How can rice, rye, blueberries, bananas, mozzarella be good for someone who is an O and toxic if that same O is a Gatherer?????????

Doesn't the genotype diet render the BT diet unusable?

Aren't all the people following the BT diet just hurting their bodies?

......
you see... I justamente love my older BTD swami recommendations...but have to look into the menopausal book again....getting thaaat fat...isn't fine @ all ..... ......

We had  4 blood types groups then we broke them down into 6 genotype groups so things will change.. then if you look at a  SWAMI it is totally individual.



Quote from Dr. D

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In BTD foods exist in singular relationships.

In GTD they often exist in relationship to other foods (easier seen with software, hence 'GenoHarmonic relationships')

When BTD was in formative stages, there was no knowledge of epigenetic relationships.

Someplace, a prior BTD value will usually carry over in a GenoType which has that blood type as an entry requirement.

You can lead horses to water, but you can't make them drink.

Genotype and Blood type diets are two different programs, and they really can't be compared.  It helps me to remember that they have different goals:

Blood type diet helps us make the best of the bodies that we have inherited, and to be as healthy as possible with the health or illness tendencies that we have.

Genotype diet re-programs our genes to express positive traits that may have been dormant for generations, and to tone down (suppress) traits that may have shown up as disease in our ancestors for generations.  This diet is designed to make deeper changes.

again
http://www.dadamo.com/B2blogs/blogs/index.php/2008/04/24/themes-and-skins?blog=24
people concerned with this issue have found Dr. D's Blog on themes helpful.
     Why is it that something that was bad is..

also read the monographs up at the store for your GT and others....
see how it all comes together....

might it be that lr4yt was def. a sort of intuitive grasp of truth and inspiration and that other issues can be realted to the need of sustain of other researchers..... so called *theories* of ... ....
The swami program was all times very individual.... ;) .......ok I am not at all familiar with epigenteics.... and also my beloved teacher  Prof. Dr. G. Uhlenbruck was more than pleased with the program of Dr.D..... he, himself has created a program of only 5 types... until now I wasn't able to lurke into.... :-/ ...would like have soooo much something to compare...

I am demanding myselve something different....... all the infos given .... I can't relate to my own situation... I grew up in France and wasn't with my parents at all...how can be a program that predictive There're some disagreements in psychological patterns.... I fear...
Sorry but now I must be honest.... the GTD-book is and was nothing
but deceptional to my own oppinion....why...coz lr4yt showed  the way that Dr.D. should have taken ...and not the implementation of
another group of researchers....I feel toughy ..... ok I'll stop here ......

Perhaps am I wrong..... here... or justamente only too A- like fixing my own oppinions... or too....uninformed....if so... I apologize ... ........but i promise to do my homework soon....

one of my lady-teachers once told me... Isa take care of being or getting a sort of dogmatic...... I was sooooo upset about that
bla-bla's but today I only can say ...yep she's right ;)... ...
btw... she tought me: Isa..... in life nothing that only contrary can be found :::: omG how right she was and still is... 8) ..............similar to the situation Dr. D. was mentioning...to
find out....ough...sigh... so called..hypochonders....
....here I also do struggle with my clients.... :-/...

In my mind and in my experience, the GTD is a superior diet.  My body and my husband's body and all my children's bodies are very sensitive.  We've all done well on BTD, but GTD was even better.  It's more specific.  If you've got a lot of weight to lose or some serious health issues, GTD might be a better choice.

The way I see it is: yes, maybe Food X is bad for Os in general.....but, wait, taking into consideration these other factors (genotype), seems like SOME type Os can do Food X very well.  Maybe Food Y is great for As in general, but oh, wait, when you break the As into a couple of different categories, these As do well with Food Y, but not these other As.

      "Genotype and Blood type diets are two different programs, and they really can't be compared.  It helps me to remember that they have different goals:"

But surely the client's goal is one and the same....to eat properly for good health. I understand that the programs are different, but it seems to me that the genotype diet renders the BT diet useless at best, and harmful at worst.

If an O trusts that rice, bananas and blueberries are okay from reading the BT info and eats them repeatedly, they are just poisoning themselves, no? So millions of people are trusting the BT diets, while they can in fact be harmful.

