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Cook Right 4 Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to Eat Right 4 Your Type

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After nearly twenty years of research, Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo revealed the connection between blood type, diet, and health in Eat Right 4 Your Type . Now, with a team of chefs, he helps you design a total health program that ’ s right for your blood type.

Cook Right 4 Your Type is the essential guide for living with a sensible diet individualized for you that allows you to eat food that seems like a major indulgence. With possibilities ranging from lamb stew to lemon squares, and braised vegetables to delicious soups, you'll barely notice you’ve started a regimen designed to optimize your health, your weight, and your total well-being. Cook Right 4 Your Type • Individualized 30-day meal plans for each blood type
• More than 200 great-tasting recipes
• Food lists and shopping guides
• An easy-to-follow food program

464 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

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Profile Image for Crystal Murphy.
28 reviews4 followers
February 20, 2021
It makes sense. I know a woman she is an A blood type and a lot of her problems it’s in the book with eating different than her blood type. A lot of my problems could be what I’m eating I am an O blood type and some of the items I eat are very bad. I was a vegetarian for 15 years and had problems with warts. Never had them before that. Did Whole 30 and started feeling better but only used eggs at that time. So I started eating meat again. After 1 month of eating meat again my warts was gone. I always thought wheat and cheese was my problem. It confirmed it. So I can say it fits because I wasn’t supposed to have been a vegetarian by my blood type. First read the 4 Blood type book. It will help. This book gives you more information on the food and gives great simple recipes. Plus a meal plan if you need one for each blood type separately which I like. I’m definitely going to try this.
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757 reviews8 followers
December 25, 2017
As a matter of fact I have some food intolerances that are the same suggested by d’Adamo as for my blood type. Nonetheless I think that taking any theory with a pinch of salt is essential in life. Just do what it works for the best for you without following it as a matter of death or life. I should be allergic to milk according to medical tests but nothing happens if I eat something with it from time to time…
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553 reviews3 followers
June 1, 2018
The recipes are pretty good but, eating for blood type doesn't seem to work that well for me.
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August 26, 2020
This scam artist has obviously done no research. Why is he the only doctor who claims that you have to follow your blood type? Makes you a little suspicious, doesn't it?
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211 reviews
April 2, 2024
Interesting, though, as a type B with an anaphylaxis level allergy to dairy, I am skeptical about some of the assertions.
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96 reviews5 followers
November 8, 2008
While it supports the authors respect and reverence for food, and the sort of mindfulness that is encouraged in Eat Right 4 Your Type, the recipes in this book take forever to make. Everything I have cooked is unique and delicious, but the prep is always long and complicated, and the cook times so far are never under an hour. Every dish I've made has taken a whole day or evening, especially if I have to do it all myself. We've relegated this one to the "as a pair, special occasion" section of the cookbook shelf.
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September 23, 2011
(recommended by Karin)
The kitchen companion to Eat Right For Your Type, that gives the blood typing information but with the practical application as well. I don’t think it should be followed completely, but I do think it’s worth considering when planning meals and addressing health. The science behind blood types metabolizing food differently seems solid.

Click here for the full article on: Health and Nutrition
Profile Image for Joshua.
9 reviews2 followers
May 11, 2009
What would make this book better:

- Scientific documentation (visuals at least...) of how exactly blood agglutinates to specific lectins

- how they discovered which lectins were bad and which were ok

- why some foods are "not tolerated at all" and some are only slightly tolerable

- if the author did not state that the body doesn't "produce" enough iodine. No one's body produces iodine, it's an element!
Profile Image for Narges Shegeft.
297 reviews4 followers
September 3, 2023
متعجب می‌شیم اگر بدونیم گروه خونی‌‌مون چه تاثیر چشمگیری روی صفات شخصیتی‌، حالات روحی‌ و روانی‌ و امیال‌مون داره.

من قسمت مربوط به گروه خونی خودم رو خوندم و آگاهی زیادی پیدا کردم نسبت به رژیم غذایی و فعالیت هایی که باید داشته باشم، علت خیلی از ویژگی های شخصیتی‌م، و بیماری های محتمل و روش های جلوگیری از آنها.

بنظرم میتونست کتاب کامل‌تری باشه اما بعنوان «خلاصه‌ی مهم‌ترین اطلاعات درمورد موضوع» رضایت بخش بود.
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December 2, 2007
I'm experimenting now with the concept of choosing foods based on bloodtype. So far I'm happy with the results. I'm willing to share the Eat Right 4 Your Type with anyone interested.
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May 9, 2013
Yeah, we read this back when it came out, and yeah, we sort of follow it. It's hell, though when one is a Type O and the other a Type A. HAven't used the cookbook in decades, but it's still got all the little colored stickers I put in to mark pages as yours, mine, and outs. Not many ours, though.

Packing away now as we declutter the house, preparing to put it on the market.
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193 reviews4 followers
May 8, 2015
Following the "eat right for your type" book by the same author, this is a cook book for the different blood types. Handy with ideas and hints to eat specifically for your blood type. Does also have other helpful information. Great to have for your collection if you are looking to seriously change your diet and for a better healthier living.
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December 11, 2008
I thought this book was a lot of fun to read. I like that the author utilized an anthropological basis for his diet theories. I mourn the loss of cheese and ice cream, but as an "A", I suppose that's just my lot in life!
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471 reviews7 followers
January 29, 2013
I like the principle, but the application outlined here is absolutely unappealing. None of the recommended menus or recipes looked appetizing in the least. If you're type A, read this book only if you really like tofu and have no idea how to feed yourself.
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329 reviews
April 11, 2015
I read part of this book. I got pretty interested in it, but then heard mixed "scientific-ish" reviews so I set it down and never really picked it up again. I basically added some more soy to my diet, but didn't really try out any of the recipes. I need to read "Eat Right 4 Your Type" first.
75 reviews1 follower
January 23, 2016
I found this book interesting. Not sure that I am ready to make the complete commitment to this lifestyle yet, but learned a few things that I am trying to implement. This book would have probably been more helpful if I had read Eat Right For Your Type first.
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Author 1 book2 followers
November 30, 2016
Fascinating info in this book, but you still have to decide what is right for you. I don't follow or agree with all the guidelines. This is more a collection of recipes than anything. Eat Right 4 Your Type goes into more detail -- the whys and the scientific evidence.
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15 reviews3 followers
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June 27, 2008
I figured I may as well learn how to cook while I'm at it... MOVE OVER MICHAEL, I'M GONNA COOK!!
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104 reviews5 followers
October 5, 2021
i did not do it long enough to see results
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40 reviews1 follower
August 4, 2008
The writing is quite compelling and I want to believe, but the system doesn't seem to work for me at all.
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12 reviews2 followers
April 24, 2009
Great book for awesome recipes relating to your blood type. A must read after Eat Right 4 Your Type!
Profile Image for Jeanette.
118 reviews
February 27, 2011
A Great Book! It takes time to absorb this; but it is worth it for your health. It explains how blood type is connected to our diets.
Profile Image for Jared.
16 reviews6 followers
July 16, 2012
Some really great and healthy recipes.

Also, check out Live right for your type.
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56 reviews1 follower
December 24, 2013
تنقصه الصور:) ولكنه رائع لمن يريد الالتزام بنظام الفصائل
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April 19, 2014
A good basis for making family meals. Some of the recipes may be a bit weird, but going into uncharted territory and eliminating the Western diet is a bit uncharted.
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