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questions about D'Amato's "blood type diet"

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Ted Shoemaker - 26 Feb 2004 17:51 GMT
Hello,

I have some basic questions about the "blood type diet",
as taught in with the book "Eat Right For Your Type", by D'Amato.

Trying to look up some info on the web, I found D'Amato's website --
but the page had some clunky Java and stopped loading.  Bleahhh.

So, can someone please tell me a few basics, such as:

A 40-year-old woman in good health is considering this diet.  
Her blood type is B+.  According to this diet, which foods and
beverages should she eat? Which should she avoid?
What else would she need to know?  (For example, some diet plans
make a point about what time of day to eat, how much water to drink,
and lots of other things.)

Thank you very much!

Ted Shoemaker
jamie - 26 Feb 2004 19:45 GMT
> I have some basic questions about the "blood type diet",
> as taught in with the book "Eat Right For Your Type", by D'Amato.

It's Peter D'Adamo, as I recall.

His diet is not backed up by any science or research whatsoever.
It's a load of bull.  Plenty of animals have more than one bloodtype,
yet eat the same diet.

Where it not for the fact that Type O is the majority bloodtype in the
US, and he recommends lowcarbing (which works anyway) for type O,
his book would have been forgotten on the trash heap years ago.

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Patricia Heil - 26 Feb 2004 21:10 GMT
Fuhgeddaboudit.  If you're not exercising, get a stress test
and start exercising.  Keep a food diary for at least a month,
and then start substituting high fiber low fat food for the
high fat things you eat.  Repeat indefinitely to be healthy.

> Hello,
>
> I have some basic questions about the "blood type diet",
> as taught in with the book "Eat Right For Your Type", by D'Amato.
Dally - 27 Feb 2004 00:10 GMT
> I have some basic questions about the "blood type diet",
> as taught in with the book "Eat Right For Your Type", by D'Amato.

It's total unadulterated bullshit, made palatable only to sell books.

> So, can someone please tell me a few basics, such as:
>
> A 40-year-old woman in good health is considering this diet.  
> Her blood type is B+.  According to this diet, which foods and
> beverages should she eat? Which should she avoid?

She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts,
seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and
saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.

> What else would she need to know?  (For example, some diet plans
> make a point about what time of day to eat, how much water to drink,
> and lots of other things.)

She should eat often enough to feel sated all the time.  A diet that
makes you go hungry needs more work.  She should eat less than she burns
and she should burn more than she eats.  The secret lies in a four-part
formula:

1. Eat less
2. Exercise more
3. Repeat
4. Forever.

Dally
244/181/170
Ignoramus24603 - 27 Feb 2004 01:27 GMT
> Dally
> 244/181/170

good weight loss progress.

i
Dally - 27 Feb 2004 02:02 GMT
>>Dally
>>244/181/170
>
> good weight loss progress.

Thanks.  And I didn't get it by following a "blood type diet".  In fact,
I didn't "follow" any diet.  I learned how to eat best for my particular
body.  Reading The Zone Diet stuff by Barry Sears was helpful, as was
Body for Life by Bill Phillips and "Fattitudes" by Willert and a bunch
of stuff about the glycemic index of food.  And, of course,
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html is always a great place to learn
how to eat and exercise.

Dally
Barbara Hirsch - 27 Feb 2004 06:14 GMT
>Hello,
>
>I have some basic questions about the "blood type diet",
>as taught in with the book "Eat Right For Your Type", by D'Amato.

Al D"Amato used to live next door to me. Trust me, he's never written
a book <G>.

Barbara Hirsch, Publisher
OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS
The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development
http://www.obesity-news.com/
atm - 05 Mar 2004 19:32 GMT
>>Hello,
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Al D"Amato used to live next door to me. Trust me, he's never written
> a book <G>.

 I have a book written by Dr. James D'Adamo.
 Original title:  One Man's Food ...

Ref. © 1980 James L. D'Adamo and Allan Richards.

  This book is translate into castilian language with the title
  Su comida ¿Veneno o salud? "Alimentacion natural basada en los grupos
sanguineos".

> Barbara Hirsch, Publisher
> OBESITY MEDS AND RESEARCH NEWS
> The latest in obesity research and weight loss drug development
> http://www.obesity-news.com/
Ted Shoemaker - 27 Feb 2004 20:37 GMT
Everyone's objections and criticisms to this diet are noted.  
Thank you for your opinions.

Now, I'll ask the original question again.

Suppose a woman whose blood type is B+ decides to try
this diet.  Which foods does this diet tell her to eat,
and which to avoid?

Thank you very much,

Ted Shoemaker
Bew - 27 Feb 2004 20:55 GMT
Ted I cannot answer your question as I do not know . However I had to laugh
at how your simple straight forward question was discarded , so people could
push their own little agendas and opinions onto you . Obviously they didn't
think you would be smart enough to arrive at your question after checking
out all the sort of stuff they were throwing at you . I was wondering when
you would put them back in their places . Good luck I hope someone comes
along who can read and comprehend English and answer your question without
treating you to a heap of unwanted bullshit advice .
Bew

> Everyone's objections and criticisms to this diet are noted.
> Thank you for your opinions.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Ted Shoemaker
determined - 27 Feb 2004 20:58 GMT
> Everyone's objections and criticisms to this diet are noted.
> Thank you for your opinions.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> this diet.  Which foods does this diet tell her to eat,
> and which to avoid?

