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In a message dated 9/23/2004 7:31:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

cherylhcmba@... writes:

Actually, the encyclopedia is the closest you'll find to that info.

It will say that a food increases polyamines or inhibits metabolism,

etc. I can't remember if that included info for non-secretors, if

not, maybe he'll do a new version when the health library is finished.

LOL--I was looking at the encyclopedia when I typed my email. My point is

that many of the avoid foods are listed with no reason given but they must have

had a reason to be listed as an avoid.

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In a message dated 9/23/2004 7:59:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

bloggertypeo@... writes:

Most of the avoids for nonsecretors are tier II avoids for all Os, so that

stems from the fact that nonsecretors need to follow a more strict form of

the diet to maintain good health...

That's all well and good but I just want to know why a particular food is

listed as avoid. I think from the answers I'm getting that there probably isn't

a place at least not yet.

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In a message dated 9/23/2004 9:48:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

furryboots@... writes:

Contains a component that can modify

known disease susceptibility " .

What component? what disease? how can it modify?

One can not make an intelligent choice about a food without the details.

Others say " contains lectin or other agglutinin "

Well, the first one, I think, is technospeak for " it'll lower your immune

system " (germs in the digestive tract like mold etc). The second one, I think,

is techno speak for the lectins from the food react with type O blood or

tissue. Agglutinates the blood (makes it all stick together so the body attacks

it). How's that for an engineers explanation of biology?

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I think it's a lot more complicated than that. I wish Dr. D'Adamo

would at least go through the rationale for at least a few foods

though. I'm pretty sure he will reclassify foods from time to time,

mainly to incorporate new research, but not just limited to the three

areas you mention. I think he looks at the balance of pluses and

minuses for each food. Knowing him he probably has a computer

program set up with different weights assigned to different factors.

> My long standing question is, " Is there a website where the reasons

for

> specific foods being classified as avoids are explained? " So many

foods just have

> no reason, especially foods that are avoid for only non-secretors

(eg apples,

> honey, crab, mussels, buckwheat, brussels sprouts, etc). My

understanding is

> that there are 3 tests the food must pass to not be an avoid. 1.

It doesn't

> react with the blood, 2. It doesn't increase the bad bacteria in

the digestive

> tract, and 3. It doesn't leach minerals from the body or block

their purpose.

> I realize that I'm not stating them exactly but this is my

understanding.

> I've waited all these years for a list but haven't found any. It

makes me

> wonder that if they went back and retested some of these foods they

might change

> their designations.

>

>

>

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Actually, the encyclopedia is the closest you'll find to that info.

It will say that a food increases polyamines or inhibits metabolism,

etc. I can't remember if that included info for non-secretors, if

not, maybe he'll do a new version when the health library is finished.

> My long standing question is, " Is there a website where the reasons

for

> specific foods being classified as avoids are explained? " So many

foods just have

> no reason, especially foods that are avoid for only non-secretors

(eg apples,

> honey, crab, mussels, buckwheat, brussels sprouts, etc). My

understanding is

> that there are 3 tests the food must pass to not be an avoid. 1.

It doesn't

> react with the blood, 2. It doesn't increase the bad bacteria in

the digestive

> tract, and 3. It doesn't leach minerals from the body or block

their purpose.

> I realize that I'm not stating them exactly but this is my

understanding.

> I've waited all these years for a list but haven't found any. It

makes me

> wonder that if they went back and retested some of these foods they

might change

> their designations.

>

>

>

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Most of the avoids for nonsecretors are tier II avoids for all Os, so that

stems from the fact that nonsecretors need to follow a more strict form of

the diet to maintain good health...due to our immune and metabolic

disadvantages. Why they are tier II avoids is another question, but Live

Right may address that.

Re: Avoid Foods

I think it's a lot more complicated than that. I wish Dr. D'Adamo

would at least go through the rationale for at least a few foods

though. I'm pretty sure he will reclassify foods from time to time,

mainly to incorporate new research, but not just limited to the three

areas you mention. I think he looks at the balance of pluses and

minuses for each food. Knowing him he probably has a computer

program set up with different weights assigned to different factors.

