Re: blood type?

November 23, 2003

Jody: check the archives for previous posts on this subject. If I recall

correctly there is no basis for these claims. In fact this is an " old " fad

from several years ago which is no longer even popular......Atkins etc is a

more popular fad right now.

on 11/23/2003 2:51 AM, Jody Mack at jdmac@... wrote:

> Is there any truth to the claims set forth in " Eat Right 4 Your Type " ? I

> finally got it (from library) and it freaked me out a bit - as a Type A I'm'

> not supposed to eat tomatoes? I LOVE tomatoes and everything made from

> them....

>

November 23, 2003

Hi Jody:

Here is a suggestion as to how you can answer your question for

yourself, as well as any other similar question relating to any other

kind of nutrition advice:

Re-read the early chapters of Dr. Walford's 'Beyond the 120-Year

Diet' that are concerned with *** THE NATURE OF EVIDENCE ***. For me

this is one of the most wonderful parts of the entire book. It deals

with what different types of 'evidence' there are, and how to

differentiate between those that are very much worth paying attention

to, and those that are much more than likely worthless.

Having read that, then apply what Walford suggests about the kinds of

evidence you should, or should not, take seriously to the stuff you

are reading. Do they provide ANYTHING AT ALL that could be called

evidence? If so, is it the kind of evidence that is worth a hill of

beans? Or not?

ly, for me, pretty much the only evidence I think is worth much

is carefully controlled experiments (done with humans, or animals we

have reason to believe are likely to respond similarly to humans)

that compare what happens to those on the chosen diet compared with

those on a 'normal' diet. Specifically, whether those on the

recommended diet are either healthier, or live longer, than those on

a 'normal' diet.

I have not read the stuff you are referring to. But I would be

prepared to bet you ten-whole-grain-pitas-to-one that they provide

next to nothing that qualifies as serious evidence. But I am open-

minded about it if that is not correct.

On a similar note, about a month ago I emailed a company producing a

major, widely promoted through breeders and veterinarians, and very

expensive, brand of cat food (Iams is the name of the brand). I

asked them if they would be kind enough to supply me with references

to any studies that showed that cats fed their cat food are healthier

or live longer than cats fed the other, major, 'nutritionally

complete', and much less expensive brands.

You can probably guess what their response was. The didn't even

answer. Needless to say, if they had any such evidence they would

have been brimming over with enthusiasm to supply information to a

potential customer whose cat would likely live another twenty years.

But guess why I have recently started on CRON ........... It is

because of the extensive and carefully controlled studies that have

repeatedly shown huge benefits of CRON in many species, including

mammals (rats, mice, dogs, monkeys) fairly closely related to us

humans.

Rodney.

> Is there any truth to the claims set forth in " Eat Right 4 Your

Type " ? I finally got it (from library) and it freaked me out a bit -

as a Type A I'm' not supposed to eat tomatoes? I LOVE tomatoes and

everything made from them....

September 8, 2010

>

I have A- bloodtype.

September 27, 2010

> Mind sharing your blood type?

A-Positive.

Marc

September 27, 2010

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