In a message dated 9/2/02 7:33:07 AM, Erik Hill <[log in to unmask]> writes:

<< Me three.  On the other hand, a statistical sample of three still isn't
that impressive.  One thing is clear though, the idea that type A's
can't digest meat is clearly out.  It was switching to the blood type
diet that convinced me that in fact, diet was very important to my
well-being.  This is because my well-being plummeted dramatically when
I switched to the type A diet.

Erik >>

Well, me 4 or 5, or 5 zillion! Another blood type "A" chiming in here! I've
written many times how my years of vegetarianism contributed to, or outright
CAUSED my devastating illnesses, the worst of which was severe bipolar
disorder, and how giving up grains totally cured my condition. I also have
some evidence of Celiac Disease, and cannot imagine where I'd be, physically
and  mentally, if I'd stayed the course with a D'Adamo type "A" diet. I was
also diagnosed with extremely severe GERD (excess stomach acid) which is NOT
supposed to be the case with type "A"s. And sticking to a good Paleo diet
with plenty of (mostly grass-fed) red meat, I have no trouble at all with
this "supposed" disease!

I believe the success of the D'Adamo diets, ALL of them, stem from the same
simple solution: exclusion. By that I mean, if you take anyone eating some
version of the SAD and put him on ANY diet, he will be cutting out all kinds
of junk food, and that alone would account for much of the success. After
all, which of D'Adamo's different diets includes sodas, donuts, potato chips,
hot dogs, and fake sugars and fats?

Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley, NY