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Volume 7, Number 3 - March 2010: Personalized Nutrition 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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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 |
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| Dr. D'Adamo's Lectures: Food as Medicine | ||
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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) |
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| Knowing Your Secretor Status: Why it is Important | ||
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Ann Quasarano |
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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:
Here is a short film on the significance of the blood type markers known as 'antigens'. |
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| March Madness | ||
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Martha D'Adamo |
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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:
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| Right For Your Type Recipes: Breakfast of Champions | ||
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From the www.genotypediet.com Recipe Center
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| Monthly Specials: Secretor Test, GenoTyping Kit, & Change Your Genetic Destiny (softcover book) | |
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Secretor Test Item Number: TE002 Suggested Retail Price: $47.95 SAVE 10% NOW! Consumer Discount=$42.95 Saliva-based Secretor Test allow you to take the Blood Type Diet to the next level. While the average person may not need this information in order to benefit from following the Blood Type Diet in a realistic way, those with special needs and more serious health concerns may want to know their secretor status in order to open the door to even more specific dietary guidelines. |
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GenoTyping Kit Item Number: TE011 Suggested Retail Price: $14.95 SAVE 15% NOW! Consumer Discount=$12.95 Dr. Peter D'Adamo's home Geno Typing Kit gives you the tools you'll need to determine your GenoType. Discover what your fingertips, taste buds, teeth shape, finger and leg length reveal about you! |
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Change Your Genetic Destiny (softcover version of The GenoType Diet book) Item Number: ED011 Suggested Retail Price: $13.95 SAVE 10% NOW! Consumer Discount=$12.55 The GenoType Diet uses the new science of epigenetics, which shows how environmental factors - including diet - allow you to change your genetic destiny. Your health risks, weight, and life span can all be improved when you live according to your GenoType. |
| Please Note: This promotion is for U.S. customers only. Prices outside of the United States are inclusive of freight charges, duties, custom clearance, and health authorities approval. | |
| Right For Your Type News | |
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Two New Studies Support Dr. D'Adamo's Work |
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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. Large-scale genomic studies reveal central role of ABO in sP-selecti and sICAM-1 levels. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20167578 Interindividual differences in response to plant-based diets: implications for cancer risk. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19297461 |
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IfHI 2010 Conference and Certification Testing |
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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 |
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Clean, Green, & Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins that Make You Fat |
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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 And last but not least, this group is based in Los Angeles, CA Genotype Diet |
| Right For Your Type Upcoming Events Calendar | ||
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