Eat Right for Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia

I wrote down the illnesses that I have more frequently than other people I know, and the diseases I have experienced before reading this book. I checked my experience against what the book reports, and found a high correlation (I have had two additional problems not typical of my Type O blood, and have not experienced three problems often associated with Type O people). I did the same for my wife, who has a different blood type, and found that her pattern reasonably closely matched what is described in the book as well. Then, the book has an excellent discussion of why people with each blood type can be affected differently by each illness or disease. You are also given extensive suggestions for herbal therapies that match your herb type. I have not had experiences with the herbs that were suggested for me, so I cannot comment on how relevant they are. If you already use herbs to improve conditions, you will probably adore this book. If you don't use many herbs, you will probably appreciate understanding more about the potential strengths and weaknesses of your blood chemistry. The book is quite thorough in providing articles you can read for more details, and where to access these articles on-line.

If you have not read Live Right 4 Your Type, you will find that this book covers almost the same background material but at a much higher level of abstraction. There is a fairly complete discussion of how blood types seem to have developed and what their chemical implications are. In other ways, the book is quite complete in similarity to the earlier ones. For example, you get the food indications for each blood type, essentially like the information in both Eat Right 4 Your Type and Live Right 4 Your Type.

Many people are skeptical about Dr. D'Adamo's work. I found him careful about what he had to say. For example, he notes that the risk charts in the book describe how blood type "in conjunction with other factors . . . may be [associated with] an increased risk for developing a certain disease."

As to the diseases and illnesses, I was impressed to see how much different cancers were broken down by the part of the body affected while different infections were also segmented.

I always find it helpful to keep the research-based associations to blood type in mind when I read other books about nutrition, health, and diseases. Perhaps someday other health authors will add this perspective to their work, as well. Until then, I am very grateful to Dr. D'Adamo for helping me understand how to make the most out of being a Type O person!

How can you turn your strengths and weaknesses into resources for improving the quality of your life . . . and those you care about?

Keep your mind and your body full of the most helpful resources you can add!


Excellent reference book for the Blood type dieter   December 20, 2002
 24 out of 31 found this review helpful

A perfect accompaniment , to the "Eat-right" & "Live-right" 4 your type books.
Provides slightly more indepth information on specific ailments/problems, for those of you who have also found better health and wellbeing from following this "Phylosophy" of eating and living .


At last - all the information you need   December 21, 2001
 24 out of 26 found this review helpful

Peter D'Adamo has put all the technical details from his previous books and the web site in an easy-to-find format, including the 'Blood Group Food Base', a list of foods with columns of suitability for each blood type so that you can check food ratings either by food type or by blood group, including variants for non-secretor status. There is also a comprehensive 'Blood Group Supplement Base', for herbs, vitamins and supplements.

The main part of the book is a technically detailed alphabetical list of symptoms and diseases with reference to blood type, for example there are over 50 pages on 'Cancer', - this includes both a general article and information on specific types of cancer.

An essential book for practitioners and the blood type enthusiast.