I’ve developed individualized diet plans for each GenoType, emphasizing the foods and supplements that will work best to silence some genes and turn up the volume on others, creating optimal health, weight, and vitality. Since every one of your body’s functions ultimately begins with your genes, genetic medicine is the deepest and longest-lasting force for change.
Dr. D'Adamo meticulously researched every aspect of nutrigenomics and epigenetics when writing Change
Your Genetic Destiny, The GenoType Diet. We frequently receive questions from people who are just beginning their journey into personalized medicine, and we are pleased to share them with our readers.
Q:How did you determine which foods would be appropriate to each GenoType?
A: To determine the foods for each GenoType, I condensed huge amounts of information into massive data files. These include, to name a few, the mammoth USDA SR19 Nutrient Database and most of its adjuncts (such as the antioxidant, isoflavone, flavone and choline metabolites); all of the lectin databases; the Blood Type Diet values, all available data on ‘alternative’ food values such as food contamination, allergens, chitinase, pesticides, gluten, carbohydrate breakdown values, etc. Each diet is different because I looked for foods and supplements that nourish and cleanse your cells, ensure the health of your organs, or restore the cell’s ability to respond properly to the body’s hormone messages. These foods act as cellular medicine. Through cellular medicine, you can begin to repair the damage that’s accumulated through years of poor behavior.
Q:I am generally in good health. By following this diet, how do I know that I am not turning on the bad genes?
A: Eating and exercising the right way will keep the right genes talking while gently encouraging the wrong ones to quiet down. But because you’ve got a unique genetic inheritance, you need the diet and exercise plans that are right for you. The strategies that work for your spouse, your friend, or even your parents might be harmful for you. This is what I call genetic medicine, and it is the first aspect of the GenoType program because it’s literally designed to reprogram your genes’ responses. Accordingly, I’ve developed individualized diet plans for each GenoType, emphasizing the foods and supplements that will work best to silence some genes and turn up the volume on others, creating optimal health, weight, and vitality. Since every one of your body’s functions ultimately begins with your genes, genetic medicine is the deepest and longest-lasting force for change. It’s the fastest way to get those positive changes under way and the surest way to hold on to your gains.
Peter
Dr. D'Adamo's Lectures: Food as Medicine
Click here to listen to a portion of Dr. D’Adamo and Dr. Ginger Nash’s
lecture at the Wilton Public Library on November 2, 2009. They discuss the importance
of individualized nutrition and their philosophies on Naturopathic medicine. (4:12)
Knowing Your Secretor Status: Why it is Important
Ann Quasarano
Knowing your secretor status and understanding how it influences your body’s
ability to function is key to getting the most out
of the Blood Type and GenoType Diets.
Are you a secretor or a non-secretor? Before starting the Blood Type or GenoType Diet, you most likely would not have known how to respond to that question or the far reaching influences that your secretor status has on your health. Your secretor status drastically alters the carbohydrates present in your body fluids and also controls important aspects of your metabolism and immune resistance.
Dr. D’Adamo defines a secretor as a person who secretes the blood type antigens into body fluids, like the saliva in your mouth or the mucous in your digestive tract. A non-secretor, is a person who puts little or none of their blood type antigen into these same fluids. Although we don’t precisely know why nature made most of us secretors (approximately 80% of the population are secretors), scientists believe that it was an evolutionary adaptation to provide humans with an additional layer of immune protection from environmental elements such as bacteria, pollutants and other irritants.
Knowing your secretor
status and understanding how it influences your body’s ability to function is key to getting the most out of the Blood Type and GenoType Diets. Research suggests the following conditions may be linked to non-secretor status:
Non-secretors are more prone to generalized inflammation than secretors
Non-secretors are more prone to both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes than secretors
Non-secretors with Type 1 diabetes have more consistent problems with Candida, especially in their mouths and upper GI tracts
Non-secretors account for 80% of all fibromyalgia sufferers, irrespective of blood type
Non-secretors have an increased prevalence of a variety of autoimmune diseases
Non-secretors have an extra risk for recurrent urinary tract infections and 55-60% have been found to develop renal scarring even with the regular use of antibiotic treatment
You can see why it is so essential to be tested for your secretor status! If you are among the 20% of the population that comprises non-secretors, you will need to factor that in to your prescriptive diet. Making a few adjustments to an already good diet will provide the necessary support for overall good health and well-being.
Here is a short film on the significance of the blood type markers known as 'antigens'.
March Madness
Martha D'Adamo
In March, I like to transition the way I eat, from heavier, warm soups, stews and heat building foods to lighter fare, whether it is spring vegetable soups, fish stews, and lots of greens for what I symbolically think of as an “internal spring cleaning.”
By the time March arrives, I am ready for spring. Weary of the
cold, snow, slush, boots, coats, gloves, I long for spring and the “lightness” that
it brings. Longer days, lighter clothing, there’s a “spring” in
my step as I see the potential of the latent flowers, breaking through
the earth.