Um, that's up to you to figure out.  Obviously we've made it plain that this
is not a diet or theory that we follow or agree with.  Personally, my
opinion is that it is CRAP science, like all the other diets that have a
name/logo or cost $.  However, If you insist that it is of value to you,
then YOU do the research, buy the book, and figure it out.  The truth is,
there is no "science" or special magical key to unlock the mystery door of
losing weight.  It all boils down to "eat less, exercise more".  But of
course, that is free, and only requires effort, diligence, and
determination.  Not what you wanted to hear either, I don't imagine.
Ignoramus29270 - 28 Feb 2004 00:16 GMT
> Everyone's objections and criticisms to this diet are noted.  
> Thank you for your opinions.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> this diet.  Which foods does this diet tell her to eat,
> and which to avoid?

http://www.doctorbannock.com/BloodType.htm

### TYPE B's
### Balanced Blood Type
###
### Evolved sometime between 15,000 and 10,000 B.C. and are a combination
### of A and O. This blood type emerged as a result of the migration of
### the races from the African homeland to Europe, Asia, and the Americas
### and may of mutated due to climactic changes. B's diet is a combination
### of A's and O's
###
###     * You should have the most varied diet of all the blood types,
### including meat. This is the only blood type that does well with dairy
### products.
###     * Engage in exercise such as moderate swimming or walking.
###     * Your risk factors for slow-growing viruses that attack the
### nervous system increases if you eat incorrectly.
###

That's an excellent diet plan, if it is combined with limiting
calories.

Here's my suggestion: she should follow this diet, count calories, eat
at 80% of her maintenance level (no less), and exercise a lot, say,
for example, walk 100 minutes per day.

I followed exactly the above diet, except that I eschewed all candy
and junk foods and all sweetened food, and lowered my carbs, and
exercised just like the diet plan above suggested.

I lost 47 lbs in 100 days, which may be too fast, but hey it worked.

i
Dally - 28 Feb 2004 04:57 GMT
> Everyone's objections and criticisms to this diet are noted.  
> Thank you for your opinions.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Ted Shoemaker

And I'll give you the same answer.  I snipped it word for word:

> She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> 3. Repeat
> 4. Forever.
Ted Shoemaker - 28 Feb 2004 15:07 GMT
> > She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
. . . .
> > 1. Eat less
> > 2. Exercise more
> > 3. Repeat
> > 4. Forever.

My apologies.  Lots of diets say this sort of thing, and I didn't recognize
your advice as uniquely part of the blood-type diet.

Ted Shoemaker
Jayjay - 28 Feb 2004 15:13 GMT
>> > She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
>. . . .
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
>Ted Shoemaker

If the blood type died is what you are looking for.  GO BUY THE BOOK.
and READ IT
Make your own choices.

Its obvious from the other replies that the groups you are asking
advice from do not have the answers you are looking for.  

With that being said.  It doesn't matter what textbook or sales
gimmick diet you follow, the basic principle to weight loss is:
Consume fewer calories than your body expends and you lose weight.
Consume excess calories than your body expends and you gain weight.

So, combine restricted intake with increased expenditures and you will
lose weight.

In other words
Eat less
Exercise more
repeat, forever
Gymmy Bob - 28 Feb 2004 17:49 GMT
The "Blood Type Diet" is not a weight loss technique but rather a health
technique. weight loss can be a side effect sometimes.

> >> > She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and
saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
> >. . . .
> >> > 1. Eat less
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> Exercise more
> repeat, forever
Ignoramus1712 - 28 Feb 2004 19:16 GMT
>>> > She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
>>. . . .
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> Its obvious from the other replies that the groups you are asking
> advice from do not have the answers you are looking for.  

Why, I gave him the answer that he was looking for,m a diet for his
blood type B+.

i

> With that being said.  It doesn't matter what textbook or sales
> gimmick diet you follow, the basic principle to weight loss is:
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Exercise more
> repeat, forever
Dally - 29 Feb 2004 00:07 GMT
>>>She should eat high fiber carbs, lean proteins, healthy fats from nuts, seeds and fish, and avoid refined flour products, refined sugar, and saturated fats.  She should drink plenty of water and green tea.
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> My apologies.  Lots of diets say this sort of thing, and I didn't recognize
> your advice as uniquely part of the blood-type diet.

Save the apologies.  I'm giving you the truth versus the bullshit.  I
read the book once, at least the 0+ part, and know a bit about fat loss
and recognized that any fat loss that resulted from these prohibitions
was coincidental.

So, in other words, if you want the bullshit go pay for it.  I'm giving
you the truth for free.

Dally
 
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