Re: Eat Right for Your Type by J. D'Adamo, Whitney

[Guest guest]

>One of our customers asked us how anyone following the WAP diet felt about

>the book Eat Right for Your Type, by J. D'Adamo.

>

>If any of you have read this book, can you give us your opinions?

Janet,

There's a review of the book on the WAPF website, under Book Reviews.

(negative review, I should add). I agree with the reviewer.

People I talk to who've been on a SAD diet and seem to do well on their

blood type diet, are reducing junk food and eating basically wholesome,

unprocessed foods. No wonder it's an improvement!

-

[Guest guest]

Janet,

Haven't read it but know for my blood type A he suggests a near vegetarian

diet which would kill me as quick as SAD nearly did. The only thing of

importance D'Adamo uses is lectins, foods to avoid because they agglinate

blood in certain blood types. Metabolic Typing Diet book has the list. On

NPR recently there was an interview with the author of The Blank Slate,

Modern Denial of Human Nature. He said in the interview that blood types

are mixed in races and ethnic groups. That got me interested to see what he

says in his book. D'Adamo's father was a naturopath. It seems the

naturopathic background leans toward heavy carb diets wheather they're

testing for blood type diets or metabolic diets. For example in Eat Right

for Your Type, type O is the only type that should eat animal protein

daily. Type O is predominant in Mexico where fish and chicken are eaten

daily if its available.

Wanita

>One of our customers asked us how anyone following the WAP diet felt about

the book Eat Right for Your Type, by J. D'Adamo.

>

>If any of you have read this book, can you give us your opinions?

[Guest guest]

Wanita, i am also blood type A and a Protein Type in Metabolic Typing. I

shiver to think of myself trying to follow the Type A diet after

experiencing how good a high protein/fat diet feels.

Elaine

> Haven't read it but know for my blood type A he suggests a near vegetarian

> diet which would kill me as quick as SAD nearly did.

[Guest guest]

I have been doing NT for about 3 years now but still having tummy

problems. Discovered that I am gluten intolerent through this web

site a few months ago (thanks Heidi) at which point I stopped gluten.

Still having problems. I keep going to either the yard eggs or the

raw dairy that is causing it. But back to the topic at hand which is

the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet.... There is a " die hard " blood type

diet person that works at my health food store and he keeps wanting

me to try it! Well I got the little book for my type which is A and

agree that I could never eat that way! I came from a vegetarian

lifestyle and it almost did me in! All of you out there that read the

book (I didn't)...What good points did you gleem from it for type

A's?? Maybe there is something there to help with my tummy problems.

~Del

--- In , " Elaine " <itchyink@s...>

wrote:

> Wanita, i am also blood type A and a Protein Type in Metabolic

Typing. I

> shiver to think of myself trying to follow the Type A diet after

> experiencing how good a high protein/fat diet feels.

> Elaine

> > Haven't read it but know for my blood type A he suggests a near

vegetarian

> > diet which would kill me as quick as SAD nearly did.

[Guest guest]

Janet-

In five words: huge steaming pile of crap. To the extent he gets positive

results it's because he cuts huge swathes of junk food out of people's

diets and increases many people's dietary variety, but otherwise it's just

ludicrous.

WAPF reviewed his book, BTW.

http://westonaprice.org/book_reviews/eat_right.html

>One of our customers asked us how anyone following the WAP diet felt about

>the book Eat Right for Your Type, by J. D'Adamo.

>

>If any of you have read this book, can you give us your opinions?

-

[Guest guest]

>In five words: huge steaming pile of crap.

, now the saying should go: great minds think alike although some more

colorfully than others ;-)

[Guest guest]

I am eating kefiili, raw ghee (purchased from WFN) and raw cheese

that does not seem to bother me, all cow dairy. Cow yoghurt that I

made myself did not seem to bother me, however I don't do that any

more since I have the kefiili. Is there a limit as to how much of

that a person can eat?? It is sooo good and I think I " over " eat it.