> My long standing question is, " Is there a website where the reasons

for

> specific foods being classified as avoids are explained? " So many

foods just have

> no reason, especially foods that are avoid for only non-secretors

(eg apples,

> honey, crab, mussels, buckwheat, brussels sprouts, etc). My

understanding is

> that there are 3 tests the food must pass to not be an avoid. 1.

It doesn't

> react with the blood, 2. It doesn't increase the bad bacteria in

the digestive

> tract, and 3. It doesn't leach minerals from the body or block

their purpose.

> I realize that I'm not stating them exactly but this is my

understanding.

> I've waited all these years for a list but haven't found any. It

makes me

> wonder that if they went back and retested some of these foods they

might change

> their designations.

>

>

>

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I hope the new typebase will one day include this. Otherwise, it's up to

sleuthing through the books, and guessing.

...

That's all well and good but I just want to know why a particular food is

listed as avoid. I think from the answers I'm getting that there probably

isn't

a place at least not yet.

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> My long standing question is, " Is there a website where the reasons for

> specific foods being classified as avoids are explained? " So many foods just

have

> no reason, especially foods that are avoid for only non-secretors

Max - I second this request!!!

I just got the blood type encyclopaedia today and it helps with this but

not nearly enough.

For example it says something " Contains a component that can modify

known disease susceptibility " .

What component? what disease? how can it modify?

One can not make an intelligent choice about a food without the details.

Others say " contains lectin or other agglutinin "

Again which one so one can decide whether individual response is severe

or mild.

But as you say all too often it just says " non secretor avoid " with no

reasons at all.

Since this information has to be known in order to come up with the

advice in the first place, why is the information hidden and where is it

hidden?

I am disappointed that it is not in the encyclopaedia as that seems the

logical place for it. It would have been very simple to add a few pages

listing the various reasons something is not okay - and just code the

lists with the reason number/s for those who want to know.

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

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I think the Typebase4 will eventually have this. The bottom line for me is

on the whole there are plenty of good foods to eat, good variety and

outstanding immunity and health through this program :-) I was taught once

that if you're looking at a sheet of paper with a dot on it and you focus on

the dot that it appears larger than it really is. Being the Obsessive

Compulsive I am I try to remember this when I chase something too far down a

trail! :-)

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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:29 PM

Subject: RE: Re: Avoid Foods

I hope the new typebase will one day include this. Otherwise, it's up to

sleuthing through the books, and guessing.

....

That's all well and good but I just want to know why a particular food is

listed as avoid. I think from the answers I'm getting that there probably

isn't

a place at least not yet.

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cherylhcmba wrote: I think he looks at the balance of pluses and

> minuses for each food.

That doesn't make sense to me.

Putting the scientific finding in place makes sense.

D'Adamo can not make decisions about what is good for my system - or

anyone else's system - but he can explain what each food does or does

not do with the blood type and let the reader decide if they like it or

not, or can live with it or not.

For example, if the only reason not to eat something was a known

association with breast cancer - that would not bother me - I had the

disease and fixed it with homeopathy and could do so again - so that is

not a risk for me - it's a choice *I* want to make, is the point. I

don't want it made for me. This is just an example - but it illustrates

the point that we *need* to know the scientific reason he dislikes food

- and if he wants to rate it good bad or indifferent for the average

person, fine, put a 1, 2, or 3 next to it or something - but he needs to

let the consumer decide whether it is an avoid in *our* specific

circumstances by telling us the scientific finding associated with the food.

Hiding the scientific finding is wrong and prevents that proper

usefulness of his research.

WHY does he do that when it is not hard to provide what's needed?

People who come to the diet are interested enough, and have *individual*

health issues enough to want to know how to apply this to themselves

*within* the O range - not as a general thing for just any old O which

is not them :-)))

> Knowing him he probably has a computer

> program set up with different weights assigned to different factors.

With respect that does not help the people who want to know specifics.

It only does a smeary average which by definition loses all value for

individual application.

It has value for the " average " O person if there is such a thing.

Putting out the real reasons has value to ALL O people. Is that not better?

We're a savvy lot by the time we get to believing in blood groups

affecting diet. - We don't buy just any vitamin mix - we know what we

want for each ingredient - our food needs to be that way too.

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

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Tom wrote:

> I think the Typebase4 will eventually have this.

