Live Right 4 Your Type

D'Adamo doesn't have all the answers, but he has definitely brought clearer thinking to my food choices. If you want to skip the theory and get right down to what's for dinner, "Cook Right 4 Your Type" will give you a useful range of menues and recipes. One book is not a major expense.

As to all the other books, products, and services the author provides: I don't mind if the author makes a lot of money. I believe he deserves it!


Are you living "right" for your type?   August 3, 2003
23 out of 24 found this review helpful

Let's face it, there have been a lot of arguments against d'Adamo's diet plans for each type. Beyond that, anyone who takes the time to peruse the reviews of the texts he's authored -- or better yet, the user forums on his website, will realize that his diet has worked for thousands of people. You may dismiss his writings as pseudo-science or even fiction, but the truth is: it has worked for many.

While I find some of the medical and scientific bases for his claims to be a little loosely spun (personally, there isn't enough reference to reputable sources of knowledge for me), it does provide an interesting anthropological take on lifestyle and cause of disease. I have to admit, many of the foods on the "avoid" list for my type are ones I already knew I had allergies, intolerances, or simply distaste for.

Even following Peter d'Adamo's diet ever so casually, I've seen improvement in many areas of health. I especially recommend this book to those who've experienced the frustration of fad diets that eliminate all the "good things" in life and force absolute adherence -- Peter's does not, with the understanding that most of us are "only human" and will end up breaking a diet that is too strict; rather, this diet is about making a permanent, lifelong shift to a healthier lifestyle and diet.


Better and broader in scope than Eat Right 4 Your Type   June 11, 2003
Gaetan Lion
18 out of 21 found this review helpful

Here the author covers much more ground than he did in Eat Right. There is a thorough description on each blood type, including temperament, response to stress and emotional stability, metabolism. There are detailed recommendation for each blood type on nutrition, lifestyle, sports. Also, there are descriptions of blood type's inherent vulnerabilities to various diseases, and how to overcome them. The author includes a good list of website resources at the end for further information on this fascinating medical framework.


Why it works?   April 24, 2003
Stephanie Christensen (Dixon, IL)
37 out of 39 found this review helpful

Before reading D'adamo's book, I suffered from being tired and unable to concentrate. After years of feeling this way, I decided to change my diet. I cut out sugar and white flour and only ate whole grains and vegetables like my vegetarian husband. I also created a journal that recorded how I felt after each meal in an effort to weed out foods my body didn't respond well to. I did this for three months and became more and more frustrated. The moment I put food in my mouth, I could count on being tired for the rest of the day.

Then I picked up D'Adamo's book and read it. I found out I was type O blood and began trying his diet--even though I was skeptical. I was shocked at what I discovered! I noticed a difference right away when I severely cut down on grains(wheat entirely) and added fish and red meats to my diet! I noticed that whenever I slipped up and ate wheat or oats, I was tired afterwards. What a discovery!

Months later, I started exercising again and decided to test for myself what kind of exercise made me feel the best. I noticed that, once again, I fit D'Adamo's profile perfectly. I was very impressed and surprised that quick walking on the treadmill for 20 minutes left me feeling tired whereas vigorous excercising on the stairclimber for the same amount of time left me fealing invigorated and energized!

In addition to the above discoveries, I also realized the link between my allergies and grains. I now KNOW that when I pop something in my mouth that is not a vegetable or protein, I am going to sneeze within a couple minutes. My body just doesn't respond as well to the environment if I am not equipping it properly with healthy foods and exercise!

No one believes me when I say his book has credibility because it seems ludicrous that so much importance on diet can be based simply on someones blood type! I agree, it does seem implausible that with all the genetic factors, blood type would play the most predominant role... I truly don't understand how it could even be that simple...maybe there is more to it? But... What I do understand, and can testify to, is that I had felt tired and fatgued and for the first time in YEARS, I felt alive again. No other diet--or doctors pills--made me feel like I do now!

I continue to share with others that his recommendations worked for me in hopes that others who are suffering from illness or poor health will at least TRY it!


Some people don't like anything! I DO!   April 6, 2003
Bryan Tilley (Kingsport, TN United States)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful

As with most things in life I have to try something before I endorse it. I was taught, "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear".
With these negative reviews I get an underlying sense of skepticism. Not from the material they are reviewing but from their interpretation of the material. I believe these people are negative, probably all of the time, with things that they don't agree with. So, my advice is to, listen to the underlying agenda to any review. Maybe they don't like anything.
As with any relatively new research, there are bound to be revisions and new data, as well as skepticism. (At one point in time the earth was flat, doctors used leeches, and surgeons didn't wash their hands. Everyone thought this science was current, not now).
My wife (an A) and I (an O) have been on this diet for almost a year. I am not very disciplined and have trouble staying on it; she is very resolved and stays on it very well. She feels better, has more energy, has had periods more regularly, her digestion is better, and her bowels move more regular. When I am on the diet my digestion is better (no reflux), I feel better after a meal, I have more energy, I don't seem to be as lethargic. I think this book would help anyone understand themselves and their dietary habits better.