The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to live the longest, fullest and healthiest life possible [Hardcover]

Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo (Author), Catherine Whitney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2007

What’s Your GenoType?

GenoType 1
The Hunter
Tall, thin, and intense, with an overabundance of adrenaline and a fierce, nervous energy that winds down with age, the Hunter was originally the success story of the human species. Vulnerable to systemic burnout when overstressed, the Hunter’s modern challenge is to conserve energy for the long haul.

GenoType 2
The Gatherer
Full-figured, even when not overweight, the Gatherer struggles with body image in a culture where thin is “in.” An unsuccessful crash dieter with a host of metabolic challenges, the Gatherer becomes a glowing example of health when properly nourished.

GenoType 3
The Teacher
Strong, sinewy, and stable, with great chemical synchronicity and stamina, the Teacher is built for longevity—given the right diet and lifestyle. This is the genotype of balance, blessed with a tremendous capacity for growth and fulfillment.

GenoType 4
The Explorer
Muscular and adventurous, the Explorer is a biological problem solver, with an impressive ability to adapt to environmental changes, and a better than average capacity for gene repair. The Explorer’s vulnerability to hormonal imbalances and chemical sensitivities can be overcome with a balanced diet and lifestyle.

GenoType 5
The Warrior
Long, lean, and healthy in youth, the Warrior is subject to a bodily rebellion in midlife.With the optimal diet and lifestyle, the Warrior can overcome the quick-aging metabolic genes and experience a second, “silver,” age of health.

GenoType 6
The Nomad
A GenoType of extremes, with a great sensitivity to environmental conditions—especially changes in altitude and barometric pressure, the Nomad is vulnerable to neuromuscular and immune problems. Yet a well-conditioned Nomad has the enviable gift of controlling caloric intake and aging gracefully.

The author of the international bestseller Eat Right 4 Your Type again breaks new ground with the first diet plan based on your unique genetic code.

With Eat Right 4 Your Type and additional books in the Blood Type Diet® series, Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo pioneered a new, revolutionary approach to dieting—one linked to a person’s blood type. In the GenoType Diet, he takes his groundbreaking research to the next level by identifying six unique genetic types. Whether you are a Hunter, Gatherer, Teacher, Explorer, Warrior, or Nomad, Dr. D’Adamo offers a customized program that compliments your genetic makeup to maximize health and weight loss, as well as prevent or even reverse disease. In simple, concise prose, Dr. D’Adamo explains how a host of environmental factors, including diet and lifestyle, dictate how and when your genes express themselves. He goes on to demonstrate precisely how, with the right tools, you can alter your genetic destiny by turning on the good genes and silencing the bad ones. Your health risks, weight, and life span can all be improved by following The GenoType Diet that’s right for you.

Using family history and blood type, as well as simple diagnostic tools like fingerprint analysis, leg length measurements, and dental characteristics, Dr. D’Adamo shows you how to map out your genetic identity and discover which of the six GenoType plans you should follow. Without expensive tests or a visit to the doctor, The GenoType Diet reveals previously hidden genetic strengths and weaknesses and provides a precise diet and lifestyle plan for every individual. Based on the latest and most cutting-edge genetic research, this is a twenty-first-century plan for wellness and weight loss from a renowned healthcare pioneer.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Broadening his approach to diet and health beyond the four blood types, naturopathic physician D'Adamo (Eat Right 4 Your Type) profiles six GenoTypes and explains how readers can reprogram gene responses to lose and maintain weight, repair cells, avoid illness and age well. D'Adamo draws on epigenetics, the study of the interaction between genes and environment, to argue that tailoring diet and lifestyle to GenoTypes (genetic survival strategies that predate ethnicity and race and correspond to such external traits as body type, jaw shape and teeth patterns) is the most effective means to achieve optimum health. While conditions in the prenatal environment—our own and our ancestors—have profound effects on our genes, D'Adamo contends, readers can take control of their inheritance by turning on positive genes and silencing negative ones through methylation, histone acetylation and other biological processes. He provides methods for readers to determine their types; these include body measurements, fingerprints, and personal and family history. D'Adamo's dietary recommendations are flexible and consist of lists of foods that enhance each GenoType and foods to limit or avoid, but readers can find meal plans and recipes on the author's Web site. D'Adamo's engaging writing style, enthusiasm for his subject and personalized advice will appeal to those who enjoy taking a hands-on approach to their health and exploring new theories. (Jan.)
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About the Author

Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo is a naturopathic physician, educator, and researcher with a wide international following. His first book, Eat Right 4 Your Type was a New York Times bestseller that has been translated into over fifty languages. Eat Right 4 Your Type was recently voted one of the ten most influential health books of all time by a respected industry publication. He is the author of sixteen other books in the "Blood Type Diet" series, including Cook Right 4 Your Type and Live Right 4 Your Type. He was selected Physician of the Year by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He is the cofounder and Academic Dean of IfHI, the Institute for Human Individuality, and he is the Director of The D’Adamo Clinic in Wilton, CT. Catherine Whitney has collaborated on numerous bestselling books on health and medicine.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Crown Archetype; First Edition edition (December 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767925246
• ISBN-13: 978-0767925242
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo is a noted naturopathic physician, researcher, and lecturer, and the author of the revolutionary Eat Right series. His extensive research and clinical testing of the connection among blood type, health, and disease has garnered international recognition and led to groundbreaking work on many illnesses.

