Scientific Studies
In a message dated 4/22/2002 12:37:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
amyrmk@… writes:
<< I have convinced myself to believe in it, and that it is
good and right, but more and more I am questioning that….I decided to
believe in this based on all the testimonials from all the people on this
list and at Dr D’s site, and the amazing results they have had.
I don’t think I ‘believe” in the BTD, I just feel better. I haven’t lost the
weight that other people have but I feel great. Many “electronic” friends on
the list back then just said give it 30 days with no avoids and I did. After
30 days, if I ate/drank an avoid I could tell. Wheat swelled my ankles,
potatoes made me a bloatboy, coffee gave me indigestion and on and on. I
don’t get indigestion, heartburn, sleepy, bloated, fuzzy brained, anymore as
long as I stay away from avoids. That’s my proof, not testimonials.
Max
November 19th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
Amy, it’s been a while since I read the first book Dr. D wrote,
but I remember something in it about healthy people not needing
to follow the BTD. If you have no ‘heath problems’, you may not
feel a difference, since the foods are not causing you a
problem. Most of us are here because we have had some ‘health
issues’ to deal with. I know many O’s who are healthy and can
eat anything they want, I am just not one of them. Maybe you fit
this category and thank your lucky stars if you do.
Kate, in sunny So. CA
November 20th, 2005 at 4:14 am
The BTD should still be adhered to for optimum health and longevity,
even in healthy people. See Dr. D’Adamo’s post below.
Cheers,
Ryan
The Ask Dr. D’Adamo Question For 7 May 2001
CHANGING YOUR DESTINY
QUESTION: Disease susceptibility per ABO group has been based on
information on subjects, as far as we know, who did not eat right for
their blood type. How much do you project that these statistics will
change for people who DO eat right for their type? Such as the high
Cancer rate in blood type A’s.
ANSWER: It has been speculated that 35% of all cancers are the result of
genetic outcome, 35 percent the result of diet, and 30 percent the
result of environment, principally smoking. If we assume that most(say
80%)of the dietary causes will have been eliminated (if you are type A,
you are using soy products, aren’t you?); that you don’t smoke; and that
understanding blood type susceptibilities (such as stress links) allows
you to circumvent about 25% of the genetically determined cancers, we
get:
You don’t smoke: environmental causes go down to 5-8%.
You follow the blood groups A diet: diet causes goes down to about 7%
You control for effects of blood type on other suceptibilities: genetic
causes go down to about 28-29%
The residuals: 8%(remaining environmental)+ 7%(remaining diet) +29%
(remaining genetic) =44% total versus 100%
It would seem that folowing the blood group A diet should cut the rate
of all cancers in that blood group by approximately one-half, which
interestingly is about what I have documented in my practice.
November 20th, 2005 at 6:58 pm
In a message dated 4/22/2002 4:04:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
amyrmk@… writes:
<< Yeah, that’s my point! I have yet to see significant proof in my own
expereince, I can eat potatoes, and pizza, and coffee, and not feel much
different! - Amy
But did you go a full 30 days with absolutely NO avoids? This is very
crucial. Many people go on it EXCEPT for a few things like coffee, potatoes,
orange juice, etc. This masks the results.
After 30 days, the first time you eat an avoid, you’ll have a reaction. If
you continue to eat it, the reaction will diminish. By the third or fourth
day of eating an avoid, your body has adjusted to it and the reaction is
minor or not noticed. The damage is still being done but the body has gotten
more efficient in dealing with it. Realize too that some avoids are harder
on you than others. I was shocked to find out how much my body reacts to
coffee, bread, potatoes, and corn. Foods I grew up with. Try the 30 day
trial and be honest with yourself. Get lots of HBs so you won’t cheat during
the two week crave-athon. I think you’ll be surprised.
November 21st, 2005 at 7:19 am
In a message dated 4/22/2002 6:41:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
info@… writes:
<< After ER there is only darkness out there.
That is so true. I have lost weight on so many diets I’ve forgotten them
all. I’ve probably lost 500 pounds in my life in 50 pound shots but always
put it back on. Does this sound familiar? Go on the xyz diet, lose weight,
look pale and slim, get sick, start gaining weight again. This diet works
and eventually the weight will come off too. Thank God for Dr. D.
Max
November 21st, 2005 at 11:26 am
In a message dated 4/22/2002 8:52:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
exlibris@… writes:
<< it’s been a while since I read the first book Dr. D wrote,
but I remember something in it about healthy people not needing
to follow the BTD.
I think he was saying that people could be less compliant if they were
healthy but he still said something like 75% or greater compliance even for
the healthy (the beautiful people).
Max
November 22nd, 2005 at 5:38 am
Susan
Where did you see that? Do you mean the British Holistic Medical
Association? I can’t find any reference to the BTD on the British
Medical Association website, but their is a link to Dr. D’s site on the
BHMA website.
Cheers,
Ryan
November 22nd, 2005 at 9:16 am
Hi Amy,
When I first read ER4YT, I had some trouble with the research and studies, as
presented by Dr. D’Adamo. Having spent several years studying biology and
chemistry in college, I had a hard time with what I considered to be his
overgeneralized, subjective and sweeping history of the evolution of humankind’s
physiology. I tried the BTD anyway, and as you have gathered from my own
anecdotal evidence, it has given me a complete renewal of health and vitality.
Oh, and I lost 25 lbs.!
I actually read a different book first: The Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet, by Drs.
Rachel & Richard Heller (small paperback, about $7 new). If you are looking for
actual validation, the authors are medical doctors, in practice over 20 years.
In their book, they describe the chemical process that occurs as carbos break
down and are absorbed in your body, and the chemical reactions and health
consequences of eating too much carbos. As your backround is in Nutritional
Science, you will probably be able to see that their understanding of these
processes is credible. They use this as a basis to explain why a high-carbo
diet results in yo-yo dieting and continual failure to lose weight and achieve
optimal health. They also relate it to a host of emotional disorders. Try
reading that right away.
The Heller’s do not get into blood type, so their hi-protein diet allows avoids
such as pork. I started that diet first, and had pretty good results. Based on
their scientific data being so compelling, I decided to give Dr. D a try, and my
results were FANTASTIC. He has definitely fine-tuned the hi-protein diet to the
various population groups.
I did voice on this website many months ago, my frustration that Dr. D’s
“science” is somewhat weak in ER, as I feel it hurts his credibility, and makes
it hard for me to explain this to other people. Thomas and others seemed to 1.
Understand it a lot better than me, and 2. pointed out that the new LR book and
the encyclopedia give better descriptions. I have LR, and frankly, haven’t
followed up to study that portion of the book. I just bought it for the updated
food lists. By the time I bought LR, I no longer cared “WHY” it works. It just
does, and I can’t imagine living any other way.
Let us know what you, as a nutritionist, think when you read Carbohydrate
Addicts.
November 23rd, 2005 at 1:45 am
Hi everyone,
I haven’t been able to find a direct quote that says the
BMA endorse Dr D’s ‘diet’ but I did finds this article about lectins in
the BMA’s site.
LnL,
Steve - Cheltenham, UK
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:22:32 -0500
November 24th, 2005 at 2:27 am
There should have been but I forgot to paste it in so it is in the following
post!
Sorry for that.
LnL,
Steve - Cheltenham, UK
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:17:55 -0700 (PDT)