RE: why the picnic is canceled.

[Guest guest]

Sorry about that Tamara, but don't let it stop you

from learning all you can about the diet. Heidi might

have been misinformed about how much you know about

Gittleman or how much involvement you had with the

author. I'm sure you read the book and found some

interesting material. Doesn't mean you are in bed

with her!!! Anyway, don't let that rain on YOUR

parade...do whatever you want to. I would come to

your picnic if I lived anywhere close. Sounds like

fun.

Forrester

--- Tamara Tornado <tamaratornado@...> wrote:

> Hello,

>

> Some of you remember that I was organizing a ER4YT

> potluck picnic in

> Central Park, New York City.... I wanted to make

> friends with other

> people on this diet. Especially other type O's, but

> decided to open it

> to all the blood types...

>

> Someone from this list or one of the other ER4YT

> lists " reported " me to

> everyone at www.dadamo.com because I had expressed

> an interest in " Your

> Body Knows Best " by Louise Gittleman. Apparently --

> and I had NO idea

> -- there is some sort of resentment toward Gittleman

> by these people,

> and my picnic became twisted into a " Gittleman

> event "

>

> What really, really shocked and hurt me was this

> July 7 post by Heidi

> Merrit on the www.dadamo.com website. You can find

> it by going to

> Heidi's page and searching under " picnic "

>

> I am completely demoralized by this post. I wrote to

> Heidi complaining

> about it, but have recieved no reply yet. She had no

> right to

> personally attack me. She could have written

> something like " we do not

> endorse anything connected with Louise Gittleman "

> if she was compelled

> to post something on her page about it, without

> attacking me. She could

> have emailed me personally with her concerns, rather

> than jumilate me

> on the web.

>

> Perhaps the universe does not intend for me to start

> a blood type diet

> group. Perhaps I'm not even supposed to be on this

> diet. I am really

> shook up.

>

> All of you on this list have been very nice to me. I

> shouldn't let a

> couple of paranoid nasties affect me. It's awful

> though that it was

> posted on D'Adamo's offical site.

>

> - Tamara

>

>

> This was from the Heidi Merrit's July 7 page on

> www.dadamo.com...

> I'll have to explain it to you later, really burns

> me up.

>

> - Tamara

>

>

> Readers may recall that I posted a message from

> " Tamara " last month.

> She said she was organizing a BTD event in Central

> Park, NYC.

>

> It turns out she is organizing an Anne Louise

> Gittleman event -- the

> author who, let us say, borrowed freely from 's

> work without

> permission, and went downhill from there.

>

> Thanks to and who alerted the entire

> dadamo.com crew, I

> dug a bit into what " Tamara " was planning. On

> further questioning, she

> admitted her connection with Gittleman, and showed

> she knew little

> about 's books -- in fact, could not even spell

> his name. {OK -

> saying it may be a bit difficult for newbies, but

> spelling it...?

> C'mon, it's just like the patriarch's in Battlestar

> Galactica, with a

> D' in front. ;->}

>

> This past Saturday, I received another proposed post

> from " Tamara, "

> cheery as ever, inviting us all to a blood type diet

> picnic in Central

> Park.

>

> Now that you know the scoop, any locals who itch to

> do a spot of

> party-crashing can send me a note, and I'll reply

> back-channel. I'm not

> here to spoil anyone's fun. ;-D

>

>

>

>

>

> --- wrote:

>

_________________________________________________________________________

> >

> > Message: 2

> > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:07:45 -0400

> > From: " THOMAS DEKANY " <tdekany@...>

> > Subject: RE: Picnic canceled

> >

> > What do you mean?

> >

> > ABO Specifics Inc. -

> http://www.foodforyourblood.com

> > Picnic canceled

> >

> > * I am sorry to say that the BTD picnic in

> Central Park, New

> > York

> > City, has been canceled due to vicious FALSE

> rumors circulating the

> > internet.... sorry....

> >

> > - Tamara

> >

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Tamara - Can I paste this post of yours on my BB?

I will look into this, but it's kind of late right now.

Don't let nasty people get you down. The diet is still the healthiest of

all.

Did you know that I use to run many of the VITAMIN SHOPPES in Manhattan?

ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com

Picnic canceled

>

> * I am sorry to say that the BTD picnic in Central Park, New

> York

> City, has been canceled due to vicious FALSE rumors circulating the

> internet.... sorry....

