Donna H wrote:
>
> The prevalence of the O blood type among African Americans was just
> mentioned on this list, which brought to mind something I was
> wondering... are there any of you who are O- ? It's a small subset,
> but from what I've read of D'Adamo (the Blood Type Diet doc), it
> sounds as if O- folks could be more in need of a Paleo diet than
> anyone else, extrapolating from his comments about O-'s and food
> allergies, etc. Would be interested to hear comments from any O- Paleo
> paleo people (of course, realizing PLENTY of non-O- folks are very
> much helped by the diet too :)
I am A+ (caucasian). I am also rather sensitive to both grains and
some dairy. According to D'Adamo I should be able rather well adjusted
to grains, not true at all. Btw, my symptoms are different depending on
what I eat. Dairy will usually result in stuffed nose (cheesecase is the
worst - within 15 minutes or so, lasts for a few hours). Corn makes the
left underside of my jaw swell up. Grain makes whatever food I eat just
sit there in my stomach, making me feel sick.

On either fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue lists/newsgroups they also tried
getting some kind of a census of blood types. They appeared rather representative
of general population, not predominantly O.

While D'Adamo might have something interesting to his research, his enthusiasm
seems a bit premature.

Ilya