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Message from a Cancer Fighter, June 19, 2008
This review is from: Cancer: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet (Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo's Eat Right 4 Your Type Health Library) (Hardcover)
Please bear with this long review. I am currently being treated for breast cancer and I have AB blood type. My chiropractor gave me this book. I was struck by the fact that AB blood type is not only rare, but creates a friendly immune system. My particular diagnosis is early stage (2), estrogen-receptor positive. This cancer is known to be more aggressive in Black women. Based on those factors, I knew that I did not want a one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition.
I had never been able to conquer my sweet tooth prior to this diagnosis. I want to share with readers my results in following the diet for blood type AB. The sweet took problem became easier to deal with once I viewed sugar as a poison. I have been following the diet as faithfully as possible for 2-1/2 months. I unexpectedly lost 18 pounds in nine weeks. My goal was to give my body the best nutrition possible as I headed toward surgery and chemo. The first 7 pounds were gone in two weeks before I had surgery. This was a good thing since I had to have lymph nodes removed and biopsied from my armpit. This procedure creates a lifelong risk of lymphedema. I still do not have lymphedema, but the weight loss helps my chances of continuing to avoid it. Chemo can also cause the onset of lymphedema. I do not ever want to get it because I am an avid tennis player.
I continued to stay on the diet and was very intentional about what I would put in my body. I dropped an additional 11 pounds. Without exercise or counting calories, the weight fell off. I became concerned that it would continue, but then my weight stabilized at just five pounds over what it was 13 years ago when I started gaining weight. It was like my metabolism had been re-set.
I started chemo almost two months ago. My goal was to keep my body supported as best I could through nutrition. Doctors don't give you details on nutrition and, as I stated before, I didn't want a one-size-fits-all approach. I added supplements to my diet regimen: milk thistle to support liver function; and an ultra-absorbable CoQ10 and fish oil for my heart health. The point of following this particular diet was to not make my body work any harder than necessary to digest food and eliminate waste.
Based on what people who had the identical chemo treatment have shared with me, I have not had the same side effects of fatigue, constipation, heartburn, insomnia, or dry mouth. This is not to say that I don't have any side effects from the chemo. My hair started falling out two weeks ago, my fingernails are darkening, and the pigment in the palms of my hands has darkened. But, I am playing tennis again, every other week, and working out in the gym.
Other things I noticed from following this diet is that I don't get gassy or bloated anymore, and I don't get sluggish after a meal. The only thing I can figure is that I am not eating those foods that are not meant for my body. That's a good thing.
For my particular diagnosis, I pray for remission (forever, if possible) because cancer could recur in any part of my body. So if this author says that to boost my Natural Killer Cells means that I need to eat snails, then I go to a French restaurant and order the escargot appetizer once a week. I have given up some foods that I'd really enjoyed in the past (crab, shrimp, flounder, and bananas, for instance), but I'm finding different recipes and foods to enjoy. This learning process is obviously worth it. I am tolerating chemo better than even the doctors imagined, but I'm also not doing anything that gets in the way of the treatment. I have every intention of coming out of this healthier than ever and I believe this book has given me the tools to do it.
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Is your Doctor IjHI certified?, June 25, 2004
This review is from: Cancer: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet (Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo's Eat Right 4 Your Type Health Library) (Hardcover)
This book is excellent for patients who have cancer and are being treated by a doctor who is IjHI (Institute for Human Individuality) Certified. If you are being treated by a Doctor who is NOT IjHI certified then this book is of questionable value to you. You can find an IjHI Certified Doctor in your area on the internet.
Cancer is a complicated and serious illness and to think that by reading a book you may magically be cured is foolish. No one should be their own doctor. And when working with a IjHI certified doctor, you will be able to take responsibility for your own health by finding out how to work with your own blood type heritage with this book. Oh and by the way who said being in good health as we get older was easy? It's not easy and neither is giving up the 'avoid' foods we love yet if avoiding these 'avoid' foods this book recommends helps us beat CANCER isn't it worth it? Try it under the care of a IjHI certified doctor for two months. What do you have to lose? Most cancer MD's have no idea how you got cancer in the first place nor do they have anything resembling a cure.
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