I could see if the genotype diet was just a more specific diet, but it SO conflicts with the BT diet. These programs are totally about what to ingest and what not to ingest. If one is blissfully following the BT diet, oblivious to the Genotype diet, trusting that they are at long last doing what is best for their body, it seems to me that they have been misled.

And what on earth is SWAMI?

I have a myriad of health issues and am disgusted with "doctors". I believed that I was finally on track, but now realize it's not so much of a track as a maze!

Perhaps I should go back to eating whatever and wait another 12 years until this whole system is resolved and reliable. I've wasted about $300 on food and supplements. Uh oh! Realization... are the supplements I'm taking also no longer appropriate? Deflect, Polyvite, etc.? Being 62, I'm running out of time.

One more thing:  Where does everyone find these interesting articles? And is it no longer possible to write to Dr. D'Adamo on this site?

Quoted from farewell2fat

But surely the client's goal is one and the same....to eat properly for good health. I understand that the programs are different, but it seems to me that the genotype diet renders the BT diet useless at best, and harmful at worst.

The BTD has benefited many people and will continue to benefit people.

It is not the ideal for 100% of the people in the world. No diet is. This includes the GTD, although I think many of the problems with GTD are from people selecting the wrong GenoType.

To find out whether GTD or BTD would better meet the needs of your particular health concerns take this online quiz:

http://www.dadamo.com/which_diet_is_right.htm

Quoted from farewell2fat

And what on earth is SWAMI

It is a computer program that tailors a diet specific to an individuals need.  It combines elements of the BTD and GTD.  It is currently available from IFHI practitioners and Dr. D'Adamo's clinic. A limited version will soon be made available online for a fee.

Quoted from farewell2fat

I have a myriad of health issues and am disgusted with "doctors". I believed that I was finally on track, but now realize it's not so much of a track as a maze!

Your health history serves as input into the SWAMI program and it will Tailor a diet program that addresses these concerns.

Quoted from farewell2fat

I've wasted about $300 on food and supplements. Uh oh! Realization... are the supplements I'm taking also no longer appropriate? Deflect, Polyvite, etc.?

These should still be usable.

Lectins are a concern on either the GTD or BTD. So you can continue to use and benefit from Deflect.

Polyvite is a multivitamin.  It will continue to benefit you. When you reorder you may want to consider the GTD multivitamin, but use up the polyvite first.

http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GTMULTI%2DV

Quoted from farewell2fat

And is it no longer possible to write to Dr. D'Adamo on this site?

Dr. D'Adamo monitors the forums and answer when appropriate.

Quoted from farewell2fat

    If an O trusts that rice, bananas and blueberries are okay from reading the BT info and eats them repeatedly, they are just poisoning themselves, no? So millions of people are trusting the BT diets, while they can in fact be harmful.

It's not a question of the BTD "poisoning" you. It's more that the BTD aligns you to your genes so that they won't "trigger" and cause disease and death. The GentoType diet actually changes your genes to prevent future genetic diseases.

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SWAMI  -  Serotyping With Amplification, Modification, Interpretation (although the choice of acronym is also "a lighthearted way of poking fun at all swamis and crystal ball gazers").

The SWAMI is a individualized program that you can get that includes your GenoType and a specialized menu for you..Either from the Clinic or from a program that's soon to be released for specialists.

Thanks, everyone for your support.

I did the recommended test, and it came out Genotype Diet.

After these vitamins, I'll order the genotype ones.

Thanks again! Hope to SWAMI real soon.

What a few of us here have done with unusable supplements (if they haven't been opened--or maybe even if they have) is resell them to someone here on the forums who wants them.

The best way of explaining the 2 diets for me is the Blood Type helped stabilize certain health conditions like heavy periods, and hypothyroidism.  My health definitely improved and I experienced almost no colds or flu during the past 12 years.

I started the genotype diet seriously about 6 months ago.  My body shape has changed, and my skin has really changed for the better.  I had an achilles tendon surgery in April and when I last saw my surgeon, he said although I was at 2 months post surgery, my healing was more like 4 months.

My ability to exercise and recover is incredible.  I used to always suffer from post exercise muscle soreness and not anymore.  My stamina has increased.

My body is becoming harder and my once very chunky muscles seem to be more steamlined and my fat is slowly disappearing especially the back fat.

