed at all. It is listed as a toxin to avoid in the fats and oils category, though, so that answers my own question. Not that I'm happy about the answer, no way!

I bought Ghee today and tried it on my rice cake.  I can live with that.

I’m very sad about my loss of cheeses.   I’m going to miss them.

My son’s nomad diet looks very similar to our B diet, but cow’s milk is listed as an avoid.  He balked at that one and said “No way am I giving up my milk”.  It is like all those years he was growing up I told him to drink his milk and now don’t.