| Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley
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| | of their products for consumers? It is in
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| Dr. Peter D'Adamo also addresses the
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| | the millions, if not billions.
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| personality question by saying that Os
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| | Is it any wonder why Dr. D'Adamo's
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| carry a genetic memory of strength,
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| | clinical and laboratory research is
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| endurance, self-reliance, daring,
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| | discredited by some major money
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| intuition and innate optimism. All of
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| | interests? A lot of what D'Adamo is
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| those qualities I possess as well as
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| | saying about O blood types runs counter
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| being a risk taker.
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| | to their vested interests. Dr. Atkins
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| I would be the last person in the world
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| | suffered through the same criticism
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| to be happy working as hired help for a
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| | before he was proven correct.
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| major corporation, or as a bureaucrat in
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| | I predict Dr. D'Adamo will eventually
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| a public service position, or in the
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| | prevail as Dr. Atkins did. It just may
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| military as a volunteer soldier. I am a
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| | take a number of years to happen.
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| Vietnam Veteran but I would never have
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| | I used to drink soda pop like water and
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| been a career military person.
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| | now I drink water like I used to drink
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| I figured out real quick in life that if
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| | soda pop. A 20-ounce bottle of soda pop
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| you have any intelligence, talent,
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| | or even Gatorade is loaded with sugar.
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| creativity, productivity and especially
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| | Most sports drinks are loaded with sugar.
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| integrity, you will find it much harder
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| | A 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola Classic has
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| to progress and prosper if you are not
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| | high fructose corn syrup as well as 140
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| self-employed in your own business.
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| | calories and 39 grams of sugar (thus 39
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| I answer to myself first, last and
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| | carbohydrates). A single, 20-ounce bottle
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| always. Type Os like me are stable,
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| | of Coca-Cola Classic has high fructose
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| reliable, dependable, responsible and
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| | corn syrup as well as approximately 265
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| accountable for their actions. If I screw
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| | calories and 65 grams of sugar (thus 65
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| up, I admit it, self-correct and get on
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| | carbohydrates).
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| with being successful. This could be why
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| | I used to down 4 or 5 of these 20-ounce
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| Type Os are known as loners.
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| | bottles a day and could easily put away a
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| Supplements can also be important. For
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| | 2-liter bottle of Classic Coke on a
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| example, a surprising amount of chronic
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| | weekend day. I have switched to plain
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| joint pain (especially in the lower back
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| | water and the 23.7-ounce Grape Propel,
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| and knees) in Type O patients (and
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| | which has a total of 30 calories and 6
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| certainly runners) has been helped with a
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| | grams of sugar per bottle.
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| short period of manganese
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| | I suggest that you consider doing the
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| supplementation, according to Dr.
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| | same unless you want to float away like I
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| D'Adamo.
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| | did. I got to the point where it seemed
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| Manganese supplementation should only be
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| | that if I ingested a grain of simple cane
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| done under a physician's supervision,
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| | sugar my pancreas would automatically
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| even if you can buy the supplement over
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| | pump out 8 ounces of insulin to regulate
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| the counter.
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| | the amount of glucose in my blood. I am
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| Here are some other facts that are
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| | kidding but you get the point.
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| interesting from Dr. D'Adamo about Type
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| | My hormonal balance was so screwed up
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| Os:
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| | with excess sugar and wheat flour
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| 1) Aspirin's blood-thinning properties
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| | products, both adding fat I did not want,
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| can be trouble as Type Os already have
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| | that I was gaining weight faster than
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| thin blood.
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| | putting bricks on a scale.
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| 2) Type Os should avoid penicillin-class
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| | Now all of that nonsense is over.
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| antibiotics as their immune systems are
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| | Coca-Cola will have to find another
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| more allergically sensitive to this class
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| | customer for its products.
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| of drugs. I was given penicillin as a
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| | In America it seems that we have a lobby
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| child; when given penicillin as an adult,
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| | for everything and every group. There
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| I developed a severe reaction to
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| | cannot be two more powerful and effective
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| penicillin. If I am given a shot of
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| | lobbies in the United States today than
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| penicillin today, it will kill me within
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| | the sugar lobby and the wheat flour
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| minutes. I am told that if I took
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| | lobby. They are literally part of many
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| penicillin in tablet form and my stomach
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| | foods we eat.
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| was pumped immediately, I might have a
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| | No wonder we are getting fatter and
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| chance to remain alive.
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| | fatter by the meal. Well, at least most
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| If you think D'Adamo's advice on this did
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| | of us. I am getting skinner every time I
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| not get my attention, you are dead wrong.
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| | eat and drink. I will run faster too and
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| 3) Try to avoid macrolide-class
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| | will be happy to do so.
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| antibiotics. Erythromycin and the newer
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| | Lifelong runners like myself who have
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| macrolides Biaxin and Zithromax can
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| | been training and competing forever (47
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| aggravate bleeding tendencies in Type Os.
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| | years plus) know that there is an
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| The bottom line from Peter D'Adamo, who
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| | inescapable correlation between your
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| is a naturopathic physician and ridiculed
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| | weight and your cardiovascular
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| by some other physicians who think they
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| | efficiency.
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| are God's answer to medicine, is this:
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| | Essentially, when you lose 10% of your
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| Try to avoid over-the-counter medications
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| | body weight, you increase your
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| as there are natural alternatives that
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| | cardiovascular efficiency 10%.
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| work just as well or better.
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| | When my weight drops 65 pounds from 225
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| When I researched the ingredient labels
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| | to 160, I will have lost at least 28% of
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| on foods at the supermarket I was amazed
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| | my body weight, meaning my cardiovascular
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| at how many food products include wheat
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| | efficiency will increase 28%. Trust me
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| flour, high fructose corn syrup and
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| | when I say that upon reaching my ideal
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| simple sugars.
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| | weight, you will know.
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| Do you realize how much money the wheat
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| | I will be the guy screaming the news on
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| flour, high fructose corn syrup and
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| | top of my house for everyone to hear.
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| simple sugar interests dole out in
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| | (Editor's Note: This is Part 5 of a
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| research grants every year to medical
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| | 5-Part Article.
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| research laboratories to prove the value
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