The genotype diet for me is a true refinement of the Blood Type diet.  Many people (like me) started the Blood Type diet because of health problems.  Most people improved, but I have a feeling that for many non secretors esp.  the addition of the Explorer and Gatherer diets really helped with metabolism issues.  

I wouldn't say your supplements are throw aways, I still take deflect religiously and my Teacher husband still likes his A packages.  I didn't start any of the genotype supplements until last month and I think they contributed to clearer skin.

perhaps all a question of different approaches ...

Hi everyone, I am so glad for this thread!

I had been wondering for some time about tomatoes and Type A:
Of the three GT's for Type A (Teacher, Warrior, Explorer) I noticed that all of them have tomato listed as a black dot, however, in L4YT (BTD), it states that tomatoes for Type A are a "red flag".

I am referring to Andrea AWsec's post where she quotes from Dr. D about food in the BTD being individual and foods in the GTD as "having a relationship to eachother". I am thrilled 'cos of all the foods I miss most, its tomato - glad that I don't have to live without it forever - in moderation of course  

On my SWAMi it is an avoid. So bye-bye forever to the tomato.

Fresh tomatoes effect me less then sauce, because the lectin is less concentrated.

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Fresh tomatoes effect me less then sauce, because the lectin is less concentrated.

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the tomato lectin is made stronger by cooking

both sentences have the same meaning!

I wonder if there are any 0 blood types who cannot ever have tomatos in the swami, esp. a gatherer who has tomatos as a diamond, as I remember from the btd that tomatos turn alkaline in 0's gut(meaning what regarding lectins in tomatos, i don't know). I've heard the lycopenes, if thats the right word, are much higher in canned tomatos as opposed to fresh ones.( Lycopenes are supposed to be a good thing.)

So the question is...any 0 gatherers on the swami who can't eat tomatos for whatever reason?

Fresh tomatoes give less of a problem ( Fresh means tomato  raw).

Sauce is cooked concentrated more lectins per square inch so to say.

Fresh tomato gives me less of a problem then cooked.

  Never said Dr. D said any such thing.

Quoted from cozzete

I wonder if there are any 0 blood types who cannot ever have tomatos in the swami, esp. a gatherer who has tomatos as a diamond

I have no expertise on this subject, but as I recall the version of SWAMI for practitioners allows one to include chitinase allergies in the input and how strongly to weight this allergen.

If compounds associated with tomatoes were weighted as strong allergens, I would think it would be possible for an O SWAMI to designate tomatoes as an avoid.

I do not have access to the software to test this.

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any 0 blood types who cannot ever have tomatoes in the swami

right here!

it can be vice-versa dearest Andrea... I've A-clients who support cooked tomatoe much better than raw....I think that all is about (as I once mentioned it...) ... when the aggregate issues are changed...all changes.... ........that's why I always try to make people understand..how important it might be to get tested...equal of what kind of test you might say..ok ....

Lola: is there a known reason why you shouldn't eat tomatoes?

as C mentioned above.....swami processes your personal physiological data, according to all the variables .
chitinase allergies is one
but there are other important aspects like Metabolotoxin (antimetabolite)
(Rutin Phenolics)
(Tyramine Phenolics)
(Glycotoxin)
(High Gallic acid concentration)
(Coumarin Phenolics)

Quoted from C_sharp

I have no expertise on this subject, but as I recall the version of SWAMI for practitioners allows one to include chitinase allergies in the input and how strongly to weight this allergen.

If compounds associated with tomatoes were weighted as strong allergens, I would think it would be possible for an O SWAMI to designate tomatoes as an avoid.

I do not have access to the software to test this.

The basic DDE filter kicks out the following vegetables as avoids for all blood types with a general chitinase filter (restrict):

Avocado
Potato, white with skin
Tomatillo
Tomato
Water chestnut, matai

The SWAMI should do something similar since the DDE is used in processing.

Tomato is a total avoid for me on SWAMI.

Ah found it!

A Dr D quote:

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It should also be remembered that tossing a tomato into your salad is not going to give you all that much lycopene. Tomatoes have a very high water content, so not surprisingly you only find high concentrations of lycopene in tomato paste. You also find large amounts of tomato lectin in tomato paste.

foods (even O BTD foods) that slow down the gatherer metabolism ..enhance production of AGEs ...high glycemic foods are avoids for gatherers and foods that interfere with optimal hormone function...your 4 foods you mentioned are black dot avoids and I'm sure they fit the criteria above loosely and once your weight is optimal you can reintroduce them sporadically back into your diet...