That would be great.

> The bottom line for me is

> on the whole there are plenty of good foods to eat, good variety and

> outstanding immunity and health through this program :-)

Maybe if you are a relatively healthy person. But if like me you

struggle to find some way to get enough good foods you can afford that

also suit multiple health issues and you *need* to compromise - that

data is essential to making the best compromise.

It is also essential to enjoyment of life. If there is an avoid I truly

like, I want to know why it is bad so that I can make an intelligent

choice to use or not use it, which requires knowing the specific

consequences.

Too many people are not healthy enough or financially liquid enough or

whatever the case may be, to just be able to choose from what's there.

Many things I'd try are not available either locally or in my budget to

fly them in from overseas - guavas for example. I'm allergic to many

okay fruits - so I need to find the least bad avoids or know whether

zero fruits are better etc. Zero is not happy. Happiness counts :-)

The details *are* necessary - for many valid reasons - for many people.

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

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Well we can't hardly pick up Dr. D and shake him and make him cough up the

details, but it's a good point to make. I don't think he withholds for any

secretive reason personally. There may be some valid reasons not to try to

communicate the specifics about each judgement. I can't say I know what the

reasons might be, but observing Dr. D for the last several years, he

certainly has a strong desire to share what he finds so I'm sure as soon as

he can find the method of communication he believes will properly frame the

explanations he will do it as fast as he can. He brought us this knowledge.

We have much more than we would had he not taken the risks he has. I am

sorry it feels frustrating to you not to be able to access that knowledge.

It's such a strong indicator of how our world is shifting to being very

knowledge management based.

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From: Irene de Villiers [mailto:furryboots@...]

Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:07 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Avoid Foods

Tom wrote:

> I think the Typebase4 will eventually have this.

That would be great.

> The bottom line for me is

> on the whole there are plenty of good foods to eat, good variety and

> outstanding immunity and health through this program :-)

Maybe if you are a relatively healthy person. But if like me you

struggle to find some way to get enough good foods you can afford that

also suit multiple health issues and you *need* to compromise - that

data is essential to making the best compromise.

It is also essential to enjoyment of life. If there is an avoid I truly

like, I want to know why it is bad so that I can make an intelligent

choice to use or not use it, which requires knowing the specific

consequences.

Too many people are not healthy enough or financially liquid enough or

whatever the case may be, to just be able to choose from what's there.

Many things I'd try are not available either locally or in my budget to

fly them in from overseas - guavas for example. I'm allergic to many

okay fruits - so I need to find the least bad avoids or know whether

zero fruits are better etc. Zero is not happy. Happiness counts :-)

The details *are* necessary - for many valid reasons - for many people.

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

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Maddviking@... wrote:

> [Contains a component that can modify

> known disease susceptibility " .]

> Well, the first one, I think, is technospeak for " it'll lower your immune

> system " (germs in the digestive tract like mold etc).

That doesn't cut it for me though - and this is a perfect example of the

problem as I see it:

The immune system is a complex system of cytokines from the thymus and

bone marrow involving T-helper lymphocytes to balance the cytokine

components from each side - it has nothing whatsoever to do with the gut!

So if the food messes with mold in the gut - I want to know that as I

also know how to overcome that with rice bran and acidophilus with PABA.

But if it skews my immune system cytokines to either TH-1 or Th-2

lymphocytes that is a very different matter, as my health involves TH-2

excess.

Also - if type O usually has low cortisol and I am high cortisol, I can

only choose what to avoid that causes cortisol secretion if I know the

specific. If D'ADamo is making the choice he is quite likely to damage

my health by listing a cortisol raiser as beneficial for Os - because on

average (that useless statistic!!!) the O's are low cortisol.

It is the same issue for every person and every health issue - the

specifics are *needed* - to use the research. Not just optional.

So I DO need to know the scientific finding and not just D'Adamo's

conclusion from it. And that will apply to most people whether they know

it or not.

With the specifics there would be no more pooh-poohing of BTD because

the science would be out there for all to see. So what is D'Adamo afraid

of in hiding it? It would be an advantage to list it surely?

I sure hope he does it - soon :-))

Until then the diet has some value - but a *lot* less value than it

could have.

