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Summary: The Closet Explanation Of How Food Effects Me That I Found
Review: After reading these bad reviews by people who don't understand why the food lists are one way in Eat Right 4 Your Type and foods are deleted and added to the list in Live Right 4 Your Type, may I just say "DUH". Didn't they read the part in Live Right 4 Your Type where Dr. D'Adamo states that his first book was written in 1998 and since then, technical advances have made more new research available to him so as to be able to refine the food lists for each type? Oh, I guess they skipped that part.I am following my plan and slowly eliminating the avoid foods and adding more beneficial foods. I've notice the big change in my energy and ability to exercise. I'm happier and look forward to the days now. On a low carb diet I was tired all the time, depressed and had no energy. I find the science fascinating and the bad reviewers should actually try something before they start knocking it. I noticed none of them even bothered to give the plan a chance to see if they felt better or not.
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Summary: Live Right fine tunes Eating Right for Your Type!
Review: As a follower of the Eat Right way of eating for your blood type, I anxiously awaited the addition of Live Right for Your Type, which fine tunes the original data. Dr. D'Adamo's research, findings and incredible support of those who adhere to his blood type diet is no less than incredible. What a wonderful way to take full responsibility for your good health and what the heck, aren't we worth it??? All the fine tuning and additions to the original findings in Eat Right are included in Live Right, as well as lots of great additional informaton regarding illness and who is more susceptible to the various illnesses (by blood type) and the best ways to protect against them (to the degree each of us can). Great information for ways to Live Right, from diet, stress reduction and illness prevention measures! Thanks Dr. D'Adamo!
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Summary: Some people don't like anything! I DO!
Review: As with most things in life I have to try something before I endorse it. I was taught, "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear".
With these negative reviews I get an underlying sense of skepticism. Not from the material they are reviewing but from their interpretation of the material. I believe these people are negative, probably all of the time, with things that they don't agree with. So, my advice is to, listen to the underlying agenda to any review. Maybe they don't like anything.
As with any relatively new research, there are bound to be revisions and new data, as well as skepticism. (At one point in time the earth was flat, doctors used leeches, and surgeons didn't wash their hands. Everyone thought this science was current, not now).
My wife (an A) and I (an O) have been on this diet for almost a year. I am not very disciplined and have trouble staying on it; she is very resolved and stays on it very well. She feels better, has more energy, has had periods more regularly, her digestion is better, and her bowels move more regular. When I am on the diet my digestion is better (no reflux), I feel better after a meal, I have more energy, I don't seem to be as lethargic. I think this book would help anyone understand themselves and their dietary habits better.
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Summary: Some people don't like anything! I DO!
Review: As with most things in life I have to try something before I endorse it. I was taught, "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear".
With these negative reviews I get an underlying sense of skepticism. Not from the material they are reviewing but from their interpretation of the material. I believe these people are negative, probably all of the time, with things that they don't agree with. So, my advice is to, listen to the underlying agenda to any review. Maybe they don't like anything.
As with any relatively new research, there are bound to be revisions and new data, as well as skepticism. (At one point in time the earth was flat, doctors used leeches, and surgeons didn't wash their hands. Everyone thought this science was current, not now).
My wife (an A) and I (an O) have been on this diet for almost a year. I am not very disciplined and have trouble staying on it; she is very resolved and stays on it very well. She feels better, has more energy, has had periods more regularly, her digestion is better, and her bowels move more regular. When I am on the diet my digestion is better (no reflux), I feel better after a meal, I have more energy, I don't seem to be as lethargic. I think this book would help anyone understand themselves and their dietary habits better.
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Summary: Why it works?
Review: Before reading D'adamo's book, I suffered from being tired and unable to concentrate. After years of feeling this way, I decided to change my diet. I cut out sugar and white flour and only ate whole grains and vegetables like my vegetarian husband. I also created a journal that recorded how I felt after each meal in an effort to weed out foods my body didn't respond well to. I did this for three months and became more and more frustrated. The moment I put food in my mouth, I could count on being tired for the rest of the day.
Then I picked up D'Adamo's book and read it. I found out I was type O blood and began trying his diet--even though I was skeptical. I was shocked at what I discovered! I noticed a difference right away when I severely cut down on grains(wheat entirely) and added fish and red meats to my diet! I noticed that whenever I slipped up and ate wheat or oats, I was tired afterwards. What a discovery! Months later, I started exercising again and decided to test for myself what kind of exercise made me feel the best. I noticed that, once again, I fit D'Adamo's profile perfectly. I was very impressed and surprised that quick walking on the treadmill for 20 minutes left me feeling tired whereas vigorous excercising on the stairclimber for the same amount of time left me fealing invigorated and energized! In addition to the above discoveries, I also realized the link between my allergies and grains. I now KNOW that when I pop something in my mouth that is not a vegetable or protein, I am going to sneeze within a couple minutes. My body just doesn't respond as well to the environment if I am not equipping it properly with healthy foods and exercise! No one believes me when I say his book has credibility because it seems ludicrous that so much importance on diet can be based simply on someones blood type! I agree, it does seem implausible that with all the genetic factors, blood type would play the most predominant role... I truly don't understand how it could even be that simple...maybe there is more to it? But... What I do understand, and can testify to, is that I had felt tired and fatgued and for the first time in YEARS, I felt alive again. No other diet--or doctors pills--made me feel like I do now! I continue to share with others that his recommendations worked for me in hopes that others who are suffering from illness or poor health will at least TRY it!
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Summary: Why it works?
