The genotype diet : [change your genetic destiny to live the longest, fullest, and healthiest life

287 Pages·2007·6.81 MB·English

by  Peter, D’Adamo

Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Tom Greenfield, ND, DO, MIFHI
Prologue: Life-Altering Possibilities

PART I GenoType: The Key to Understanding Who You Are

CHAPTER ONE Your Genetic Autobiography
CHAPTER TWO A World of Limitless Potential
CHAPTER THREE GenoType Whys and Wherefores
PART II Understanding Your Body’s Clues: Why You Don’t Need a Genetics Lab

CHAPTER FOUR Using the GenoType Calculators
CHAPTER FIVE Strength-Testing Your GenoType
CHAPTER SIX Ready, Set, Go! Calculating Your GenoType
PART III The Six Genetic Archetypes: The GenoType Profiles

CHAPTER SEVEN Meet the GenoTypes
CHAPTER EIGHT GenoType 1: The Hunter
CHAPTER NINE GenoType 2: The Gatherer
CHAPTER TEN GenoType 3: The Teacher
CHAPTER ELEVEN GenoType 4: The Explorer
CHAPTER TWELVE GenoType 5: The Warrior
CHAPTER THIRTEEN GenoType 6: The Nomad
PART IV The GenoType Diets: Six Individual Roads to Health

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Getting the Most from Your GenoType Diet
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Hunter Diet
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Gatherer Diet
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Teacher Diet
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Explorer Diet
CHAPTER NINETEEN The Warrior Diet
CHAPTER TWENTY The Nomad Diet

EPILOGUE The Future Beyond Tomorrow
APPENDIX The Advanced GenoType Calculator Tables
GLOSSARY GenoType Diet Terms
RESOURCES Suggested Reading List and Going Further
Learning More About GenoType
GenoType Lifestyle Support
GenoType Practitioner Support
Customize Your GenoType Diet
Copyright
Dedicated to Martha,
who kept me strong through the journey.
“Anatomy is destiny.”
—SIGMUND FREUD
Acknowledgments

Any work of this nature involves numerous people who’ve contributed time,
talent, understanding, a listening ear, or patience throughout the process. My
journey from blood type to genotype has been an extraordinary investigation,
and I am indebted to many people who have shared in this process.
First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge and thank Martha Mosko D’Adamo,
who provided sage advice about design of this work, as well as serving as
confessor and sounding board throughout the project. Martha also took the lead
during the copyediting phase of the book, allowing me the continued ability to
splice in new material almost until the very last minute.
Heartfelt appreciation to Catherine Whitney, who provided intellectual space
and understanding during the early stages when this material was not yet fully
formed; Rachel Kranz, who helped with chapter design and programming the
flow of material; Chris Fortunato and his team for their attention to detail; Paul
and Laura Mittman, from the Institute for Human Individuality (IfHI), for their
lavish support of my work, friendship, and goodwill; Dr. Tom Greenfield for
beta-testing so many of my more nascent ideas; Natalie Colicci-Favretto, staff
physician at The D’Adamo Clinic; Ani Hawkinson, proofreader extraordinaire;
all the folks at North American Pharmacal, Inc., especially Javier Caceres,
German Ramirez, Carol Agostino, Keith McBride, Jon Humberstone, and Ann
Quasarano; the moderators and helpful souls on www.dadamo.com; my co-
editors at The Individualist; all the patients at The D’Adamo Clinic; Beena
Kamlani, Susan Petersen-Kennedy, Denise Silvestro, and all my friends at
Penguin Putnam; Amy Hertz, who saw the potential in this material before
anyone else; Steve Rubin, president and publisher of Doubleday Broadway, for
his tremendous support of my work; Bill Thomas, editor-in-chief of Doubleday
Broadway; Stacy Creamer, my editor at Broadway Books; David Drake,
Catherine Pollock, Anne Watters, and the entire Broadway Books marketing
staff; Ben Wolin, Mike Keriakos, Karim Farag, and Roseann Henry and the
GenoType team of Waterfront Media; super agent and friend Janis Vallely, who
kept this entire project from unraveling innumerable times.
Thanks also to my parents, Christl and James D’Adamo, for encouraging me to
think differently; my brother, James D’Adamo, and best friend, Robert
Messineo, for being such great advisors over the years.
Finally, I send a bouquet of sheer love to Claudia and Emily, who brought tea,
snacks, and a ray of sunshine to all those gray, groggy mornings.
Foreword
By Tom Greenfield, ND, DO, MIFHI

