By: Patrica Alethia

Patrica Alethia — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:01:05 +0000

affect it? I have co-worker (Type O) who has been diagnosed with it. They are
currently not on the blood type diet.
Well I think that Tabitha? was preganant and on the blood type diet and she and
the baby did fine. As for me I wasn’t on the blood type diet but I had
Gestational Diabetes. Gestational Diabetes
is similar to the Adult onset Type II diabetes. but in this case I believe that
the Placenta interferes with the Glucose utilization (I think by producing
interfering hormones or something like
that).
The blood type diet does a couple of things 1. reduces the amount of carbs
(effectively) and 2. provides good nutritional alternatives to the typical junk
food american diet and 3. eliminates foods
that are “bad” . If you are eating avoid type or allergic type foods your
system has to expend its energy to “fight” them (rather than be able to expend
most of its energy to the baby). Actually

children who eat foods they are “allergic”/intolerant to can sometimes (if not
all the times) have an impact to their growth pattern… my son had this problem
prior to finding his wheat
allergy)… Also if she does have a “hidden” allergy to wheat or dairy she could
possibly pass them unknowingly on to her child…I sometimes wonder if this had
anything to do with my son (first
born) who is an A having a milk/wheat/tomatoe allergies (amongst other external
allergies) and my O daughter having virtually no allergies. (I ate way more
wheat and dairy with my son (I had
eliminated most of the wheat and dairy during my pregnancy with my daughter
since I was still breastfeeding my son and had to eliminate most of them).)..
So IMO it’s way better to eat the blood type way.
However since she’s pregnant with GD she needs a couple of caveats. Never eat
“naked” carbs - meaning she should always have some fat and protein whenever she
eats carbohydrates - and always make
sure the carbs are complex (brown rice rather than white - if she’s able to eat
rice at all - some GD’s cant’). And try to eat several smaller meals throughout
the day to maintain a more even
bloodsugar/insulin level.
Another caveat is that she must eat carbs (I know some Bloodtypers eliminate
most if not all carbs to lose weight) other wise she could go into a ketosis
state and studies show that that Ketosis
isn’t good (of course I don’t know the particulars of the study so take that for
what its worth :). She can test for Ketosis by buying strips from the
drugstore.
Additionally she needs to make sure she is getting adequate calcium/iron. She
must include dark green leafy vegetable such as broccoli, spinach, kale into her
diet or some beneficial dark green.
Iceburg lettuce is not a good source (of anything choose romaine or other
darker leafed lettuce.
Carrots and corn are an avoid if you are GD (too much carbs) - blood type not
withstanding.
Anyway …that’s all I have off the top of my head…I think Tabitha could give
more tips if you ask her.
HTH
Crystal. (O+, Sec (yay)

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