I do not have a source for sheep yohurt. I have read about the

probiogurt but have not yet tried it. I may also be sensitive to non

gluten grains. I am watching that closely, however I don't eat grains

much at all. I had some chili this week that I used soaked pinto

beans that did not seem to agree with me. I only soaked the beans for

24 hours. I think they may need to be soaked longer. I got the

McCann's oatmeal because it is supposed to be the one that would

agree with you more as it is from Ireland and mostly they don't grow

wheat there but I suspect it to cause a problem too! I soak it and

add lemon juice but the oatmeal smells rancid raw and tasted bad! I

eat eggs mostly raw lately and only the yolks. When I eat cooked eggs

they are over easy where the yolk is just warm and the white cooked.

I am thinking it is the eggs! Of all things! I have been eating them

pretty heavy for about 3 years and just recently within 30 minutes of

eating them I will have diarrhea (this just started a few weeks ago).

After that I am fine! It's like my body saying, " I don't like that " !

Right now I am not having any eggs or coconut products for about a

week then I will try one then the other. Thanks for chatting with me

about this!

~Del

> What kind of dairy are you eating? I can't tolerate cow dairy

(even raw

> cultured) except for very small amounts of raw butter and raw

butter oil.

> I started using sheep yogurt and do well with that, and am now

using White

> Egret farm's probiogurt (awesome stuff) My kids love it too.

> As far as grains go, I found that I was sensitive to not only

gluten grains

> but non- glutinous ones as well.

> As for eggs, do you eat them raw or cooked? I find cooked eggs to

be a bit

> harsh to digest and orefer to eat them raw or very lightly soft

boiled.

>

> Elainie

[Guest guest]

I have read that about type A's and stomach cancer. I may need to go

have it checked. As a rule I don't see doctors much. Don't even have

a doctor and I am 62.

We are all different aren't we? That is great that raw milk cured

your tummy. I don't have any fermented foods at the present time. I

have flopped ever time I tried it. I bought some but didn't like the

taste. I am well aware that I need it! What salt are you using? I

only use celtic sea salt. Maybe that would help you? It has been a

long time since I had regular salt and the celtic sea salt seems to

not bother me at all. It is a way to get my trace minerals.

~Del

--- In , Wanita Sears <wanitawa@b...>

wrote:

> Del,

>

> Not a good point but here goes. D'Adamo and others as well propose

is that

> stomach cancer is more predominant in blood type A. Personally, my

stomach

> has been sensitive since l was born. Had terrible colic on a

homemade

> formula of evaporated milk, corn syrup and and water. Raw cow's

milk cured

> it. Am beginning to question eggs myself as the only time l have no

> problems digesting them is when they are raw. Are you doing

fermented

> foods? They don't do well in my stomach. Salt throws my

potassium/sodium

> balance off. Enzymes and probiotics in cheeses and yogurt are fine.

>

> Wanita

>

>

> >I have been doing NT for about 3 years now but still having tummy

> >problems. Discovered that I am gluten intolerent through this web

> >site a few months ago (thanks Heidi) at which point I stopped

gluten.

> >Still having problems. I keep going to either the yard eggs or the

> >raw dairy that is causing it. But back to the topic at hand which

is

> >the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet.... There is a " die hard " blood

type

> >diet person that works at my health food store and he keeps

wanting

> >me to try it! Well I got the little book for my type which is A

and

> >agree that I could never eat that way! I came from a vegetarian

> >lifestyle and it almost did me in! All of you out there that read

the

> >book (I didn't)...What good points did you gleem from it for type

> >A's?? Maybe there is something there to help with my tummy

problems.

> >

> >~Del

> >

> >--- In , " Elaine " <itchyink@s...>

> >wrote:

> >> Wanita, i am also blood type A and a Protein Type in Metabolic

> >Typing. I

> >> shiver to think of myself trying to follow the Type A diet after

> >> experiencing how good a high protein/fat diet feels.

> >> Elaine

> >> > Haven't read it but know for my blood type A he suggests a

near

> >vegetarian

> >> > diet which would kill me as quick as SAD nearly did.