help..I’m a vegetarian
I’m new to this goup and to the whole idea of this diet. When I found out I was
a type-
O, I realized that me being a vegetarian is the complete opposite to what,
according
to Dr. D’Adamo, I should be doing. Has anyone experienced this? What should I
do?
Or, where should I start? I haven’t eaten red meat in years, and I still can’t
imagine
doing so.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
From: “eqweenheart” <eqweenheart@…
Subject: help..I’m a vegetarian
I’m new to this goup and to the whole idea of this diet. When I found out I was
a type-
O, I realized that me being a vegetarian is the complete opposite to what,
according
to Dr. D’Adamo, I should be doing. Has anyone experienced this? What should I
do?
Or, where should I start? I haven’t eaten red meat in years, and I still can’t
imagine
doing so. <<
Hello, eqweenheart. Your name reminds me of equine (after “queen”), then I think
“equine heart”, which reminds me of the beef and buffalo hearts I’ve eaten (in
addition to the veal, venison and lamb hearts I’ve enjoyed over the 2+ years
since moving past vegetarian/vegan experimentation).
Just thinking about that mineral rich blood dripping from a fresh, gleaming huge
horse heart is making my stomach secrete digestive juices… ohhh! To be an O!
Did you know that horse meat is highly beneficial for Os? That makes sense,
ruminants are our friends, you know.
Something I want to share with you. Since you have told us so little and haven’t
commented much on your opinions/attitudes about foods I will attempt to touch a
possible issue I’ve seen in common vegetarian dogma. It’s about toxicity.
Whatever you think of it as, wastes, toxins, putrified matter that causes
various diseases to erupt within the sinner’s body, whatever. I went through
enough vegetarian/vegan literature and tried it out and discussed it with some
other people and did it far enough (lost plenty of fat AND muscle mass) to know
about the toxicity angle. The veg(an/etarian) movement I’ve seen hasn’t dealt
well with toxins. We create metabolic waste everyday, simply by being alive and
breathing. We also take in more toxins simply by living on this planet, which
has changed. Obviously, living in more urban areas exposes one to more toxins.
What many veg-heads (and recovering veg-heads) need to do is understand what
role amino acids play in assisting the body in detoxification. This can be
pinpointed down to liver function, the liver is the most important organ in
considering the detoxification abilities possible in an individual.
Our livers need enough protein in order to be at their strongest, just like any
other organ. Our liver requires amino acids, derived from our dietary proteins,
in order to accomplish its role in detoxification. The problem with vegism is
that as Os, we don’t get enough protein, for the most part. If one is a
vegetarian and occasionally eats fish, for that day the fish will no doubt help,
but over the span of time during that vegism the toxins may very easily build.
One thing we’ve noticed is that people who have begun the blood-type diet (BTD)
begin by feeling worse, because once they’ve eliminated the problem foods that
cause problems in their body (compounds in food which are toxic to our bodies)
the body begins to release and eliminate those toxins. The detox process, while
leading to health, may feel like a movement in the opposite direction,
healthwise.
When I returned full-tilt to omnivorism, with an emphasis on meat, I began to
feel a little unwell. My lymph felt, overwhelmed. This also happens when I’ve
eaten a few avoids and my body objects to it and begins to detox it. My
uncomfortable stage in transition to a heavier meat diet lasted perhaps a week
at the most, but it varies. It is important to keep in mind that Dr. D’Adamo has
written in his published books that if someone feels too ill, if they are
experiencing detox symptoms harsher than they feel comfortable dealing with,
they may return to a level of BTD that is less strict, the doc condones
returning to old favorite avoids (in moderation) in order to intentionally
slow-down the rate of detoxification. If you were a vegetarian regularly eating
many avoids for your type, it may to troublesome taking on the new diet in one
large leap (see folks? I can be balanced…).
An important part of adjusting to the best diet for you (you will find that this
group has a great deal of “faith” in this diet, though it isn’t faith) is
recognizing that some of the foods that give you the most strength and
detoxification ability may also, initially, speed up that detoxification
process. Also, as stated earlier, your digestive organs need time to re-acquaint
themselves with the animal foods. Remember, we evolved on flesh so it shouldn’t
be too hard. Organic is obviously much preferred to the regular supermarket
food, but grass-fed and natural diet (which automatically means primarily
free-range for mammals and poultry) animal products are another leap in quality
beyond organic. I personally feel animals that have eaten a natural diet are
much easier to feel good from if the fat is also eaten (if you don’t eat the fat
from grass-fed red meat you are wasting the most special and unique
health-giving properties of that high-quality food).
So, outside of digestive adjustment to meat, the reason for your body’s feedback
from meat-eating may not be as simple as the simplistic veg-head dogma against
animal flesh, especially if you’re careful about the kind of meat you are eating
(which makes a huge dietary and moral difference in what you are doing in this
world).
I regained 10 pounds of muscle in about 2 months when I started to eat plenty of
flesh everyday. Then it was maybe 5-7 more pounds a few months after that. I
filled back up to previous normal muscle mass (baseline) within 8 months, the
first six weeks was the most dramatic. Unless you went REALLY far with the
vegetarianism you shouldn’t be that bad off. The most I think the
vegan/vegetarians should worry about is their guts, from what I’ve experienced
and seen in a few others.
Also, please follow Dr. D’s basic recommendation to separate your
starch/carbohydrate meals from your meat meals. It really helps you to digest
your food properly and fully. Such a simple thing as the combination of foods in
your stomach can affect how well you digest both kinds of foods. I like to eat a
lot of fat with my meat meals, as well as non-starchy carbs like greens
(spinach, kale, collards, etc.).
Welcome to the group!
Carnivorously yours,
Axel O+ secretor
P.S. are you a queen?