Quoted from Lola

both sentences have the same meaning!

I had a SM...I guess I read it wrong...   I deleted the post..

it might make sense if we'd try an approach of chlorphenoles and their
detoxing issues, dito proteomics and stress-factors...
...human HR60 and metaoblic symptoms....even their changes after treatments... and so on....  
I think I've lurked out a gem here ....,oooh...aaahh...sorry....
will shut up instantly....

I think that the BTD is still very valid. I think it's a great place to start getting healthier and finding out how to eat better.

I'm really glad I did that diet for 10 years before I started the GTD. It helped me so much and was much easier to follow. But now I'm really enjoying the benefits I'm getting from this new diet. Maybe in 5 years I'll be ready for the Dr.'s next book.    

I just want to make a comment on BTD.  I find it so hard to believe that people w/ autoimmune diseases refuse to look @ the diet connection.  I have been trying to let people know about my story on one of the forums & am completely ignored except for 2 people that have actually tried different diets for their conditions.  I have given them the website but haven't had any questions after.  I just don't get it.  After I did my research on autoimmune disease, I started looking for a guide to help finding my food intolerances & BTD was the only one that made sense to me.  I have given up going to that site.  

good for you!
it shows you are curious, like the majority of members  in this community!

Quoted from nowishow

Maybe in 5 years I'll be ready for the Dr.'s next book.    

I really think if he has another book, it won't be "eat this if you're this" but more of an autobiography, a book of testimonials, a book of scientific research, etc.  But that's just IMO!  SWAMI pretty much takes care of all the variations that are available!

Quoted from farewell2fat

How can rice, rye, blueberries, bananas, mozzarella be good for someone who is an O and toxic if that same O is a Gatherer?????????

Doesn't the genotype diet render the BT diet unusable?

Aren't all the people following the BT diet just hurting their bodies?

The BTD is a single food 'value' system. The GTD is a multi-food 'relationship' system. They both work in their own way.

Quoted from kauaian

I just want to make a comment on BTD.  I find it so hard to believe that people w/ autoimmune diseases refuse to look @ the diet connection.  I have been trying to let people know about my story on one of the forums & am completely ignored except for 2 people that have actually tried different diets for their conditions.  I have given them the website but haven't had any questions after.  I just don't get it.  After I did my research on autoimmune disease, I started looking for a guide to help finding my food intolerances & BTD was the only one that made sense to me.  I have given up going to that site.  

Some people define themselves by their disease . Lose your disease lose your identity.

Quoted from Andrea AWsec

Some people define themselves by their disease . Lose your disease lose your identity.

Exactly!!!!

Debra

Quoted from nowishow

. Maybe in 5 years I'll be ready for the Dr.'s next book.  

He said at the conference he's done writing books. Hope he changes his mind...

(That's ok Dr. D..just give me the info and I'll write it for you...   )

Quoted from Dr. D

The BTD is a single food 'value' system. The GTD is a multi-food 'relationship' system. They both work in their own way.

I think that's why on the GTD I can eat dairy and wheat with no reaction, whereas on BTD I couldn't.  Something about that combination of foods healed my body.

sorry...   that shows me absolutamente how our beliefs will
work....by identifications...!!!!!
In naturopathic medicin we know todays that several issues with foodintolerances might or will happen...when leaving alone for some weeks ...or even months.... hey I do remember I am not at all a so called epigentic specialist.... but here I think that it was merely the time of *no-consomation of those foods* wich  might have been da culprit...or da solution to get healed from.... ...

btw... unfortunately Debra is right here dito Andrea Aw...we call those issues psychosomatics ....yes...yesss...yesssssss..Peppy is still going to kill me for that statement...woohooo .. once upon the times...            I do have a lot of time....

Quoted from Victoria

Genotype and Blood type diets are two different programs, and they really can't be compared.  It helps me to remember that they have different goals:

Blood type diet helps us make the best of the bodies that we have inherited, and to be as healthy as possible with the health or illness tendencies that we have.

Genotype diet re-programs our genes to express positive traits that may have been dormant for generations, and to tone down (suppress) traits that may have shown up as disease in our ancestors for generations.  This diet is designed to make deeper changes.

