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Volume 7, Number 2 - February 2010: Cardiovascular Edition |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Ask the Doctor: Q& A | ||
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Peter D'Adamo, ND, MIfHI
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Each month, I receive several questions from readers asking for help with their particular health issue. This month, I’ve taken the opportunity to answer some of your questions. Although, I can’t answer every one, I’ll try to answer more of the most frequently asked questions as they correspond to our newsletter topics. Q: What can a type B with high cholesterol do to help lower it? I have been on your diet for 3 years and find it helps, but recent blood tests show higher than normal cholesterol count. I've increased oatmeal, lecithin and also exercise! Please advise, Susan A: I've used pantethine quite effectively in several type B patients who had elevated cholesterol but were otherwise in good shape. Also look at the Cardiovascular Protocols in the Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia for Blood Group B which suggest supplementing with; Fenugreek, Curcumin and Alpha lipoic acid. Q: I am a Type O recently diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis. A Subsequent test showed that I was born with a gene mutation that gives me a lifetime propensity for blood clots. My hematologist told me that I would have to take Coumadin the rest of my life. I'm not thrilled about this, but so far have been unable to locate any healthier alternatives to the main ingredient in rat poison! Do I need to modify the Type O lifestyle while taking Coumadin? Thanks for your help. A: One of my teachers, John Bastyr, used to say that the juice of 5 lemons equaled a pharmacologic dose of anti-coagulants. New research into deep vein thrombosis (DVT), has found that lemon juice significantly reduces the likelihood of clots forming during long haul flights. Japanese researchers who were examining the blood thinning properties of lemons discovered that blood circulates nearly 20% faster at altitude after the juice of a large lemon has been consumed. The researchers, from Tokai Gakuen University in Nagoya, revealed their findings at a meeting of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology. They gave volunteers on long haul flights a drink containing lemon juice. The blood in the volunteers' veins moved 19% faster than that of others on the same flight, thereby reducing the likelihood of potentially fatal clots forming in their systems. The scientists believe that the effect is due to two ingredients contained in lemon juice - citric acid and lemon polyphenol. They are now recommending that passengers on long haul flights have a lemon drink every five hours to obtain the juice's protective effect. Peter |
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| Dr. D'Adamo's Lectures: The Notion of Individuality | ||
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Lsten 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 Notion of
Individuality as it pertains to gut health, bacterial overgrowth and the revolutionary
breath hydrogen testing they are doing at the Center for Personalized Nutrition™.
(7:27 minutes, 3.5 MB) |
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Ann Quasarano |
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In his book, Cardiovascular Disease: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet, Dr. D’Adamo explains why people with different blood types experience different cardiovascular problems and provides targeted programs for each of the four blood types for preventing and treating heart conditions, high blood pressure, controlling cholesterol and vascular problems. Here are a few tips to keep your ticker in tip top shape! Type O
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| Heart Meditation | ||
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Martha D'Adamo |
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Keeping our hearts strong and healthy involves physical care as well as emotional and spiritual care. Our physical care includes eating right for our type, taking targeted and specific supplements that support cardiovascular health and getting regular exercise. These three elements provide the cornerstone for healthy heart function and are an essential investment in our long-term health and well-being. As Peter wrote in the Cardiovascular Book, “Your heart is an amazingly resilient organ. Alexis Carrel, the famous experimental biologist who received the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, concluded that, given an optimum supply of nutrients and oxygen, the heart is capable of functioning perfectly for over two centuries.”