Diabetes: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet

by Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney

Creating a personalized, innovative approach to preventing and treating both Type I and Type II diabetes, the naturopathic physician and author of Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type incorporates self-assessment tests, lifestyle changes, nutritional supplements, and exercise protocols, all based on the principles of the Blood Type Diet.

Genres: Health

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 2004

Reviews

[Bekki Shining Bearheart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't have diabetes, but I have known many folks who have including my mom and her mother.
I started the blood type diet for other reasons, back when the original book first came out. so as of this writing I've been doing it for 27 years.
When Dr. D'Adamo came out with his health library series, which this book is part of, I got all of them and read them. He has published on cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, aging (about cognitive health issues), allergies and fatigue, and also managing menopause. I thought they might be useful for sharing with friends and relatives. And I wasn't wrong.
Also at the time there was an on-line forum with hundreds if not thousands of people who had found healing through the diet for many things, and I spent a lot of time looking at what various people were posting about their health issues. Many were sharing how they had used this book and the others in the series to fine tune their management of disease. Many reported cutting their need for insulin by a significant amount in a very short time using the diet, or in some cases being able to get off insulin altogether.
Each of the books in the series recommends not only the diet, but specific foods in the diet to emphasize for helping each condition, as well as specific foods that exacerbate the condition. In addition information about supplements and other things you can do that will help manage or heal the condition is also included.
I highly recommend this book if you are battling diabetes. And you might want to get the book that started it all: "Eat Right 4 Your Type".

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really should update my diet more frequently as a diabetic. I've always thought the blood type diet series was intriguing - that some of our different reactions to the same food might somehow be related to our body chemistry is logical. This book held a lot of interesting tidbits, both about diabetes and my blood type and how the two may interact to promote some of the strange reactions I have to food that other diabetics don't.

I really enjoyed it and will incorporate a lot of the findings into my diet - I also checked out another book on diabetes, written by a type 1 diabetic physician - so I hope to update my diet to the 21st century (sadly, the last time I examined my diet was 13 years ago...).

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been very happy with the results of this diet. My blood glucose levels have dropped significantly over the past three weeks. One thing I found difficult was the diet seems somewhat restrictive, but overall it seems to be working for me. Plan to stick with it. Can't fool around with diabetes.

[Celea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a very big book yet gives up information as to what happens for Diabetes. Worth reading to understand what the food a diabetic eats that are causing the difficulties.
Does not say how to get the diabetic to stop bad habits.
LoL and so it goes. Good info.