Duuuuuuuude:  your post is great.

Quoted from Mayflowers

He said at the conference he's done writing books.

  WHAT?

Is Yoko Ono somehow involved in this?  

Oh, man.

...Well, maybe he said that in a fit of pique.  ...Then again, the GTD was a magnum opus.  What does one do after one's magnum opus?  ...I don't see why one couldn't do "Magnum Opus II:  The Untold Story"!

I live in hope.

Quoted from Amazone I.

sorry...   that shows me absolutamente how our beliefs will
work....by identifications...!!!!!
In naturopathic medicin we know todays that several issues with foodintolerances might or will happen...when leaving alone for some weeks ...or even months.... hey I do remember I am not at all a so called epigentic specialist.... but here I think that it was merely the time of *no-consomation of those foods* wich  might have been da culprit...or da solution to get healed from.... ...

btw... unfortunately Debra is right here dito Andrea Aw...we call those issues psychosomatics ....yes...yesss...yesssssss..Peppy is still going to kill me for that statement...woohooo .. once upon the times...            I do have a lot of time....

  Holy smokes I hope for their sake it's not the case

No, Isa, I can assure you it's physical.  I'd occasionally try (or accidentally ingest) wheat or dairy and it would tear me up.  I didn't WANT it to.  It was completely unexpected that I could eat it again without reaction.  It didn't have anything to do with mentally overcoming anything.  If that were the case, I'd be able to mentally overcome my nightshade allergy.

Genoharmonic foods are amazing!



I think the nature of books is changing. People will have kindles and download information from the internet, so who needs a paper book?
Oh, I know some will squirm about it.

Peter has a business to build now too! He has stores and products that will reach the masses. He has always been one to see the future and  adjust to it,  I think it is in his genes .

Although the nonnies could use a book just for them, don't ya think?

Quoted from Andrea AWsec

Although the nonnies could use a book just for them, don't ya think?

I TOTALLY agree with this idea.

But then again, I am a royal.  

Debra

I kind of felt like Live Right was just for us.

Ribbit..it became my private bible ....

What about bizarre Gatherer laws like: no orange juice, but you can have oranges & no string cheese but you can have mozzarella.  Entirely confusing.

Started my diet five days ago and feel no differences so far.  How long has it taken others before feeling better?

Quoted from 6131

What about bizarre Gatherer laws like: no orange juice, but you can have oranges & no string cheese but you can have mozzarella.  Entirely confusing.
Started my diet five days ago and feel no differences so far.  How long has it taken others before feeling better?

entangledhere, welcome to BTD and the forums!!
Yeah, it's all bizarre, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
Hang in there. Everyone is different. Within a week, my daily sinus and migraine headaches were gone. As time went on, everything else disappeared too.
Do you have any particular health issues with which you are dealing?

Not sure about the orange thing but string cheese has been discussed before.  The mozzarella that we can have is the REAL mozz., the unprocessed type, the little while balls.  String cheese is overly processed.
Jane

My guess about the oj is this:  oranges are just oranges.  Orange juice is pasteurized and who knows what else.  It may be that process that renders it an avoid.

My recollection from ER is that for O's it's an acid, alkaline thing.  Grapefruit juice, e.g. despite seeming more sour actually is more alkaline in O systems than OJ.  Funny thing is that I love "good" from the carton grapefruit juice.  Many many years ago when I was pregnant, OJ, even the thought of it made me nauseous.  Maybe the juicing exacerbates the acidity?????
Jane

OJ has always made me terribly congested.  Oranges don't.  I just avoid them because they're on my avoid list.

Quoted from Dr. D

The BTD is a single food 'value' system. The GTD is a multi-food 'relationship' system. They both work in their own way.

What I am wondering about is that a diamond food for a Teacher like buttermilk and goudacheeses, should be great for my system? I reintroduced this dairy when GTD came out. I had not been eating dairy for a period of 9 years...   After 2,5 month my kidneys starting complaining, pain in my back, flocking urine.
In short I felt miserable on buttermilk, gouda cheese and the other dairy. Are my genes not interacting with eachother? My genes do not feel the need to 'relate'?
I skipped the dairy again and kidney pain disappeared and urine cleared up after a few days.
I returned to soymilk, and goatcheese.. My system can cope with that much better than with cowdairy..