March is an odd month, as it is neither winter nor spring. March can be cold and snowy, windy, and there might be a day when the temperature surpasses 60 degrees, and I am teased into thinking spring is here, only to wake up to the cold again on the next day. On March 1, I traditionally cut forsythia branches from our yard and bring them into the house to force bloom. In about three weeks, these branches burst forth with the beautiful yellow flowers, which provide hope that spring will be here soon.
In March, I like to transition the way I eat, from heavier, warm soups, stews and heat building foods to lighter fare, whether it is spring vegetable soups, fish stews, and lots of greens for what I symbolically think of as an “internal spring cleaning.”
I reassess my vitamin routine, making sure I am taking the essentials and that I haven’t gotten “vitamin complacent.” I usually add in Live Cell O during the month as well as Quercetin for early seasonal allergy support.
My daily meditations focus on the color green as well as the image of a beautiful
bud preparing to blossom. I look at areas of my life where there is latent potential
that has been dormant, and I try to cultivate that area to tease out the idea
just as I would tend the early spring flowers. As an inveterate list-maker, I
make a list of things I’d like to do in the spring, whether it’s about our home,
our family, my personal goals, the business...whatever it is that comes up. I
find by having the list, it keeps me focused and much more able to accomplish
what I’d like to.
And my special March treat, being half Irish, is the secret McLoughlin Irish Soda bread that my mom and my aunts used to make on St. Patrick’s Day. It is delicious, and I’ve adjusted the recipe to use spelt flour.
The McLoughlin Family Irish Soda Bread Recipe (Courtesy of Aunt Peg!)
Ingredients:
4 cups of spelt flour (or flour of your choice)
4T baking powder
1tsp salt
2T caraway seeds (optional)
½ cup organic, raw sugar
2T ghee
1 cup raisins (soaked in water) (or dried fruit of your choice)
3 eggs, slightly whisked
1 ½ organic, low fat buttermilk (or liquid appropriate for your type)
Directions:
Preheat oven 350 degrees
Whisk buttermilk, ghee, and eggs together.
Drain raisins and add to the flour mixture to coat thoroughly. Add liquids, and mix well with a wooden spoon.
Pour into a round, greased and floured pan.
Bake 30-45 minutes.
Enjoy!
Martha
Right For Your Type Recipes: Breakfast of Champions
From the www.genotypediet.com Recipe Center
Breakfast of Champions
You already know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Here’s
a recipe for a delicious and nourishing morning meal for all GenoTypes.
Here are two studies which support individualized nutrition and the work and
research that Dr. D'Adamo has been doing. We'll be seeing more work like
this as the validity of ABO as a significant biometric marker becomes more
accepted in the scientific and medical communities.
IfHI 2010 Conference and Certification Testing
hosted by
Larry Nesbit, MIfHI featuring Peter J. D’Adamo, ND, MIfHI
If you’re one of the many people interested in learning more about
individualized nutrition, join Dr. D’Adamo, ND, MIfHI, Larry Nesbit,
MIfHI, and Eric Morrison, MIfHI, for an insightful two day seminar in Tennessee.
The conference will be held April 30 and May 1, at the Nashville Airport
Marriott. For more information about the seminar and IfHI Certification
testing, click here http://www.dadamo.com/ifhi/2010spring.htm
Clean, Green, & Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins that Make You Fat
by Walter Crinnion with Foreword by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo
Those of you who have attended past IfHI conferences, surely remember Dr. Walter
Crinnion’s engaging and informative lectures on environmental toxins. Dr. Crinnion
has just published his own book, teaching readers how to identify sources of
toxic chemicals, allergens and poisons in their bodies and homes and how to safely
and effectively cleanse them from your system. He provides lists of toxic foods,
ways to minimize your exposure to solvents, recipes and a weight loss program.
Available through Amazon.com: Clean,
Green, & Lean on Amazon.com
Facebook:
Blood Type and GenoType Groups are Sprouting Up
A new group out of New York has just started up.
"We are interested in the Genotype and Bloodtype diets as published by Dr. Peter
D'Adamo. We get together monthly in Manhattan for informal discussions. Come
on down: learn new information, talk the 'language', and share experiences!" NYC
Genotype Diet Group
And last but not least, this group is based in Los Angeles, CA Genotype
Diet
Right For Your Type Upcoming Events Calendar
Event: "IfHI 2010 Conference and Certification Testing" Topic: "Personalizing the Renewal of Epigenetic Potential" When: Friday, April 30 - May 1, 2010 Hosted by: Larry Nesbit, MIfHI Featuring: Dr. Peter D'Adamo, ND, MIfHI and Eric Morrison, MIfHI Where: Nashville Airport Marriott, Nashville, TN
Event: "D'Adamo Personalized Nutrition™ Support
Group" Topic: "Spring Into Health: Celebrate the New You" When: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Hosted by: Nancy Kuhn Where: D'Adamo Personalized Nutrition™ Center, 213 Danbury
Road, Wilton, CT Admission: Free RSVP: Please call Nancy Kuhn at (877) 226-8973 or email her
at nancy@dadamo.com
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