great remedy for your type!

vandelam, My eyes also improved on BTD, measurably.  I don't need  my reading glasses as much. I wore "regular" glasses for over 20 years, with progressivley stronger prescriptions, and don't need them at all now.

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The effect to me has been amazing I have lost 7lb has I've said before, but I feel great. I just have this sleep problem, too much of it.

Arthur,

How are you getting allong with BTD? How is your sleep issue?

Yeah, I'm curious, too. Was wondering if it was one of those "exhausted adrenals" issues.

Quoted from Arthuritis

butter was also a problem but reading the forum I shall try almond butter, not much because I don't really miss it now. I eat a lot of fish up to a portion a day, plenty of vegetables and little white meat, peanut butter, all the time adding to the list. I stopped milk completely and now only have soya or rice milk.

Arthuritis, almond butter is the variety of butter like peanut butter. You might try making some ghee if you miss dairy butter. Ghee is a snap to make and it's so very yummy!!!
Recipe for ghee, scroll down to the bottom (almost) of the page for the oven version. Also, I cook/bake mine on 350 and for slightly longer than an hour as I like mine a bit darker versus the yellow color of buttter
Also, if you don't mind, how many of these symptoms apply to you:

   *  Tendency to gain weight and unable to loose it, especially around the waist.
   * High frequency of getting the flu and other respiratory diseases and these
      symptoms  tend to last longer than usual.
   * Tendency to tremble when under pressure.
   * Reduced sex drive.
   * Lightheaded when rising from a laying down position.
   * Unable to remember things.
   * Lack of energy in the mornings and also in the afternoon between 3 to 5 pm.
   * Feel  better suddenly for a brief period after a meal.
   * Often feel tired  betweeen 9 - 10 pm, but resist going to bed.
   * Need coffee or stimulants to get going in the morning.
   * Crave for salty, fatty, and high protein food such as  meat and cheese.
   * Increase symptoms of PMS for women; period are heavy and then stop, or
      almost stopped on the 4th day, only to start flow again on the 5th or 6th day.
   * Pain in the upper back or neck with no apparent reasons .
   * Feels better when stress is relieved, such as on a vacation.
   * Difficulties  in getting up in the morning
   * Lightheaded
   * Mild depression
   * Food and or inhalant allergies
   * Lethargy and lack of energy
   * Increased effort to perform daily  tasks
   * Decreased ability to handle stress
   * Dry and thin skin
   * Hypoglycemia
   * Low Body Temperature
   * Nervousness
   * Palpitation
   * Unexplained hair loss
   * Alternating constipation and diarrhea
   * Dyspepsia

If you want to share, , you can just quote this post and highlight and delete what doesn't apply to the symptoms, then highlight and underline what symptoms apply to you.

vandelam...congrats on your eyes staying the same and not getting any worse since on BTD.  Mine are the same in the last four years whereas before BTD they were getting progressively worse.   I only changed glasses this year so I could get a newer updated look.

Debra

Before BTD, I used to wear trifocals, but since BTD I only wear glasses for using the computer (and that's because I like the font to be really small so I can fit more on the page!), and sometimes not even then. This was one thing I was really surprised about (better eyesight). Wuu-huu!

Before BTD I needed reading glasses, now I don't. Do still need them for far away and would like to have Lasik done but am too chicken. Rich wants it too. Maybe we could both have one eye done at a time .

In Dr. Hal Huggins' book Uniformed Consent he talks about how removing mercury fillings and detoxifying mercury from the body can improve eyesight, specifically he related nearsighted and astigmatism problems to mercury. The example he gave was about a 50 year old person whose eyesight improved after dealing with his mercury issue.

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In Dr. Hal Huggins' book Uniformed Consent he talks about how removing mercury fillings and detoxifying mercury from the body can improve eyesight, specifically he related nearsighted and astigmatism problems to mercury. The example he gave was about a 50 year old person whose eyesight improved after dealing with his mercury issue.

Ahhh, one more reason to remove the mercury. I have both nearsightedness and astigmatism. Thanks MoDon!!!

Don't do the Lasik.  Wait & see how nutrition works.  I don't remeber how long you have been on the BTD or have been 'into nutrition'.  But certain things takes time--months & maybe years.....
Mrs "T"     O+

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Here's one thing I do now to give myself energy (now that I can't have coffee or tea for the next year or so):  I make a pot of red lentil soup with plenty of sea salt and a good bit of turmeric (enough to make it dark yellow and spicey).  While it's cooking, I fry up a TON of thinly sliced onions and some whole garlic cloves along with some cumin seeds.  Use lots of olive oil, like 1/4 c.  Once everything's done, spoon the soup into a large bowl, and top with plenty of the onions, along with the oil.  I feel really good when I eat this.  If I feel like I'm coming down with a cold, I make myself a big pot and eat only that, every meal, for a couple of days till the cold is gone.  In my non-pregnant state, a cold doesn't get beyond 2 days (thanks to the BTD).  This is good with fried okra (sprinkled with a little freshly-ground corriander) on the side, as well as some home-made spelt flat-bread.

For some reason this lentil recipe really hits the spot on my especially sleepy days.

I tried your recipe and it is absolutely wonderful!  My 23 year old type A daughter said it was the best soup she ever had. Thanks!

vandelam,

Congratulations on your improvements!

Now, if you take the secretor test you'll have even more helpful information!  It's well worth buying.

Finally, I highly, highly recommend that you buy a copy of Dr. D's "Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia", and follow the anti-inflammatory protocol.  I can't tell you how much it has helped me, particularly the Deflect, ginger, and cayenne pepper.