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219 of 236 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to Digest When Such a Huge Fan of the BTD, January 6, 2008

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Jane Elizabeth Haddad - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to live the longest, fullest and healthiest life possible (Hardcover)

I have been a huge fan and advocate for the blood type diet for years. I swear by it, and recommend it to many of my family and friends. It made a big impact on how myself and my husband eat and excercise. The Geno Type diet honestly has me a little thrown off (although I am trying to keep an open mind) because some of the changes in my diet are pretty significant. I am a type A- and with the Blood Type Diet I was to avoid most dairy, which I honestly felt was very beneficial for me and I saw results. Now, by the GenoType Diet I can all of a sudden have all this cheese, many are now actually considered superfoods for me. And the cheese I could eat before is now toxic. When you have been living and believing a diet for years... it kind of turns your world upside down. I also noticed Ezekiel bread which is a staple in my house because of the BTD is not even mentioned in the GenoType. There is also a lot less stressing of soy. I really don't know what to think. Many other things are the same, but I do feel a bit puzzled. I would also like to mention that the website for the Genotype diet is pushed throughout the whole book. It costs 65 dollars to sign up for it (although I did get a special discount e-mail today). The book refers you to the website quite often and the book does not explain why things are good and bad for you, like the BTD book does. I can't help but feel, that Dr. D'Adamo is really out to make a buck here. I feel the book is not as informative as his other work.

76 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a Diet Book that Gives you Hope..., January 21, 2008

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BNYTown (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to live the longest, fullest and healthiest life possible (Hardcover)

I've been really curious about DNA testing to determine my susceptibility to disease, among other things. I've wanted to order genetic testing and "SNiPS," but they're really expensive. So I was intrigued when I saw The GenoType Diet in the bookstore.

Here's what really got me when I picked up the book: Instead of relying on thousands of dollars of genetic tests, Dr. D'Adamo makes a strong case for instead using widely accepted biometric data for discovering your GenoType. In the process, you not only discover your susceptibility to disease, but also your most effective diet for your health and weight.

Dr. D'Adamo makes a compelling promise: "Turn off the bad genes and turn on the good ones." And Dr. D'Adamo fulfills this promise, by explaining the basics behind the emerging science of epigenetics--naturally changing the expression of a gene without altering its DNA. I was skeptical there could be anything truly new out there--but I was surprised at how truly groundbreaking this book is. In the end, what really sold me on this concept is how well Dr. D'Adamo nailed my state of health and the genetically-sound reasons behind my strengths and weaknesses. What makes this book different from all the others are the genetically personalized diets and lifestyle plans that really make sense.

One would think that a doctor is bound to lose some of the nuance when compelled to simplify a complex message like epigenetics for a lay audience. But after finishing this book, I can only ask: How can something that initially on the surface appeared so "simplified" also be so profound--and helpful? My wife and I both thank Dr. D'Adamo for his confident, enlightening first step into breaking down this complex science for "the rest of us," and then making it relevant and useful for real people.

Now about that DNA testing: I'm all for saving thousands of dollars on genetic testing, so I did the simple self GenoType calculators found in the GenoType Diet book (there's also a home GenoTyping Kit I found here on Amazon), and discovered I'm a "Hunter" GenoType. My wife is a "Gatherer." We both read our individual sections of the book, and were amazed at how detailed and accurate Dr. D'Adamo's descriptions were of both of our health challenges. As a Gatherer GenoType, my wife has a difficult time losing weight. Turns out there are food choices for her that help quiet her genetic tendency to hold on to those extra pounds. And me, I don't have to lose weight, but as Dr. D'Adamo describes my "Hunter" GenoType, I am so burned out and exhausted all the time because my genetics have a tendency to over-react to stress and overwork my adrenals. There are targeted food choices for my type that help my body quiet and balance out these genetic tendencies.

A diet book that actually gives you hope--not just for losing weight--but actually feeling better? How rare is this?

131 of 148 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A more complicated version of the Blood Type Diet, December 29, 2007

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Kim Hillsman (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to live the longest, fullest and healthiest life possible (Hardcover)

The GenoType Diet is eerily similar to the blood type diet. Instead of 4 blood types, he has broken everyone into six genotypes. Foods are still broken into superbeneficial, beneficial, neutral, and avoids. D'adamo just uses different wording. Type Os will be a Hunter or a Gatherer, most type As will be a Teacher or a Warrior, Most Bs will be a Nomad or a Gatherer, and ABs will most likely be a Warrior or a Nomad. The Explorer is the only free-for-all type. The test itself is very particular, it includes leg size, teeth shape, finger length and wrist size. It does not take long but I can see where someone could pick the wrong type.

I think he has tried to fuse a body type diet approach with his blood type theories, which isn't a new approach, but to his credit, this plan is laid out much better than previous attempts (Gittleman's Your Body Knows Best, Gabriel Cousen's Conscious Eating, etc). There is a lot of good information, but I have read Eat Right for your Type, Cook Right for Your Type, Live Right for your Type, Allergies:Fight it with your Blood Type, and Diabetes: Fight it with your Blood Type. Most of the information is recycled, there is some updated information. I think the diet is healthy to follow, and I will give it a whirl, but if you have read any of the Blood Type Diet Books, chances are you will be disappointed.

Most annoying are the countless references to visit his website, which by the way, you have to sign up and pay, no thank you.