I do listen to my body but I still do not grasp that these 'diamond' foods gave me such misery...

If anyone feels the need the give me some clarification, I am grateful!

Cocky

Quoted from 547

... I still do not grasp that these 'diamond' foods gave me such misery...

Me too.  I specifically bought cranberry concentrate to use in the Flu concoction I was given. After trying to drink it a couple of times, I gave it up. It immediately gives me indigestion.      I need to have Swami done. Just don't know where or how yet.

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What about bizarre Gatherer laws like: no orange juice, but you can have oranges & no string cheese but you can have mozzarella.  Entirely confusing.

Yes, that is weird and seems wrong.  String cheese IS mozzarella, isn't it?

What if you take whole oranges and make your own smoothie (not orange juice--use the whole fruit), is that okay?

I think he should address these apparant dicotomies.

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What about bizarre Gatherer laws like: no orange juice, but you can have oranges & no string cheese but you can have mozzarella.  Entirely confusing.

Occasional orange= low to low-moderate amount of polyamines.
10 oz orange juice very morning= high amount of polyamines.

Most sting cheese have avoid additions besides mozzarella.

I thought it was also a question of fixing calcium..or not ...

Dr. Jean Valnet, the super swiss guy of aetheric oil use described it :
orange juice fixes ca- in the blood
P.D...justamente the contrary....


a question of dualitiy I guess   

Orange juice gives me acne and migraine headaches.. Not worth any calcium from it.  

Quoted from Dr. D

Occasional orange= low to low-moderate amount of polyamines.
10 oz orange juice very morning= high amount of polyamines.

Most sting cheese have avoid additions besides mozzarella.

But so does all soy/almond cheese (that I've ever seen)!!!!!

So...does that mean if we can find string cheese that's ONLY mozzarella, with nothing else, I can feed it to my kids?

Quoted from 547

What I am wondering about is that a diamond food for a Teacher like buttermilk and goudacheeses, should be great for my system? ...
In short I felt miserable on buttermilk, gouda cheese and the other dairy. ...
I skipped the dairy again and kidney pain disappeared and urine cleared up after a few days. ...

If anyone feels the need the give me some clarification, I am grateful!

I do not know that this will happen in your case.

But I know a number of people that experienced problems with certain foods on the GenoType diet, found that when they did SWAMI these problematic "diamond" and "super" foods disappeared from their superfood list and were much lower rated.

Quoted from 547

What I am wondering about is that a diamond food for a Teacher like buttermilk and gouda cheeses, should be great for my system? I reintroduced this dairy when GTD came out. I had not been eating dairy for a period of 9 years...   After 2,5 month my kidneys starting complaining, pain in my back, flocking urine.
In short I felt miserable on buttermilk, gouda cheese and the other dairy. Are my genes not interacting with each other? My genes do not feel the need to 'relate'?
I skipped the dairy again and kidney pain disappeared and urine cleared up after a few days.
I returned to soymilk, and goatcheese.. My system can cope with that much better than with cowdairy..

I do listen to my body but I still do not grasp that these 'diamond' foods gave me such misery...

If anyone feels the need the give me some clarification, I am grateful!

Cocky

As Dr. D says (paraphrased) in the start of the Genotype book, there are as many Genotypes as people...
You are correct to focus on what is working and remove what is not working...  Listening to your body is best.  

I was starting to modify my BTD before the GTD came about, so my diet was morphing very closely to what the GTD diet prescribes for me, but I can understand that not everyone will be the same.

perhaps does she deals with warrior-teacher shapements ...
...sorry couldn't resist....

where do i find the meal plans refered to in the GEnotype diet book?  They say we can find them on this website.  But where?  Also, how do I start a thread in this forum? Thanks for your help.

What are you health problems that brought you to this diet/way of life?
How were you eating before?  What changes have you made?

I think all the books list string cheese and mozzarella cheese separately, putting "string cheese" in the "avoid" group for everybody, just like "processed american cheese food." (the perfect thing to feed your pet cheese!   )

I have to wonder if there are different kinds of string cheeses available, and some of them contain random additives that all of us should avoid.

Personally, I'd read the ingredients of the string cheese, and if it's just mozzarella cheese, treat it as mozzarella cheese. If it's a mixture of mozzarella and chedder, treat is as a mixture of those two cheeses (and only use it if both foods are acceptable for you.)  But be wary of random weird ingredients that might make it unhealthy.