* Two centuries. Take some time and ponder that! Equally important is emotional and spiritual care of the heart. Our hearts symbolize our emotional feelings, whether they are love as in the expression, “My heart is filled with love for you,” or with emptiness or lack of joy, as in “I just don’t have the heart for this.” It is important in our heart care to develop an inner dialogue with our hearts and feelings so that we don’t submerge or stuff down emotions that can eventually constellate in illness or cause us to not fully express ourselves. Taking time to regularly check in with our “hearts” is important. I have found it very helpful at the end of the day before I go to sleep to do a quick review of the day. Did I get done everything I needed to? Did I say everything I needed to say? What were those things that made me happy and joyful? Where there any sadnesses, any frustrations that are still unresolved? How am I am feeling about this? By cultivating an inner dialogue with ourselves, we can stay current with our feelings, identify issues before they become bigger than they need to, and insure that we expressing ourselves fully and authentically in our lives. Over the years this nighttime process has taken on the form of a nightly meditation. Once I settle in to bed, and close my eyes, I take three deep cleansing breaths, each one relaxing me a little bit more. Beginning at my feet, I work my way up my body…relax my feet, feel them melt into the bed, relax my ankles and calves, release any tension, I am holding in these areas and let it melt away. I continue all the way up my body, and when I am finished, I focus on my heart, breathing in and out, aware of the heartbeat, aware of the blood flowing throughout my body. I surround my heart with a golden light, picturing this in my mind’s eye. The light pulses in rhythm with my heart, and with each breath, it grows bigger…bigger than my body, the bed, the room, the house, the town, the state, the country, the world, the universe. Infinite light, connecting me to the universe and the universe back to me. I give thanks for my life and those I love, I send thoughts of loving kindness to those in need, and I relax deeper into the light. Some nights, this is a quick review; other nights, I fall asleep midway through it! And still others, it takes me a long time to reflect on the issues of the day that may be hanging on or bothering me. When this occurs, I try to isolate as best as I can what the issue is so that I can bring my attention to it in the morning and get is resolved. I have found this “clearing” of the day very helpful as it allows me to relax and let go of all the “doingness” of the day and just be, breathing in and out, fully relaxing, fully feeling and fully releasing. It makes for a better night’s sleep and a “light heart!” *Excerpt from Cardiovascular Disease: Fight It With The Blood Type Diet by Peter J. D’Adamo (with Catherine Whitney) , NY: Berkeley Books, 2004, p. 17 Martha |
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| Right For Your Type Recipes: Heart Healthy Sides | ||
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From the www.dadamo.com Recipe Center
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| Monthly Specials: Genoma Cardia, Nitricycle, & Cardiovascular Book (softcover) | |
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| Right For Your Type News | |
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Irish Seaweed Kitchen by Prannie Rhatigan, MD |
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Congratulations to Medical Doctor and IfHI Master, Prannie Rhatigan on
her book, Irish Seaweed Kitchen, a cookbook dedicated to
Irish seaboard lore, classic and new recipes, nutritional information
and personal anecdotes. Prannie walks her reader through sourcing,
identifying, preparing and storing seaweed for culinary use in this
remarkable collection of over 150 easy-to-follow, creative and delicious
recipes, including tips and hints. (Sea Spaghetti and Cheese Straws!) |
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Now in Paperback with a New Look and Message for the New Year: |
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Facebook:
Blood Type and GenoType Groups are Sprouting Up |
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Here's a group based in London: This
group is based in Montreal, Canada: The GenoType Diet http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=quick&q=genotype diet#/group.php?gid=15473103513&ref=search&sid=1069499726.959160519..1 And last but not least, this group is based in Los Angeles, CA Genotype Diet http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=quick&q=genotype diet#/group.php?gid=123642302436&ref=search&sid=1069499726.959160519..1 |
| Right For Your Type Upcoming Events Calendar | ||
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| Dr. D'Adamo's Radio Interviews | ||
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Dr. D'Adamo was interviewed on many radio stations across the country in January 2010. You can listen to one of the interviews that aired on Monday, January 11, 2010 - 11:00 - 11:30 am Live Pacific - KBOO FM 90.7 FM - "Health Watch" -Portland, OR titled Change Your Genetic Destiny: Your Personalized Plan to Lose Weight, Boost Energy, and Improve Immunity - mp3 stereo - 28:07 minutes
Listen to Dr. D’Adamo’s on-air interview with
Dr. David Naimon in Portland, Oregon. Dr. D’Adamo discusses blood
type diet, the name change on GTD, and why genetics plays such a
vital role in health. |
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