Replied By Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 09/06/2011
I don't know whether the blood type diet works or not as I never really tried it although I read a bit about my own blood type which is O . Some things seem to fit well with the type of diet I enjoy, meat, no milk, no cereals..... But on the other hand, just think if you live in a household with 4 or 5 people, or more, which all might have different blood types it would be crazy to cook differently for everybody. This has made me lose interest as something is not quite right there! My husband, for example, has no idea what his blood type is (which he should know, by the way but he doesn't! ).Replied By Angela (Memphis, Tn) on 09/17/2011
The healthiest diet is of course the raw vegan diet. But failing that the next healthiest is the low fat whole foods vegan diet. There are many websites, youtube videos and books out on both. For the raw vegan alissacohen.com is one and gabrielcousens.com is another even better but very in depth. For the low fat whole foods vegan diet watch the video on netflix called Forks Over Knives and then go to www.engine2diet.com which explains the diet in full. I am not affiliated with any of these sites or people in any way I have just studied nutrition on my own for the last 38 years.Replied By Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 09/18/2011
Angela, although I do respect your opinion I don't agree with your concepts of diet. Low fat is a type of diet that has brought a lot of people a lot of misery, mainly fueled by misguided governments but little by little they are changing their advice, even earlier than I ever dreamt they would do. As far as vegan diet I don't think so either! Like you I have read a lot about diets, not for as long as you have but I have read quite a lot and I don't think that we, human beings, evolved to be vegetarians, vegans or to eat solely raw food. But again.... If you feel well with the diet you are on I suppose that is probably the best diet for you! We are all very different so there is no size that fits all! And I have known people who were quite happy being vegetarians for many years till they changed their minds because they started having health problems and started eating animal products again. That is also possible!Replied By Rosemary Toews (White Rock, B.c., Canada) on 10/01/2011
I believe whole-heartedly in the blood type diet and this is why: Approximately 10 years ago I heard a little about it and was intrigued but didn't purchase the book until 6 months later. In the meantime, due to huge stresses in my life, my health started to unravel. I noticed how certain foods really started to turn me off whether it was the smell, taste, or just feeling sick after I ate them.... So I cut them out of my diet completely. Imagine my surprise when I bought the book and it listed those same foods as toxic for me. I am a B rh-neg. And the foods I stopped eating were chicken, pork/ham, peanut butter, corn and wheat bread. I eat them occassionally now but when I do I notice that my system reacts unfavourably to them.. Especially bread and corn (nothing but a weight gain and it aggravates my diverticulitis), and chicken causes muscle weakness for me... my metabolism overall suffers from these trigger foods.Replied By Ami (London, UK) on 08/05/2012
About 10 years ago I was finding it difficult to walk, my breathing was laboured and I was in constant pain. My doctor said I would be in a wheelchair within a couple of months. I then discovered the blood group diet. I am B positive but I also found out later that I am a non-secreter. This also affects the diet. I cut out chicken as suggested by the book and within 2 weeks my muscles began to relax and the pain down my back and around my chest eased helping my breathing considerably. I also regained a lot more movement. Spured on by this I cut out wheat from my diet. Well, I cannot explain the difference this made to my life. After about a month the pain in my joints that the doctors had been telling me was arthritis had gone. I followed the diet with the help of a blood group diet practioner and within a year I was well enough to slowly add some of the foods back into my. Diet. I now know the affects most foods have and know how to overcome any pain they may cause, for example if I eat bread, because I really can't resist it, the next day I will have pain in my joints and will have difficulty walking up staris. I just have to eat lamb and by the next day all pain will be gone. The one thing I never eat by choice is chicken as it makes my muscles go into spasam and is so painful that I cannot move or breath normally.
Hope this helps someone.