Just today, I noticed that the pre-shredded cheese contains a chemical anti-fungal, plus corn starch and potato starch. I'm not sure how I didn't notice that when I first started  buying it about 2 months ago. But I didn't buy any more of the pre-shredded cheese- we'll go back to buying blocks of cheese and shredding it ourselves (after we use up the packaged stuff we already have in the house.) I'm wondering if the "avoid" status for string cheese is something similar.

Quoted from Cristina

where do i find the meal plans refered to in the GEnotype diet book?  They say we can find them on this website.

There once was a subscription web site at

http://www.genotypediet.com/

That site included a meal planner. But it cost $5 a week (or $65 per quarter since you paid quarterly). The site no longer charges, but some features have been dropped including the meal planner. Many of us who tried the menu planner found it had some problems. I ended up not using it because of the problems.

That meal planner is no longer available.

There is a new menu planner that is part of the SWAMI Xpress package. SWAMI Xpress is $69.95 and includes many things other than the meal planner.  And you only pay once and not over and over again. More info at:

http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ED070

I briefly tested the new meal planer. I did not discover any problems.  But I am not using it since it does not fit with my current lifestyle.  I eat what my garden produces that day and ignore any preset plan.

http://www.genotypediet.com/GTD_recipes.htm
build your own plan with the help of all the recipes available!

I am so confused. EVERY test I take, I am a Warrior.  However, the foods that it tells me to eat could kill me (eventually). I have Celiac Disease (gluten allergy - need to avoid wheat, rye, barely, malt and any form thereof), AND I am allergic to fish and seafood.  It also says that I should be tall and lean and an egg head. I'm 5'0 tall, and thick.  I've always been on the thicker side, and I have the meocephalic (average) head.  I don't get it.  I'm not sure if this will work for me.

Quoted from Dr. D

Occasional orange= low to low-moderate amount of polyamines.
10 oz orange juice every morning= high amount of polyamines.

Kind of like tomatoes and lycopene vs. lectins

I wonder if this means we don't have to freak out about "orange peel" as an ingredient in our favorite herbal tea anymore

Hello.  I am a type B+.  I recently found out I am a non-secretor.  So now I am doing the geno type diet.  I am equal in Gatherer and Nomad.  Now what do I do?

Here is the first thing you can do (since it is easy):

Add a blood type shield to your profile.

how to:
http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-ref/m-1219018887/

After you add the shield you should probably figure out whether you are a Gatherer or Nomad.

You need to determine which you are before you can really follow the GenoType diet.

There is a lot of material on this site to assist you in choosing your GenoType. If you look at the old threads you will probably find others who have worked through whatever questions you might have on determining a GenoType.

Also there are handy videos at:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GenoType+Diet&search_type=&aq=f

Quoted from 6450

I am so confused. EVERY test I take, I am a Warrior.  However, the foods that it tells me to eat could kill me (eventually). I have Celiac Disease (gluten allergy - need to avoid wheat, rye, barely, malt and any form thereof),

If we know we have an allergy or a food intolerance like celiac, we should avoid those things. I avoid gluten-containing grains/foods. I have been avoiding oats for a long time, but I think I will try out Bob's Red Mill's gluten-free oats. If I react, then I'll give them to my husband to eat.

Quoted from 6131

What about bizarre Gatherer laws like: no orange juice, but you can have oranges & no string cheese but you can have mozzarella.  Entirely confusing.

Started my diet five days ago and feel no differences so far.  How long has it taken others before feeling better?

Orange juice takes away the fiber so it might have different values. String cheese is different from mozzarella because it is highly packaged and different cultures and molds are used to produce string cheese.

great!
get a swami and input all your measurements and let the program compute your GT!
welcome!

I was just looking at the recipes from the link that was posted on the genotype site. So what is the black dot ingredient for? Does that mean the food is good for you or you should avoid. I'm thinking it's avoid but want to be sure.

consider it an occasional neutral, once your genes have reset.....and you have lost the excess weight.

For me, the Genotype is a fair bit more accurate than the Blood Type, with regard to compatibility with foods. There was the odd item, though not many at all, in the Blood Type where I wasn't sure if they quite fitted with the rest of it. Rye bread is a perfect example. I used to be quite a bit of pain at work until by chance I just cut it out by simple deduction. When I read the Genotype book rye was a no - no. I smiled.  

