Gary Orlando@SDP 10/21/99 04:22 PM Are you changing into a full-fledged meat eater because of the blood type diet, even though the thought of it disgusts you? That is quite strange, if you ask me. Do you not feel well and are searching for something better? What is your current diet? If you don't mind me asking? Does this eat right 4 your type have any merit at all? Does anyone support it other than the author? I can not find my sources, but many were quite skeptical. I will continue to look. Marjolein Hoekstra <[log in to unmask]> on 10/21/99 03:23:38 PM Please respond to Raw Food Diet Support List <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Gary Orlando/SDP) Subject: Re: Indigestion / flatulence from raw food Hi Paul, Sorry for waiting so long to reply. I needed some time to think about everything that's happened in the past few days. > What has made you a convinced vegetarian? Ethical concerns or love on > animals? (very understandable). Or the idea that a veggie diet is best for > health? (very questionable, especially for anyone with a chronic yeast > condition). I made a major shift this week. I've decided to try the ER4YT diet for a few months and see how I'll be doing on it. My blood type is O+ to my surprise. I expected to be a (basically vegetarian) agrarian bloodtype A. Anyway, the advice is to eat meat, fish and poultry in considerable amounts. If I'd follow the advice, I have a LONG way to go to adjust to eating meat again, let alone the thought of eating any of it raw. I gag on the thought of putitng my teeth in raw chicken, like I read earlier on this list. I cautiously tasted a bit of fish today. It was smoked eco-trout. Very salty. I only took a few tiny pieces, maybe 1/2 oz altogether. My husband swallowed the rest. I've never eaten fish, not even in my youth. I ate meat until I was 19 (I now am 37). My motives for being a vegetarian are quite a few: the ethical one, yes. But also I remember driving through the US for example and seeing miles and miles of cows cropped up together. It seemed very unnatural to me. I'm used to being a veggie for so long. Just the thought of how much crops and grains are needed to make a cow create meat... So many mouths to feed in the world. And then there's the problem of what to do with the milk. When I'm very strict, I believe cow's milk is meant for baby cows. My heart breaks if I see them being taken away from their moms. There's so much bad news around about eating meat, all kinds of diseases (kidney, heart) stemming from eating meat. I'd really have to reprogram myself to overcome all this. Crossroads that's for sure. > Tofu is problematic for a few reasons I have read about - > presence of enzyme > inhibitors not totally removed by processing, a less than ideal amino-acid > balance, and, when compared to high-quality animal foods they might > substitute for, a lack of many beneficial coenzymes and other nutrients. > Maybe as a woman the soy phytoestrogens might counterbalance some of the > detriments if you need those effects. > I thought the concept of a 'less than ideal amino-acid balance' was a thing of the past. I'd be interested to read about the drawbacks of eating tofu, hadn't heard about them actually. > avoiding anti-nutrients such as found in tofu and broccoli, helped reverse > the problem, and I don't need the pills anymore. > Now that's new to me again. I've always heard broccoli is the ideal vegetable. Is broccoli considered anti-nutrient because it's hard to digest in raw state? Where can I learn/read more about this? > My hands and feet are nice and warm these days I'm happy for you. Mine (especially feet) are ice cold and almost impossible to warm up. Difficult to get to sleep. My doctor has tested me using EAV and subscribed a homeopathic medicin based on sepia. I think I also need more physical exercise. (None at the moment). Of course the amalgam in my mouth is still poisoning me. By November 9th all fillings will be removed. Then the real detox can start. After a few months, I'd really like to have another baby. > Rotating > 'non-edible-raw' foods like rice or beans or tofu, or dairy that you can > Why is tofu a non-edible-raw' food? > Brown rice??? Some people feel white basmati rice is actually best and > easiest to digest, and that brown rice is often rancid. Buckwheat > is a good gluten-free 'alternative' grain, but it seems that all grains > when overeaten tend to promote yeast overgrowth. You're right again about the risk of overeating. I cut back on carbohydrates the last couple of days considerably. My flatulence has decimated since then. At the same time I also removed alfalfa based chlorophyll from my food supplement trays and I cut back the vitamin C considerably. Hard to tell which one caused the diarrhea which had been plaguing me since weeks. At the moment I'm not willing to try it out. From now on I am sprouting the grains in my diet, no more cooking. Only an occasional rice cracker. Thanks for the extensive replies, Paul. You ARE helping me a lot. Marjolein