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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Jeanne Driese wrote:
> Bev, Being an A blood type I am very familiar with all the ins and 
> outs of that type.  So I decided to go through a bit of the O type 
> "stuff".  Guess what ????  Most folks who have RA are also blood type
>  O. One of the biggest food offenders for folks that are O is Wheat.

Yup.  I was actually allergic to Wheat as a kid.  It would stuff me up
and sometimes give me hives if I ate something 'whole wheaty'.  I could
eat white bread, but no more than a sandwich a day.  I could eat pasta,
but not if I had had a sandwich..you get the idea.  I was also allergic
to chocolate, citrus, and a lot of environmental allergens.  I was
taking prescription anti-histamines daily when I was four...
I 'outgrew' most of my food allergies by the time I was 15 or 16, but
interestingly, it was about that time that I began having auto-immune
disease issues.  Coincidence?

 So here is
> another book to add to your list and with the things I am reading 
> about RA and blood type it might be the one to get first! "Eat Right 
> for Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia", by Dr. Peter J. 
> D'Adamo with Catherine Whitney.  Being a chemist I think you would 
> find the information very interesting!

Jeanne, remember that survey I sent out...it was because I had read that
book!  I was looking for independent confirmation of what you
suggest...small sampling semi-scientific survey.
Thanks for thinking of me, though.  It's a good, interesting,
controversial book.

Bev





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