You A's out there that are waiting to find out your secretor status, just remember that A's have the most differences in food choices between sectretors and nonnies. And what ever your secretor status turns out to be, both have pros and cons but you will feel better and perhaps it will explain a lot of things about yourself, it sure did for me.

What do you mean by "secretor status?"  I am confused

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You can start with the Secretor info and links in the Tutorial, although you should probably read the whole tutorial.

Quoted from JamieB

You A's out there that are waiting to find out your secretor status, just remember that A's have the most differences in food choices between sectretors and nonnies.

Yes, my little guys are A's and that's one of the reasons I forked over the money for all three of us.  (I only earned $300 last year, so $150 worth of tests is a REALLY big deal for me!)  I'm hoping we'll be able to figure out my husband's status from the kids.  I was able to figure out his bloodtype from the kids and from knowing both his parents bloodtypes as well.  Am I right that one of your parents must have the same secretor status as you?  So if I'm a nonnie and one of our children is a secretor, then my husband would have to be a secretor, too?

Robin

Quoted from linnsmama

Am I right that one of your parents must have the same secretor status as you?  

No

Quoted from linnsmama

So if I'm a nonnie and one of our children is a secretor, then my husband would have to be a secretor, too?

Yes

However, the reverse case (your a secretor and a child a non-secretor) would not determine the secretor status of the father. The father could be be either secretor or non-secretor.

my results came in SECRETER! wooooooooooo. im so excited. this will help me a lot to know. cant wait to open my LR4YT book back up and see what its in store for my official secretor self

thanks a lot everybody! i cant imagine that i never even knew about secretor/nonsecretor until a few months ago ! ^^ wow ^^tytytyty


peace.

Ben

congratulations!

Now, you're really in gear, Ben!!  You can proceed armed with your secretor status!!  

Quoted from Ben_Lamers

my results came in SECRETER! wooooooooooo. im so excited. this will help me a lot to know. cant wait to open my LR4YT book back up and see what its in store for my official secretor self

thanks a lot everybody! i cant imagine that i never even knew about secretor/nonsecretor until a few months ago ! ^^ wow ^^tytytyty


peace.

Ben

Congrats on joining the club Ben!  Btw, what's your Rh status?  Grain and Meat frequency values change for us O's if you are Rh-.

Quoted from KimonoKat

Congrats on joining the club Ben!  Btw, what's your Rh status?  Grain and Meat frequency values change for us O's if you are Rh-.

Sorry for my ignorance but I'm still learning too!  How do you find your Rh status?
I'm an A+  so is my Rh a + as well?

Quoted from Oonu

Sorry for my ignorance but I'm still learning too!  How do you find your Rh status?
I'm an A+  so is my Rh a + as well?

Yes, I think you got that right. Let me explain it another way.

"Rh" is short for Rhesus which is a sub variant blood type.  It is designated after your blood type as either "+" or "-"

Your Rh status (+ or -), has an impact on some of the portion/frequency recommendations for certain foods.  Other subvariants that have an impact on food choices, frequency, etc., are MM and A2.

Yes, if you are A+ that means your ABO type is A and your Rh type is + (positive).

Secretor status doesn't really seem important until you suspect that you are a nonnie. Took me 3 years after I started BTD to finally spit and test, and yes I am a nonnie. What made me think so was my many health problems, some of which improved after being on the basic A secretor diet but some others persisted and I went to the next level.

Diane

Thanks for sharing your experience.  It's nice to hear that you took this lifestyle to the 'next level' by getting tested.  

It is a reassuring feeling that one knows exactly what foods they should be eating.  There can be alot of gray areas to contend with.

Alia

Thank you!

That is so interesting!  
Now if I would finally get my results from my secretor test, I sent it out Jan 2nd...

Cheers!
Shelley

Any day now, Shelly!  Let us know!  

I emailed the company that is doing the testing and she said it will be done by the middle of next week!  Yeah!

Cheers!
Shelley