"Genotype and Blood type diets are two different programs, and they really can't be compared.  It helps me to remember that they have different goals:

Blood type diet helps us make the best of the bodies that we have inherited, and to be as healthy as possible with the health or illness tendencies that we have.

Genotype diet re-programs our genes to express positive traits that may have been dormant for generations, and to tone down (suppress) traits that may have shown up as disease in our ancestors for generations.  This diet is designed to make deeper changes."

I read this quote from page two of this thread and found it interesting.  I've struggled with GTD for two years now.  Not in eating according to the diet but rather understanding it.  
On BTD I felt IMMEDIATE changes.  Within three days the constant runny nose that I'd had for over 15 years was gone!  However, switching to GTD I've felt nothing.  NOTHING!  Are you supposed to feel anything?  Are the changes so deep you won't notice it until your 90 years old and healthy as a horse?  
Switching from BTD to GTD took things away that I didn't think needed to be taken away.  Very little changed, actually, from eating as an O non-secretor to eating as a Hunter.  So perhaps I'm not expected to feel anything.
I stopped eating Iceberg lettuce and switched to Romaine, took out spinach, the seasonal cherries and that's about it.  I reckon that not much will change from just three items.  

That is the uniqueness within us all.  Your diet was almost OK for your type, the minor changes are making a deeper difference for you to enjoy even without noticing it!!! Enjoy it!!  

if you feel you need yet more changes, health wise, you might now want to try a swami

if you are pleased with the changes BT now GT have already given you, it means you fit the basic BTD program, the way Dr D designed it from the start......I see nothing wrong with that, on the contrary! sounds great!

Quoted from Lola

if you feel you need yet more changes, health wise, you might now want to try a swami

if you are pleased with the changes BT now GT have already given you, it means you fit the basic BTD program, the way Dr D designed it from the start......I see nothing wrong with that, on the contrary! sounds great!

I feel really good for the most part.  Doing the non-secreter diet for O's made the final difference for me.  
Avocados are something of a question.  I use to love them on BTD because they were highly beneficial on the non-secreter diet.  But on GTD they became a complete avoid, not even a black dot.  I was greatly disappointed because I dearly love avocados.  
But I discontinued eating them anyhow.  Now when I eat them I wonder if it's a neutral for me.  Because they don't make me feel bad yet I don't feel good either.  
My husband and I are hoping to be able to do a SWAMI before the year is out.

I did far worse on the GTD than on the BTD. When I had my SWAMI done, it ended up with mostly O foods, with a few Gatherer adjustments. Chicken and turkey are both neutral for Os, turkey's beneficial and chicken's an avoid for Gatherers; I kept the O neutral value for chicken but gained the GTD Beneficial value for turkey. I had a lot of subtle adjustments like that.

WHERE DID I EVER GET the idea that chicken was a no for 'o's???

Chicken is a No for Os. I can only have turkey, which is a superfood.

swami gave me back things that BTD had taken away. Interesting note, I had not paid attention to all the details of swami when I had a few red pepper flakes in a curry dish. I thought, oh well I know it's an avoid but it's too late now, however, I did not have a bad reaction to them (as I had in the past). Come to find out, swami gives me red pepper flakes as a black dot.

Still, I will only have it as a last unavoidable alternative ... like when eating out and there is nothing else available ...

Quoted from Goldie

WHERE DID I EVER GET the idea that chicken was a no for 'o's???

Umm it's neutral for 0's but on GTD only "ok" for Hunters...

Quoted from Andrea AWsec

Some people define themselves by their disease . Lose your disease lose your identity.

Love that... Very profoundly put!

In geno book chicken is a black dot for Gatherers. and ben. for hunters, neutral for explorer

neutral for Os in ERbook

Quoted Text

Lose your disease lose your identity.

nothing left to complain about.....

Lose your disease, lose your identity.

Great quote.  

How about also, loose your disease by remembering your identity?

perhaps does this fit as well... try to remember "who you really are"..*.not this nor that...neither him nor her's....*   ,,,,, the self is free of any identifications...so far so well

Quoted from Amazone I.

try to remember "who you really are"..

try implies failure. no try only do.  

who you really are is label less. agreed.

AkA, I love your wisdom!!