NAmaste,

IRene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

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Belinda wrote:

>>The details *are* necessary - for many valid reasons - for many

>

> people.

>

>>Namaste,

>> Irene

>

>

> Have you tried emailing him and asking him?

No, only because I could not find an email on the website when I was

able to go there.

Do you have an email addy?

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

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> > Have you tried emailing him and asking him?

>

>

> No, only because I could not find an email on the website when

I was

> able to go there.

> Do you have an email addy?

>

> Namaste,

> Irene

No, I don't. But he does have an Ask the Dr link on the site.

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It's probably in part a decision of the publisher to keep it simple, that's

why I think typebase is where we'll find it. It does give link to

information on the lectins, where it says 'this food contains a known

lectin' It's not all based on lectins though, rice, for instance, has a

powerful lectin referred to as a panhemagluttinin, similar to the lectin in

wheat, but in practice he's never seen people react to it like wheat. So

rice is ok, other than it's glycemic index in relation to diabetes.

I may have my facts/spelling/vocab wrong, I'm writing off the top of my head

from recent memory. Feel free to correct me, but do be gentle :) -

RE: Re: Avoid Foods

Well we can't hardly pick up Dr. D and shake him and make him cough up the

details, but it's a good point to make. I don't think he withholds for

any

secretive reason personally. There may be some valid reasons not to try

to

communicate the specifics about each judgement. I can't say I know what

the

reasons might be, but observing Dr. D for the last several years, he

certainly has a strong desire to share what he finds so I'm sure as soon

as

he can find the method of communication he believes will properly frame

the

explanations he will do it as fast as he can. He brought us this

knowledge.

We have much more than we would had he not taken the risks he has. I am

sorry it feels frustrating to you not to be able to access that knowledge.

It's such a strong indicator of how our world is shifting to being very

knowledge management based.

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Tom wrote:

> Well we can't hardly pick up Dr. D and shake him and make him cough up the

> details,

You have a good point that Dr D'ADamo certainly does not OWE anyone the

scientific findings. But it is always easier to state the finding than

to state an interpretation.

It's like stating 2 plus 2 is 4 - and not having to explain how to

use that information.

A finding is just that - we did this and that happened - it results in a

fact.

The application of the fact is always harder - yet that's what D'Adamo

had given - the application only, without the fact behind it.

So the point is that the fact behind it is the easy part - interpreting

is hard, for the average person, and that's done already.

I'm not asking for the facts with interpretations in different cases -

we can do that on google or PubMed if we need it.

For example " x-food raises cortisol 10% in 4 hours " would be a typical

fact. I need the fact. I do not need to know the consequences to me of

this happening - that I can look up or will already know because it is

related to my specific health so it is a known area for me.

Someone else will not need that particular specific and can go by the

" beneficial for O " on average idea. For me I'll know it is a serious avoid.

The interpretation " beneficial for O " has already been made in the food

lists. The fact behind it is a *known* - not something that needs to be

interpreted - just a fact. Should be easy to offer the bald facts on

which the interpretations already made, were based.

> but it's a good point to make. I don't think he withholds for any

> secretive reason personally.

More likely a financial reason.

He did a lot of work that cost money to find out those facts.

Divulging them would open the door for other scintists to get on the

bandwagon and also make money from the findings.

Namaste,

IRene

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You will not get an answer unless you " " ask " " and he posts it on the

site.

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

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Belinda wrote:

>>The details *are* necessary - for many valid reasons - for many

>

> people.

>

>>Namaste,

>> Irene

>

>

> Have you tried emailing him and asking him?

No, only because I could not find an email on the website when I was

able to go there.

Do you have an email addy?

Namaste,

Irene

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P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

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Irene - to write a book that you vision is not going to happen for a

number of reasons.

Obviously you are not the norm at this time with your health issues. So

if you have high cortisol for examples, then you modify your O diet.

You make an appointment with him in order to get a program for you

personally and guaranteed that your answers will be provided as well.

The average person will be better off with these BTD books that actually

produce unbelievable results then from any other theory.

Believe it or not, I am with you on knowing all the " " whys " " but

regardless - no one can deny the success of the diet.

So start or continue with the basic ideas and make the adjustment that

is needed and let your body heal itself. In your case it will take some

time but it can happen.

