The idea is from Laura T in this http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1248059075/s-new/

Don't you think that the only people who could adequately answer these questions
would be those of us who have already done a SWAMI?  Anyone following the
book wouldn't know how it feels to be eating foods that are so custom tailored to suit their specific needs.

I liked the Teacher diet from the book...I much prefer knowing my SWAMI Teacher
is mine and mine alone

I am scared to try the Swami because I may have my measurements wrong to begin with. I am eating the GTD Nomad diet but being off a half inch in any of my measurements can put me in a totally different genotype so If I don't have the geno type measurements correct. I'm afraid I will be wrong for the swami too.

Because more measurements are considered, a mistake in any individual measurement will have less affect.

Quoted from C_sharp

Because more measurements are considered, a mistake in any individual measurement will have less affect.

Also, for what I heard earlier in the forum, the flexibity in Swami (still waiting for it) is such that allows us to change these measurements and experiment for a while with the different diets offered.  

Swami Xpress seems such a fantastic tool to be at our disposal.  It give us the opportunity to look at our bodies in a different way, to respect it more in a different way, to listen and stay tune to the cues given by our bodies.  

It allows us to register subtle changes if we so wish.  We can identify that this food or that food I recently ate, produced this adverse reaction.  My Jaw measurements were iffy, I wonder if I remeasure it more carefully and if I change it, Swami will make that food an Avoid?  Voila!!  or
Yesterday, that trip to the crowded city shoping complex left me ehausted!!  Maybe I should review my MB assesment and feed that into Swami Xpress and see how it will taylor my diet to make me cope better in those situations, so I am not so drained by it...

Just examples to illustrate the uniques relationship between Swami/Xpress and ourselves ...

Correct me if my expectations are too high.

Obviously SWAMI would be better as it is GT + more info.
If you cannot do your measurements & happy with your diet, wait a while before measuring again while you see how your diet is working.
[Most of us seemed to have gone thru that measurement anxiety. I thought I was a hunter at first, but was a borderline gatherer. SWAMI has me as explorer, but I have a hunch I'm very close to the other GTs.  My diet seems to have all 3 more equally used.
Anyway, I'm glad I got to do SWAMI. I wish I could add more info like that fancy gene test.
My son did that for $200 + or - while at seminary.]

I agree with Chloe....I like that my Swami is only for me. As I learn more about myself, I add it in.
It's kind of neat to see what foods move to beneficial, neutral or avoid.  

Quoted from Mrs T O+

Anyway, I'm glad I got to do SWAMI. I wish I could add more info like that fancy gene test.
My son did that for $200 + or - while at seminary.]

If your son had the Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups determined, his result would be identical to yours. Mitochondria in a child come from the mother. No point to pay for another mitochondrial test.

Other genetic tests done on your child, may apply to you as well.

brilliant C!

I prefer swami because it is for me alone. It is a bit more restrictive in some ways, but it gave me back broccoli....and let's face it broccoli's worth a lot. Also it gave me back parmesan cheese.  

I love my SWAMI!!! It's so me! Where before on the GTD I could really only tolerate a part of my food list...my SWAMI list makes my body Happy!  



Kristi
A+
SWAMI Explorer
previously
GT Teacher

no doubt swami - I wouldn´ be following GTD iF I haven´t been swamied
I got so many Henriette nessercary food back
like dark choc,
whole fat milk
more cheese
beef, veal
and took some of the worst GTD food away again.( mainly pulses, grains and oils)

I haven't done the SWAMI, but probably will at some point in the future. Right now, I'm enjoying the Teacher diet, but with all the good things said about SWAMI, it sounds better. I will admit that I'm a tad afraid of the things I'll lose, though.

Quoted from Katsy

I haven't done the SWAMI, but probably will at some point in the future. Right now, I'm enjoying the Teacher diet, but with all the good things said about SWAMI, it sounds better. I will admit that I'm a tad afraid of the things I'll lose, though.

You might lose some foods on a SWAMI, but I gotta tell you, there are some
surprises that come along with a new food list that are exciting..Given SWAMI
takes your data and factors in the BTD plus other genotypes as well,
you might be really surprised of how much you start to love a better "fit".

For me, chicken livers went from being a black dot in the book to becoming
a superfood.  This is what I always craved.  The type A diet didn't allow me
any meat....I've always wanted to be able to eat liver. SWAMI made me very
happy by gifting me chicken livers.

Quoted from Lola

brilliant C!

Could'nt have said it better.

You don't really "loose" or "gain" through Swami - you just loose your illusion of what the food does for you. I have seen no placebo effect here.

Don't misunderstand. No blame to Dr. D'Adamo. A Genotype must neccessarily be a compromise of what is conservatively best for about 10 to 20 percent of the total population. Brilliant work Dr. D!

I like liver, too, but beef liver, & it got off the avoid list to either a dot or neutral. Yay!
Aren't we weird. So many folks hate liver.  
You mean that the halpogroup has no input from my husband's side for my son?
There was a map with arrows from 2 different areas, but in a close geographical area.
My husband had ancestors that lived in a certain area for 2,000 years until the 1920s(which I only recently found out) & one of the arrows came from that area. The other one seemed to come from where I thought my ancestors came from... interesting.
But I need to see it again to make sure.....

My son said he did the male version of the haplogroup test, so it doesn't apply to me.
So I guess those 2 arrows are for Mr T's ancestors. He said it cost $107.50, which by today's standards isn't expensive.(It is if you don't have any money, I know. I couldn't afford the nickel & dime things most of my childhood so sympathize if you can't afford it.)  You walk into the drs. office for that much.  This test may prevent those drs. visits!

What happens to a bunch of hapless BTDers?
They join a haplogroup support group! [Groan!]

Now I can vote - sort of. I'm actually comparing SWAMI with BTD because GTD didn't work for me at all.

Just got SWAMI last night, and have spent the day re-measuring, converting, counting, filling it in. And finally crying because it's given me back 10, yes 10 cheeses! On the other hand it's taken away my staple carbs and replaced them with mostly stuff I've never heard of, so I have nothing to eat my cheeses with. But I can live with that.

On balance, I think SWAMI gives me more variety.

I hope I still like cheese. It was the hardest thing to give up, but after 3 years I now realise that I've forgotten what it tastes like.

Squirrel, now you can just melt your cheeses over veggies.  I'm not a huge fan of cheese, unless it's melted over something, so I didn't really miss it all that much, but, I'm glad to have parmesean back, because I do like it sprinkled over my roasted veggies.  I don't have any recognizable grains, either as superfoods or neutrals.  Rice is only a black dot though, and I know what it is