Question....

March 15, 2006

James,

Sorry that I wasn't clear. I think I mentioned what the Tree of Life

was in an earlier post but should probably have explained again.

The Tree of Life is the name of the center that Gabriel Cousens has

established in Patagonia, AZ. It serves several functions. It is a

rejuvenation center where you can go for fasts, spiritual or detox.

There is a doctor and nurse on site to supervise the fasts. You can

also go to get a medical workup that they call Whole Person Healing.

This is a three day evaluation in which they do regular blood draws to

determine how you metabolize different types of foods. They also have

you fill out a very long, I think about 40 pp. health questionnaire

and do some basal temps, and food charts before you arrive. Once they

have done the eval they meet with you and do some regular, ayurvedic

and chinese medical evals. Then they make recommendations as to type of

diet and supplements that you need to take long and short term. While

you are there you eat at their Cafe where they serve only raw, organic

foods that are identified by phases. (They serve a lot of phase 2 for

those that are in transition.)

You can stay there by the day and eat the food and use the hot tubs and

infra red sauna, go to yoga and meditation as part of the daily fee.

They also have an oxy bounce, ozone steam bath, and different types of

massage to remove toxins at an additional fee for each.

While staying there is a daily class on raw food prep and two Q & A's

a week staffed by Gabriel when he is there and other knowledgeable

staff when he is not.

There is also a small store that sells organic raw foods that they have

researched to make sure of the quality. I bought a lot of things. When

I got home I checked the prices on the internet. They were all within a

few cents of what I could get via internet.

You can also go there for seminars on raw food prep or spirituality.

If you have read any of Gabriel's books you know that he sees a

connection between the vibrational state of our physical body and our

ability to be connected with God/Spirit or whatever you call it. He

says " Food is a Love Note from God. " So, there is a highly spiritual

air about the place but people who aren't looking for development in

that direction seem to feel very comfortable. No one seems to notice or

care who goes to the evening meditations.

If you are interested in more information about the Tree of Life their

website is www.treeoflife.nu . There is a lot of free information

there. Also, they have just started a program called " Gabriel Live " .

For $30 a month you get access to a 1.5 hour a month webcast where

Gabriel answers question by phone or ones that have been sent by

e-mail. There is also a food prep each month by webcast and they are

posting audio of radio shows Gabriel has done and other material. There

is an addendum to the Rainbow Green Live Food book that has lots of new

recipes that you can download as part of Gabriel Live. I must mention

that this is a new endeavor for them and they are learning as they go.

At times it is evident that the video is being done by amateurs but it

does give you access to someone who really knows the science of raw

food to answer your questions. It will get better with time. Also,

there is no long term commitment when you join. You can quit at any

time. From what I heard when I was there, it is a self supporting

program. As they raise more money in fees they will buy more equipment.

It started in December.

Having said all of this I feel like I need to add a disclaimer. I have

absolutely no financial connection to the Tree of Life. I am just a

very satisfied client. I spent 12 days there in February. Attended

their Conscious Eating class, did the Whole Person Healing medical

evaluation and stayed a couple of days to eat the food, get some

massages and enjoy the weather (I live in northern Ontario most of the

time.) I will return someday to do a spiritual fast and their Zero

Point Seminar (spiritual). Would love to go for at least a week or two

each year just to tune up my body and soul.

They charge $155 a day for a shared room, food and use of the facility.

If you eat and prepare raw, organic food you know that isn't bad. I

can't even get organic greens except in a bad in the winter.

Well, I have done it again. Written a book when asked a fairly simple

question. I guess you can tell that I had a positive experience.

Tammy

, at 12:25 PM, Noctaire wrote:

> Ok, a few terms are throwing about here that have me a tad confused as

> someone new.Â I've read of folks going to " Tree of Life " but

> apparently in

> the same breath as talking about a sort of retreat/clinic...?Â Is

> Tree of

> Life a store or a clinic?Â Are there any particularly good rawfood

> clinics

> and how would I go about finding one?

