[felinefan67]

I've been following Eat Right 4 Your Type (The bloodtype diet).

My dad, a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic was advised by a family member to go on this diet. He has and some amazing things have happened. His blood sugars are mostly controlled in the near normal to normal range. He's not on meds and his numbers plummeted from the 300's down to near normal levels. He's 70 and an atypical diabetic. (No family history, thin, and active). He did eat tons of sugars and carbs for years prior to his diagnosis though). He doesn't count carbs at all and just picks foods from his "highly beneficial" and "nuetral" lists and tries to avoid the "avoids" on his list. He eats cheeseburgers with the white buns, fries, etc.

The doctors are amazed but skeptical. His doctor told him, "wow your numbers are great!" "But that's not the way I would have chosen."

The belief of this diet is that certain foods contain harmful lectins which can cause all sorts of health issues for people if they eat foods that react badly to their specific blood type.

I have been moderately following it ( I am the same blood type as my dad) and have lost 15 lbs in the last month coupled with exercises. My lower intestines have all but stopped gurgling (I've had problems for years with gurgling intestines) so I believe it is a good over-all diet but UNLIKE my dad, I choose foods in my beneficial and nuetral list that also happen to be lower carbs (for the most part)

I eat ezekiel bread, organic rice, millet, or oat-based cereals, salads almost daily, sugar free pudding/jello, almonds for snacks, egg whites, cheeses, yogurt (Dannon light & fit), Tuna, Salmon, Ground beef, and Turkey for my meats.

I also have been super strict on portion sizes. I try hard to not go over the serving sizes on the box and try also to avoid "cheating" (although today I had about two servings worth of "Combos" pretzel/cheese filled snacks).