Review: Before reading D'adamo's book, I suffered from being tired and unable to concentrate. After years of feeling this way, I decided to change my diet. I cut out sugar and white flour and only ate whole grains and vegetables like my vegetarian husband. I also created a journal that recorded how I felt after each meal in an effort to weed out foods my body didn't respond well to. I did this for three months and became more and more frustrated. The moment I put food in my mouth, I could count on being tired for the rest of the day.
Then I picked up D'Adamo's book and read it. I found out I was type O blood and began trying his diet--even though I was skeptical. I was shocked at what I discovered! I noticed a difference right away when I severely cut down on grains(wheat entirely) and added fish and red meats to my diet! I noticed that whenever I slipped up and ate wheat or oats, I was tired afterwards. What a discovery! Months later, I started exercising again and decided to test for myself what kind of exercise made me feel the best. I noticed that, once again, I fit D'Adamo's profile perfectly. I was very impressed and surprised that quick walking on the treadmill for 20 minutes left me feeling tired whereas vigorous excercising on the stairclimber for the same amount of time left me fealing invigorated and energized! In addition to the above discoveries, I also realized the link between my allergies and grains. I now KNOW that when I pop something in my mouth that is not a vegetable or protein, I am going to sneeze within a couple minutes. My body just doesn't respond as well to the environment if I am not equipping it properly with healthy foods and exercise! No one believes me when I say his book has credibility because it seems ludicrous that so much importance on diet can be based simply on someones blood type! I agree, it does seem implausible that with all the genetic factors, blood type would play the most predominant role... I truly don't understand how it could even be that simple...maybe there is more to it? But... What I do understand, and can testify to, is that I had felt tired and fatgued and for the first time in YEARS, I felt alive again. No other diet--or doctors pills--made me feel like I do now! I continue to share with others that his recommendations worked for me in hopes that others who are suffering from illness or poor health will at least TRY it!
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Summary: What your doctor does not want you to know ..
Review: could also be the title to this book. About 90% of the people who use the advice in this book seem to get results from it. Personally , it has changed my life. Weight loss is ONE of the top three benefits of this diet. I am not sure if it is the top one either. Calling it a diet is a disservice. Diet connotates dying. I refer to it as a LIVEit . Because it is something you can live with and BEGIN living with.But be warned once your go to the blood type diet , you can't go back...
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: Dr. D'Adamo's new book is the continuation of refinement and research for anyone on the quest for maximum health. Not only is the information backed with a wealth of scientific research, each chapter is plainly and artfully presented to allow for easy integration into one's life. Your blood type, blood subtypes and secretor status provide customized recommendations for food, lifestyle, stress relief and exercise choices. I highly recommend this book to provide you and your loved ones with the recommendations needed for a healthy start to new millennium.
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Summary: Live Right Lives Up to Expectations
Review: For the past four years, I have been a committed follower of D'Adamo first book, Eat Right 4 Your Type. Following the type O diet has changed my life, as I have lost weight, become more balanced and focused, and have stopped the yoyo dieting that was a constant practice. I am pleased to report that this new work solidifies a lot of the material presented in Eat Right, explores the scientific underpinnings of blood type in fascinating detail and provides much more than a weight loss program... rather a program for lifelong health. As a read, it is very factual yet wonderfully understandable. The sections on blood type genetics, stress and metabolism alone set this book apart as unique. Heartily recommended!
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: Having bought and read Eat Right for your Type, Cook Right for Your Type, and now Live Right for Your Type, I reluctantly conclude that this diet system just doesn't ring true. Some of it gets close, but having read lots on Dr D'Adamo's website and perused bulletin boards, there seem to be too many holes, too many convenient, and inadequately explained, permutations of the 4 basic types. And with no straightforward way to establish those refinements, short of a trip to the US of A., how are us mere peasants supposed to work out if we're an A2, non-secretor, or an MM... or subtype B... or whatever? I guess it doesn't help that I'm an A who thrives on roast lamb and potatoes, who lustifully scoffs garlic sausages with lashing of eggs and tomatoes fried in butter for breakfast, washed down by strong tea heavily laced with moo-juice... what more can I say?! No matter what I do to tofu, short of deep-frying it, it still tastes of nothing. Nut cutlets??... oh, pa-leese! Fruit?... who cares!? (You've guessed it... I'm really an O.... *LOL*) To reassure those actively blanching, I eat truckloads of green veggies. Need-less-to-say, I'm disgustingly healthy to boot. That said, I have eliminated wheat (even though, as an A, I'm supposed to tolerate it better than others). That may be all that I have gained for 100 bucks worth of books... and it may well be worth it. So why did I bother, if I'm so damn healthy? Well, I intend to reach 90 in fine form, so I'm hedging all my bets. Best one so far seems to be to listen to my body. I'll be reading all about metabolic typing next. I suspect it will make much more sense. Being a purebred mongrel of highly suspect origins, I think that blood-typing has a contribution to make, but it's too broad. 'Close, but no banana', as they say. To sum up: read one of these books only - don't waste your money, as I did. The cook book? Really, don't bother. If you can cook a half-way-decent meal, you can make substitutions easily in recipes you know. Otherwise, pay attention to your body. If it wants chicken livers with bacon and onions, or strawberries 'n cream splashed with Cointreau, humour it. A small quantity of much enjoyed sustenance is worth pounds of 'what's good for you'. The best advice I can offer is to learn to cook good, tasty, varied food, and DON'T eat out. The cruddiest home-cooked meal is better than any fast food. Some will find Dr D'Adamo's writings a God-send, but most will be under-whelmed.
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