>

> TIA....

>

> James

>

April 3, 2008

Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter D'Adamo? I

haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

anyway.

Cheers,

Ginger

April 3, 2008

> Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type "

> book by Peter D'Adamo? I

> haven't read his book only thumbed through it.

> I am a Blood Type A,

> and according to him I should be vegan. Which

> is the McDougall diet

> anyway.

I leafed through it once too - but forget what

type I was supposed to be, if indeed I did check

that out (can't remember). I know that some

people are startled to find that he thinks they

should be eating animal flesh of some kind or

other - not very encouraging to vegetarians and

vegans!

Some people have said that his book lacks correct

scientific backing, but I can't remember who

*shrug* Maybe others know?

Nice that he okayed you for vegan anyway!!!!!

Love and hugs, Pat (also vegan)

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April 3, 2008

I was trying to do the blood type diet for a while, Im an A also. But it was

difficult in a way, like I shouldnt eat wheat flour (no one should according to

the author; he may have a point, but....)or tomatoes or eggplant or oranges?

Tangerine, lemon and grapefruit are ok Also, no potatoes- lots of vege staples,

ya know? my 2 cents Daph

also im not vegan yet, so i do use honey and cheese too, but I now only buy

soymilk, baby steps

Ginger <gingerdphillips wrote:

Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter D'Adamo? I

haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

anyway.

Cheers,

Ginger

What a wonderful miracle, if only we could look through each other's eyes for an

instant. -Henry David Thoreau

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April 4, 2008

Blood group diet?

I never heard of this. Does this work

details please

Daphne Barton <daphnebarton wrote:

I was trying to do the blood type diet for a while, Im an A also. But

it was difficult in a way, like I shouldnt eat wheat flour (no one should

according to the author; he may have a point, but....)or tomatoes or eggplant or

oranges? Tangerine, lemon and grapefruit are ok Also, no potatoes- lots of vege

staples, ya know? my 2 cents Daph

also im not vegan yet, so i do use honey and cheese too, but I now only buy

soymilk, baby steps

Ginger <gingerdphillips wrote:

Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter D'Adamo? I

haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

anyway.

Cheers,

Ginger

What a wonderful miracle, if only we could look through each other's eyes for an

instant. -Henry David Thoreau

You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total

Access, No Cost.

April 4, 2008

According to Dr. Fuhrman in his book Eat To Live

http://www.vegandonelight.com/recommends/eat2live

" I tried hard to be fair to D'Adamo because I know

there is some evidence in the scientific literature

that genetics and even blood type can predispose

one to certain illnesses, such as heart attacks and

some cancers, but his claims are so ridiculous that

it leaves me with no choice but to be amazed that

he could actually make such mind-boggling claims

without supporting documentation or scientific studies.

Furthermore, in reviewing the references mentioned

in this book, he did not include even a small fraction

of the hundreds of studies performed on this subject

by scientists in the past thirty years. All the major

studies I found documenting the relationship between

blood type and disease were surprisingly missing. "

I tend to agree. Especially when my father,

a long-time vegetarian read he was supposed

to be eating chicken or some such. It seems

it's just a bunch of pseudo-science.

-Erin

http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

-

Ginger

Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:35 AM

Question....

Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter D'Adamo? I

haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

anyway.

Cheers,

Ginger

April 4, 2008

http://www.dadamo.com/

If you are blood type A, then the naturopath Dr. Peter D'Adamo

suggests that you are healthiest on a vegan diet. I haven't read the

book yet. I have the cookbook because of the vegan recipes in there

but haven't gotten to that yet either. There's been a lot of critism

on his diet from the medical community because they do not believe

that it is a scientifically sound theory. Having not read it, I

don't feel informed enough to comment. I will say that I know a

couple of people who have " loosely " followed his suggestions and say

that they feel great. They were also type A.