There is nothing wrong with questioning this way of eating, but the

results come via practice.

Sincerely

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

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Maddviking@... wrote:

> [Contains a component that can modify

> known disease susceptibility " .]

> Well, the first one, I think, is technospeak for " it'll lower your

immune

> system " (germs in the digestive tract like mold etc).

That doesn't cut it for me though - and this is a perfect example of the

problem as I see it:

The immune system is a complex system of cytokines from the thymus and

bone marrow involving T-helper lymphocytes to balance the cytokine

components from each side - it has nothing whatsoever to do with the

gut!

So if the food messes with mold in the gut - I want to know that as I

also know how to overcome that with rice bran and acidophilus with PABA.

But if it skews my immune system cytokines to either TH-1 or Th-2

lymphocytes that is a very different matter, as my health involves TH-2

excess.

Also - if type O usually has low cortisol and I am high cortisol, I can

only choose what to avoid that causes cortisol secretion if I know the

specific. If D'ADamo is making the choice he is quite likely to damage

my health by listing a cortisol raiser as beneficial for Os - because on

average (that useless statistic!!!) the O's are low cortisol.

It is the same issue for every person and every health issue - the

specifics are *needed* - to use the research. Not just optional.

So I DO need to know the scientific finding and not just D'Adamo's

conclusion from it. And that will apply to most people whether they know

it or not.

With the specifics there would be no more pooh-poohing of BTD because

the science would be out there for all to see. So what is D'Adamo afraid

of in hiding it? It would be an advantage to list it surely?

I sure hope he does it - soon :-))

Until then the diet has some value - but a *lot* less value than it

could have.

NAmaste,

IRene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

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Hi, All!

This has been an interesting discussion. For me, the problem is that Dr. D

has not stuck to the lectin/antigen/antibody connection in determining

Avoid foods for each blood type. I'm not sure if he makes it clear about

which foods are Avoids because of lectins, and which are Avoids because of

some other factor. I would like to know which is which because I would

like to avoid the lectin-based Avoids. Like Irene, I would like to know

what makes the other foods Avoids and make my own choices. I may not have

the same issues as the average O.

There are a number of ways to type blood--ABO is only one of them. But the

ABO types are determined by lectins. It makes sense to me that the

antigens in some foods will be compatible with my red cell antigens (which

are zip in Os so we form antibodies to the A and B antigens in foods),

others will be incompatible, and the rest are neutral with mine. That's

where the idea that eating an Avoid food is like getting a very small

transfusion of the wrong blood type came from.

Read the first couple of pages of Chapter 6, " The Immune Battleground, " in

LR4YT for his explanation of blood type antigens and antibodies. I note

his chart of Agglutination and the Process of Aging and take from it that

the older we get, the more we should be aware of avoiding those Avoids to

keep our health and longevity level as high as possible.

Jane

Tucson, AZ USA

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In a message dated 9/23/2004 10:20:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

tomwilson64@... writes:

it's a good point to make. I don't think he withholds for any

secretive reason personally. There may be some valid reasons not to try to

communicate the specifics about each judgement.

I don't think there was any deliberate deception. As with most things, I

think it was either lab sloppiness or a rush to publish and the lists were never

changed once published unless the particular food designation was retested. I

was just hoping someone had filled in the gaps.

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In a message dated 9/24/2004 3:32:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

jwarner2@... writes:

I would like to know which is which because I would

like to avoid the lectin-based Avoids.

That is exactly why I want to know. Often we find ourselves in places where

we can't follow the diet (Christmas, family reunions, visiting,

travelling,etc) but want to stay as close as possible. I would definitely want

to avoid a

lectin-based avoid but still want to enjoy my holiday without having to paw

through my food (very attractive) because there is apple in the salad or honey

in

an almond candy unless these avoids are lectin based. So far, I just test

them by eating and waiting. Lectin-based avoids usually kick the snot out of

me. Just like the cantaloupe/muskmelon issue, there are dozens of kinds of

apples and several types of honey.

I think the answer is that it would be too expensive for DR D to go back and

revise the lists unless someone volunteered to do it. Somehow, I don't think

they'd appreciate an amateur volunteer pawing through their lab reports.

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