Customer Reviews

Blood Type O Food, Beverage and Supplemental Lists

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I thought that Eat Right 4 Your Type was a breakthrough book for me. Eating that diet caused me to lose weight and feel better. When Live Right 4 Your Type came out, I was even happier because the book contains a lot of information concerning the scientific studies that form the basis of the recommendations.

Most of the people I eat with do not have Type O blood, and they set the menus. So unless I pay attention, my Type O needs are unmet. Basically, Type O people need to favor lean animal protein (avoiding pork), avoid dairy products (and take calcium supplements), have very little fat, stay far away from wheat, stop coffee, and watch anything that can make the body more acid.

Instinctively, this list made sense to me when I first saw it. The foods that I was supposed to avoid often made me feel ill, or have severe indigestion. But bread . . . oh, how I love bread. Dr. D'Adamo helped me realize that although I feel all right while eating bread, it really louses up my insulin levels so that I end up storing it as fat.

I expect that this book will help keep me on the straight and narrow (and away from that whole what bread that I love so much). I was recently reminded of the importance of this when I feared that New Year's eating would cause me to gain weight. Actually, although I overate with lots of meat, I also skipped bread for several days. My weight actually dropped. Pretty nice, eh!

If you know someone who has Type O blood and doesn't eat like this, do them a big favor and introduce them to Live Right 4 Your Type. After they have read and understood that book, this one will serve as a good carry companion.

The same ingredients can make nutritious food as fertilizer . . . or create an explosive that will kill. So get the right ingredients for your body, and use them in the right way!

So now that you've read Eat Right For Your Type and are familiar with the basic theories behind the blood type diets, you need a list that you can grab and take with you on those grocery shopping trips or for those dinners out where you may find menu items that you can't quite remember as either Recommended, Neutral, or Avoid. This is one of those pocket references that was made to be convenient for these situations if you happen to be a type O like me.

(If you haven't read the abovementioned book first, you should. It explains in detail the hows and whys of eating according to one's blood type - O, A, B, or AB - instead of the dictates of popular trends. Foods are divided into three lists for each blood type: Highly Recommended (foods that have some great benefit or another and act almost as medicine in your system), Neutral (basics that are neither highly beneficial nor bad), or Avoid (foods that you should avoid, either because they have a bad effect on your blood type's metabolism, immune system, digestion, etc). But back to the review...)

The format of this list book is divided into convenient chapters that each represent a food group, such as Ch.1, Meats and Poultry, Ch. 2, Seafood, Ch.3, Eggs and Dairy, Ch.4, Fats and Oils, and so on until we have categorized every type of common edible into 14 sections altogether. Each chapter also has a brief introductory essay explaining a few highlights of the lists that follow, such as why healthy veggies such as cauliflower and mustard greens ended up on the Avoid list for type Os and why kelp is on the Highly Recommended list. Most of the selections are not explained in detail however, so the reader must take these recommendations on faith. Also included are chapters on supplementation and medical strategies utilizing the lists.

Now several years have passed since the original publication of ERFYT and I have noticed when comparing the lists in it verses the lists in this more recent pocket reference that there are several discrepancies. For instance, green tea was a Neutral Beverage in ERFYT but it now ranked as Highly Beneficial. That could very well be because of the research that has been done after ERFYT which uncovered new benefits of green tea that were unknown before; I suspect several of these improved rankings have a similar explanation. But why is it now OK to eat cabbage and brussel sprouts, whereas in ERFYT Dr. D'Adamo was careful to point them out as metabolic inhibitors? And why have Pinto Beans fallen from Highly Recommended to Avoid? There are more examples from each chapter that I could go into. I can only trust that these changes are indeed the results of further research and not publication mistakes.

Bottom line, this is a very convenient reference to those of us who may have lent our copy of ERFYT to a friend after discovering the great personal freedom and physical well-being that comes with aligning one's diet with blood type. Get this one if you're a type O; otherwise get the one that matches your blood type.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

I purchased this book fully intending to try this program; I also got a copy of the cookbook to accompany the program. For each blood type, they list foods as "Highly Beneficial" (food that acts like a medicine); "Neutral" (food that acts like a food); and "Avoid" (food that acts like a poison). What I discovered, however, was that there were numerous discrepancies in the food lists between the cookbook and the Food and Beverage (FB) list. Just two examples; for my blood type, the FB list shows cucumbers as a food to "Avoid"; while in the cookbook, it is listed as "Neutral". Pinto beans in the FB list are listed as "Avoid" while in the cookbook they are actually listed as "Highly Beneficial". The discrepancy is from one extreme to the other. These are just two discrepancies - how is one supposed to determine which one is right and begs to question how reliable the rest of the information in the book may be.

I keep this slim little book in my purse; There's enough space in the pages' layout to write little notes- which I plan to do as I find changes in the lists online. After I while, I think you wind up memorizing the un/acceptable items.

The only reason I gave this four stars is, I wish there was a section listing the many "hidden ingredients" out there. There are so many additives made from corn, wheat, potatoes, etc. It's challenging avoiding and finding substitutes for the less-obvious no-nos out there.

Don't let this caveat keep you from buying the book, I just wish they would add that one more section, perhaps in an updated edition.
cheers,
Kathleen

If you have already purchased the book "Eat Right 4 Your Type" you won't need this supplement as all the info is right there.

Not a bad reference to have if you read the book. This is okay to carry with you when shopping and refer to. However I found it far more bulky than I needed.

When I read the original volume, I made lists (spreadsheets) for Beneficial, Neutral, and Avoid foods. After reviewing this volume (and finding a couple discrepencies) I then just clarified the Beneficial and Avoid lists.

Really these are the only lists you need. You need to know the foods to actively seek out (Beneficial) and the foods to Avoid for your blood type. Neutral foods are anything that is left.

I like the Blood Type program, and think that this volume could be condensed to a few laminated printed cards that could be kept in the car and used for shopping. Since those are not available, this is the next best thing.

The Blood Type program does work. Being an O, it confirmed my experience with Atkins that focusing on the foods natural to your blood type will help you lose weight and make you feel great.

This is a pocket size book. Easy to carry around, helps you check your food choices are acceptable for your blood type.

This is a condensed summary of foods for my blood type. Its small and fits into my purse just fine. I use it for grocery shopping and eating out. The more I use it the better I'm getting and learning/memorizing my plan. I can't believe the improvement this info has brought me as far as my arthritis and alergys go.

I followed the information it the book for "O" type blood. I quit eating wheat, sugar etc. I have lost waist size, my joints have quit aching, and I feel 100% better. I am 72 years old and have a small farm. After following the information in the book, I planted 5 15' Blue Spruce trees in one morning. I was tired when I finished, but the next morning I was fine. Usually I would have been sore. My son had headaches for 19 years and tried everything. Followed the book for "O" type and the headaches went away. It's surprixing how many foods have sugar and wheat in them we do not realize, Soy Ssuce has wheat in it. Frencj fries are coated in sugar. Even commercial salt have sugar added to keep it from caking. Good health information. Bad information on evolution.

This little resource book makes it easy to live and eat according to Dr. D.Adamo's life plan for your specific blood type. Since ordering Type-O for me I have ordered Type-A for my friends, too.