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Summary: A clear, easy-to-follow revolutionary diet that EXCITES me!
Review: Dr. D'Adamo's book has been loaned to me from a friend and I can't speak more highly of it! After 3 years of progressively stiff and painful joints, intestinal pains and low energy levels, I have hope that I needn't be crippled by Arthritis by the time I'm 30! After One week of this diet I feel like a new person. This book is clearly written with "easy-to-refer-to" lists so you can switch between your blood type and that of your spouse! One or two nights reading will cover the majority of the concepts and BRAVO... such an exciting future for your body.I am a health professional with a reasonable understanding of the human body but have been baffled by my failure to lose weight on diets where my husband (different blood type) lost weight easily and painlessly... Now it all makes a whole lot more sense... Thanks to Dr. D'Adamo and others who are brave enough to forge new paths!
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Summary: The critics would have you not read it...
Review: I could not agree more with the previous reviewer. Of those 18 negative reviews 12 are from so-called 'experts' who would like very much for you to not read this book. Hmm.. wonder why? If it were that bad, why do the other 140 people WHO ACTUALLY TRIED THE DIET rave about it? As for the reviewer who called into question the 'archeology' (actually anthropology) of the type O diet, bear in mind that Dr. D'Adamo did not originate this material. Much of it was put foward by the anthropologist Jack Kelsoe in the 1960's (who D'Adamo cites). I know this for a fact because Jack was my dissertation advisor in college. What the theory is, by the way, is a simple, easy to implement way to eat around the strengths and weaknesses of your genetics and immune system. If you persist in the outmoded belief that 'one size fits all' this is not the book for you. Read it. Don't let the horseflies buzz you off.
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Summary: It's your mind, your body, your health - *you* decide...
Review: I've been on this diet for two years now. I've bought it for others as gifts and widely promote it to others. I feel great have lost weight without trying and the intestinal pain I had for years is gone. I like it because it helps me become educated about *me*, not what's best for my doctor or the medical establishment. Now then, after the synopsis, click on the link for all reviews. Count the amount of negatives to those who are overwhelmingly positive. Today it's 160 positive to 19 negative. Some of those negative haven't even read the book, but dismissed it out of hand, and the others, who claim they are professionals, may possibly have some monetary territory that they are protecting. So what do I think? Well, the point is that too many people try to insist on telling us what to do. He-lll-ooo Big Brother! What I think we need to do is educate ourselves, and then make our own decisions, instead of letting others take over our lives for us. That's what D'adamo does, he basically says, here are the facts, this is what you can do if you want to feel better. Here are some foods that you can eat, you don't have to eat them all, but please don't eat the ones on your avoid list. And, the avoid lists are usually pretty small, leaving you with tons to eat. I can remember that, up until the last twelve years, or so, *the experts* pooh-poohed vitamins altogether and said that there was no basis in the fact that some oils (read lard here), preservatives, nitrates, etc., were harmful to some or all of the population, or that there was any proof that vitamins and raw foods (vegetables and fruits) were beneficial. *Now* they're on the evening news with the *new* news about healthy eating, vitamins, and exercise, despite the fact that many people in the world took vitamins, avoided bad fats, and exercised for years before this, no matter what the *experts* said or did. So what's the truth? What they between 1960 and 1980, or what they are saying now? Oh well, maybe we should leave them to their own lifestyle and practice our own, the way that is best for us! Get it, read it, then judge it. Hey, I know this is Amazon's house, but if money's tight, check out the D'adamo's web site, or go to the library and check out the book. (Don't forget that you can usually ask the librarian to get it in from the main library) You can always come back when you have the money to buy. And, have fun on whatever adventure *you* choose to take on!
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Summary: From a Dietitian with an M. Sc. in Nutrition
Review: This book, like so many others, is not based on sound nutrition principles and current research. Nutrition professionals NEVER advise the total deletion of an entire food group because all the food groups are needed. Stay away from this book, eat a balanced and varied diet (i.e. the Food Guide Pyramid) and stay healthy!
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Summary: questionable claims should be a red flag to readers
Review: This book is well written as a quick read. However, I disagree (and believe archaeleogical studies will back me up) that primitive man (type O) was primarily a meat eater. Humans were gatherers before they were hunters and hunting only supplemented the gatherers, and eventual farmers. Therefore, the diet emphasis of high protein for type O's just doesn't hold water. Because of this discrepancy I question everything else in the book.
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Summary: Great Book - It makes a lot of sense - any results for AB+ ?
Review: I recently bought my own book, after reading my sister-in-law's. Can't wait to see the results. She lost 20+ lbs in 2-3 months and keeps on going - she needs to. My only concern is that I have not seen any reviews from AB blood types. I have been struggling with my weight (about 20 lbs over) for as long as I remember. I lost weight an dkept it off for a while but I gained it back (and more) since I quit smoking about three years ago. I hope this change in lifestyle will help.
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Summary: Powerful and Effective
Review: I knew I was suited for vegetarianism. I knew my wife wasn't. Now I know why--I'm type A-, she's type O+. I tried the Type A Diet. Within one week, an incurable skin ailment of 12 years duration cleared completely. Within two weeks, I lost five pounds, and the twitching in my hand that has bothered me for three years disappeared. Plus I no longer need to make trips in the middle of the night to the bathroom. With the recomendatons of world famous surgeon and author Dr. Bernie Siegel and Master Herbalist and founder of New Chapter Vitamins, Paul Schulick, along with my own experience, I am convinced this the the major breakthrough in health consciousness the world has been waiting for. Some of the foods that are good for my wife are poison for me--that explains why I had the problems I have been plagued with. Now there are no more problems--only solutions--and easy to understand. All in this book. It's exciting to eat foods I know are beneficial for me and easy to give up those that need to be avoided. I feel many additional years have been added on to my life. Thank you Dr. D'Adamo.
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Summary: rubbish, pure rubbish
Review: This is the biggest bunch of B-S I've ever heard of. It is completely and medically irresponsible to give people an excuse or rationalization to gorge themselves on meat (ie:saturated fat and cholestoral). To all the Type-O's who believe this rubbish - better invest in a really good health plan...
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Summary: Watch out for Vegan critics of this work
Review: The review below, claiming D'Adamo's degree is honorary, marks it as another attempt by certain die-hard vegans (not all, by the way) to discredit the work of a man whose intellectual prowess is beyond their abilities to dismiss in more objective, scientific terms. He tells type O to eat a high protein diet; apparently this has made him the target of some rather misguided do-gooders. The fact that this work engenders this type of hostility should alert the readers to its importance. Not only is the work scientific, but his degrees are certainly earned the old fashioned way. For shame!
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Summary: This bood is garbage.
Review: This is a great example of people being willing to believe anything that is unconventional. Tell people to eat more fruits and vegetables. The evidence that this will reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer is overwhelming. Eating according to blood type is stupid
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