>

> - Tamara

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Tamara,

Sorry to hear of your experience. I've already bought two of

Gittleman's books, couldn't find the one you mentioned. The Living

Beauty Detox Plan has seasonal detoxes that I'm going to try. I will

modify any foods to comply with BTD as she recommends. I like her

detoxes because you eat plenty of whole food. I don't think my

hypoglycemia would tolerate most of the detoxes I've seen. Heidi

seems to be into radical detoxes that I would not do. I don't think

they're strictly BTD either. I think it's ironic that Dr. D'Adamo

gives her the freedom to add her recommendations and she censors

other information. Dr. D'Adamo is clearly recognized as the expert

on BTD in the Gittleman books. She probably has introduced a lot of

people to BTD. Too bad the relationship is not good there.

In general I think Dr. D'Adamo is OK with combining other programs

with BTD as long as you stick with BTD food choices. I understand

that if I stray to some other program, my BTD results might not be as

good as they could be if I was a BTD purist.

>

______________________________________________________________________

___

> >

> > Message: 2

> > Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:07:45 -0400

> > From: " THOMAS DEKANY " <tdekany@c...>

> > Subject: RE: Picnic canceled

> >

> > What do you mean?

> >

> > ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com

> > Picnic canceled

> >

> > * I am sorry to say that the BTD picnic in Central Park,

New

> > York

> > City, has been canceled due to vicious FALSE rumors circulating

the

> > internet.... sorry....

> >

> > - Tamara

> >

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

What I find interesting about Gittleman is that she seems to be an

opportunist. What I mean is she has apparently written books about several

diet aproaches, BTD, 40/30/30, Pritikin, sugar eliminataion, salt

elimination, etc. Does she really believe in any of them. I really wonder

how much of the information in the books is her own versus just rehashing

someone elses work.

I have never read any of her books or know anything else about her.

Don

Re: why the picnic is canceled.

Tamara,

Sorry to hear of your experience. I've already bought two of

Gittleman's books, couldn't find the one you mentioned. The Living

Beauty Detox Plan has seasonal detoxes that I'm going to try. I will

modify any foods to comply with BTD as she recommends. I like her

detoxes because you eat plenty of whole food. I don't think my

hypoglycemia would tolerate most of the detoxes I've seen. Heidi

seems to be into radical detoxes that I would not do. I don't think

they're strictly BTD either. I think it's ironic that Dr. D'Adamo

gives her the freedom to add her recommendations and she censors

other information. Dr. D'Adamo is clearly recognized as the expert

on BTD in the Gittleman books. She probably has introduced a lot of

people to BTD. Too bad the relationship is not good there.

[Guest guest]

I definitely agree with that. She seems to just restate ideas that

others originated. The other book I bought was one of the 40-30-30

books because it had a chapter on BTD. She's pretty clear that it's

based on the Zone. She writes pretty clearly and communication is

important. She may just be more understandable for some people. I

know I bought the Christiano(sp?) BTD book. It's more user friendly,

but clearly he's no expert. The newer D'Adamo books, especially the

health library are more reader friendly. I wouldn't want D'Adamo to

dummy down his books though. I appreciate the detail and in most

cases would like more which is why I buy other books that touch on

BTD to help my understanding. Some of the Gittleman info may be

useful because it's closer to the O diet, higher fat and protein. It

seems less friendly to other blood types.

> What I find interesting about Gittleman is that she seems to be an

> opportunist. What I mean is she has apparently written books about

several

> diet aproaches, BTD, 40/30/30, Pritikin, sugar eliminataion, salt

> elimination, etc. Does she really believe in any of them. I

really wonder

> how much of the information in the books is her own versus just

rehashing

> someone elses work.

>

> I have never read any of her books or know anything else about her.

>

> Don

> Re: why the picnic is canceled.

>

>

> Tamara,

> Sorry to hear of your experience. I've already bought two of

> Gittleman's books, couldn't find the one you mentioned. The

Living

> Beauty Detox Plan has seasonal detoxes that I'm going to try. I

will

> modify any foods to comply with BTD as she recommends. I like her

> detoxes because you eat plenty of whole food. I don't think my

> hypoglycemia would tolerate most of the detoxes I've seen. Heidi

> seems to be into radical detoxes that I would not do. I don't

think

> they're strictly BTD either. I think it's ironic that Dr. D'Adamo

> gives her the freedom to add her recommendations and she censors

> other information. Dr. D'Adamo is clearly recognized as the

expert

> on BTD in the Gittleman books. She probably has introduced a lot

of

> people to BTD. Too bad the relationship is not good there.

>

>

>