I've been having problems with my esophagus. I cough a lot, and sometimes its hard to swallow. My doctor said I may be allergic to some foods, but couldn't tell me which ones. My chiropractor suggested I look into a blood type diet, and being new to all this will this diet really work for me? I tried switching to a vegetarian diet for two years, but my condition still hasn't improved. I know I need to avoid bread, and that might be my biggest problem. Is there any type of bread that's safe to eat?

Thanks

Brian  

Brian,

According to Cook Right 4 Your Type, we can't have most normal grains.

Essene or Ezekiel bread is supposed to be beneficial for us, but I've heard rumors recently that Ezekiel bread has started to add gluten, so that may be an avoid now.

Neutral grains include rice flour, millet, rye, spelt, quinoa, buckwheat, barley. Breads and pastas made from these grains may be hard to find.

I just experimented with spelt last night and it formed gluten like normal wheat flour. It might be easy to bake bread with that.

It almost sounds like you have acid reflux (persistent cough is part of it because of the stomach acids coming up into the esophagus and irritating it). Some triggers for it, besides eating things you're allergic to are coffee, chocolate, acidic foods like orange juice and tomatoes.

I'm an O and found out on my own that my body hates wheat and dairy. I've also noticed that coffee and chocolate give me a little bit of acid reflux.

There are plenty of gluten free breads and pastas out there, but some are not so great products and some stand up to the challenge. I notice that too much carbs from these things makes me bloated and puffy so I think I'll have to give them up mostly.

Hope that helps or gives you some ideas.

It looks like I'm eating all the wrong things. I'm going to try this new diet and see how it goes. My only problem will be avoiding gluten altogether. My family eats it everyday, it will be hard for me to find food without it.

Welcome nailed!

Vegetarian diets really DON'T work for Os, especially if you find yourself eating a lot of wheat, corn, and potatoes.

My advice to you is to keep things simple. Try to serve different foods in separate dishes for dinner. Taco night can mean you eat a taco salad while the rest of the family eats the corn shells and/or wheat burrito wraps. Spaghetti night can be with brown rice pasta, or you can serve the meatballs in sauce in one pot, pasta in another, and veggies in another one or two dishes. You can take everything but the pasta and have a filling meal, even if your family is still eating all the unhealthy stuff.

I don't suggest that you try to change everybody else's diet while you're still getting used to this way of eating and while you still have a lot of healing to do. I switched my kids' diets over after I'd been on BTD for about 2-3 months- I felt better and had more energy to deal with them, I was no longer struggling to figure out my own meals, and they'd had time to learn about it while watching me make changes. Even then, I made changes gradually and included them in the process.

I ordered the book on Amazon and I'll start reeding through it. Are there any good guides on what to eat for ordinary folks. I mean, for those who don't have a lot of time to make special recipes. I want to try and keep things simple.

Thanks

follow the basics

http://www.dadamo.com/typebase4/typeindexer.htm

find out your secretor status to help finetune

non secretor issue
http://www.dadamo.com/knowbase/newbie/a.htm

try this test for starts.....
http://www.4yourtype.com/WLP_BTD.asp

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Is there any type of bread that's safe to eat?

Thanks

Brian  

It's called beef, in your case.

Thanks, but I don't know my secretor status. Is there an easy way to tell?

Just follow the secretor values for now. You can re-assess in a few months if you feel like the diet isn't doing all it can for you, or if you find yourself reacting badly to the foods that are avoids for O nonnies.

The best way to implement this diet is to keep things simple rather than trying to find substitutions for everything. Animal protein on a bed of lettuce with olive oil and lemon juice (and spices, if you want) makes a great lunch. Or soup that's full of cooked veggies, beans, and meat if you want hot cooked foods in the cold weather. Dinner I typically make 4 dishes: an animal protein, a green veggie, an orange veggie (squash or sweet potatoes), and a starch (rice or quinoa.) I'll add a bean dish to the meal if we have any vegetarians joining us.

If I'm cooking dinner just for myself (rare these days) I might just cook up ground beef or turkey in a pot with a slew of veggies and serve with quinoa on the side. Or skip the grain altogether and get my carbs from beets or sweet potatoes that meal.

Very rarely I'll have rice bread, but the homemade versions are rather crumbly and the purchased ones aren't fully compliant. I just don't eat sandwiches. (Except when I couldn't bake anything after Hurricane Sandy when I was without power for 9 days and I bought a loaf of mostly-compliant rice bread. That was yummy.) I do eat rice cakes sometimes- they make a nice snack with almond butter, or accompany a meal by putting tuna, egg, or sardine salad on top. If you find yourself preparing meals with bread for your family, you can substitute rice cakes for yourself.