Most practitioners who have been using blood groups as part of their treatment
approach for some time have learned to recognize the characteristics resulting
from a patient’s blood group: It is possible to make an educated guess at
someone’s blood group even before they are tested. There is something about the
way an individual appears and behaves that we can recognize as belonging to a
category of people who have certain similarities and who respond to the
environment in a particular way. Those using the concept of Dr. Peter
D’Adamo’s Blood Type Diet in their holistic medical practice have also seen
patients experience the most profound improvements in health just by making
informed food and lifestyle choices. The simplicity of the approach has also
empowered people to help themselves, not by using a superficial one-diet-fits-all
formula that works only for a few, but by heeding realistic advice that changes
according to sound naturopathic principles involving the specific needs of the
individual.
It has been eleven years since the publication of Eat Right for Your Type, and a
lot has happened in that time: The study of the history of humankind has taken a
new direction with the work of the Human Genome Project and its research into
the internal workings of our genes. This scientific revolution promised both
individualization of medical treatment and opening the door to tracing our
ancient ancestry through our genotype. However, genetic testing is still complex,
expensive, and beyond the reach of the consumer. Although the theory is there, it
will be a long time before genotyping becomes a practical part of prescribing
orthodox pharmaceutical products, or genetic genealogy becomes affordable.
There is a wealth of medical research into how we differ from one another,
based on clinical observation and easily accessible scientific testing methods.
With the advent of DNA analysis, much of this past information has been swept
aside in one fell swoop: Political correctness and historical events have made it
unfashionable to focus on obvious differences between people. The concept of
race has become unpopular and has been declared to have no scientific basis.
Resources have been diverted away from measurement of the external signs that
distinguish groups of people, to make way for new analytical techniques
involving genetic testing, a science that is still in its early infancy. The data from
research on human variation that was gathered before we knew how to analyze
DNA includes various blood groups, body and head shape, fingerprint patterns,
leg length, and many other external signs. This research is still as valid today as
when it was first done. Combined, these visible signs tell us more about
ourselves than we can know by having an individual genetic test, because some
genes tend to stick together in groups or clusters, which have multiple effects on
our health. Our environment adds to the picture, changing the way these genes
work. We all have visible external manifestations of these genes, something that
ancient medicine has been saying in a different way for generations.
Peter D’Adamo is now taking readers one step further: The concept of eating
for your blood group has experienced a revolution of its own. What was little
more than a footnote in Eat Right for Your Type on blood group anthropology is
now a book in its own right, telling us even more about ourselves as individuals.
Beyond answering the fundamental question “Where do we come from?,” The
GenoType Diet also informs us about what it means to belong to a particular
GenoType and how that knowledge can help us personally to stay healthy. The
result of research from this kind of complex science is normally reserved for
specialists. However, Peter’s analysis is presented to the public in the form of a
simple self-discovery manual. The science behind the concept is available for
practitioners to study and teach, but the basics are there for everyone to use right
out of the book.
It has not been an easy ride, however: Food is an emotive subject at the best of
times, and telling people what they can or can’t eat according to their genes
means any dietary change is not a short-term measure. This has led to
controversy over Eat Right for Your Type, generated mainly by those who have
not understood the concepts behind it or have objected on principle.
Peter D’Adamo has persevered, while allowing people a unique insight into
the evolution of his concept via the Internet and through the educational
programs of the Institute for Human Individuality. We have observed the
workings of an analytical mind belonging to a rare type of person who
understands both people and computer programming. It has been a new quest of
discovery into why some of us respond differently to healing or behave in
certain ways, while staying true to the original concept based on blood groups.
The result is a fusion of ancient wisdom, anthropometric techniques from the last
century, and modern cutting-edge genetic science, hailing a new era in
naturopathic medicine.
On behalf of millions of people whose lives have already been changed
forever, and those whose lives will change for the better after reading this book,