G

, sankar sastry

<shankarsastry wrote:

>

> Blood group diet?

> I never heard of this. Does this work

> details please

>

> Daphne Barton <daphnebarton wrote:

> I was trying to do the blood type diet for a while, Im an

A also. But it was difficult in a way, like I shouldnt eat wheat

flour (no one should according to the author; he may have a point,

but....)or tomatoes or eggplant or oranges? Tangerine, lemon and

grapefruit are ok Also, no potatoes- lots of vege staples, ya know?

my 2 cents Daph

> also im not vegan yet, so i do use honey and cheese too, but I now

only buy soymilk, baby steps

>

> Ginger <gingerdphillips wrote:

> Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter

D'Adamo? I

> haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

> and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

> anyway.

>

> Cheers,

> Ginger

>

> What a wonderful miracle, if only we could look through each

other's eyes for an instant. -Henry David Thoreau

>

> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of

Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.

>

April 4, 2008

Thanks, Erin - Fuhrman is pretty fair, I think.

And I respect him hugely.

Btw, if anyone would like to feel good AND lose

weight, the Fuhrman diet (book mentioned below by

Erin) is excellent. Also, a little different, the

McDougall plan. Neal Barnard has an excellent and

healthy weight-loss method too.

For myself, I find that keeping an eye on the

Fuhrman diet helps me to maintain weightloss

really well. (If I follow too perfectly I start

losing weight again, which I don't need to do.)

The trick for those of us who aren't very tall

(I'm 5 ft 2-1/2 in. or 158.75 cm) is to find

exactly the right foods to eat to keep health at

the optimum without eating useless or less

efficient calories - AND finding yummy things to

eat at the same time I'm really working on

developing some recipes of my own, tending more

and more towards raw these days - which is

mind-blowing!!!

Okay, everyone, that's my diet book boost for

today Go and get thin!

Love and hugs, Pat

---- Erin <truepatriot wrote:

> According to Dr. Fuhrman in his book Eat To

> Live

>

http://www.vegandonelight.com/recommends/eat2live

>

> " I tried hard to be fair to D'Adamo because I

> know

> there is some evidence in the scientific

> literature

> that genetics and even blood type can

> predispose

> one to certain illnesses, such as heart attacks

> and

> some cancers, but his claims are so ridiculous

> that

> it leaves me with no choice but to be amazed

> that

> he could actually make such mind-boggling

> claims

> without supporting documentation or scientific

> studies.

> Furthermore, in reviewing the references

> mentioned

> in this book, he did not include even a small

> fraction

> of the hundreds of studies performed on this

> subject

> by scientists in the past thirty years. All the

> major

> studies I found documenting the relationship

> between

> blood type and disease were surprisingly

> missing. "

>

> I tend to agree. Especially when my father,

> a long-time vegetarian read he was supposed

> to be eating chicken or some such. It seems

> it's just a bunch of pseudo-science.

>

> -Erin

> http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

>

> -

> Ginger

>

> Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:35 AM

> Question....

>

> Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type "

> book by Peter D'Adamo? I

> haven't read his book only thumbed through it.

> I am a Blood Type A,

> and according to him I should be vegan. Which

> is the McDougall diet

> anyway.

>

> Cheers,

> Ginger

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

> ---

>

April 4, 2008

Thanks, Ginger. And yes, your friends on the

vegan diet would feel better, wouldn't they! But

what if . . .

Okay, I'm blood type O - and I'm pretty sure that

he doesn't recommend a vegan or even vegetarian

diet for me That would go against my

principles, to eat meat or animal products, AND

go against what I have learned about good health.

One might as well choose a diet by using a weeji

board or consulting the stars or throwing dice

*shrug* Common sense should prevail, I think,

along with compassion and concern for personal

wellness.

Apologies if that's too strong for any D'Adamo

devotees here, but this IS a vegetarian group

after all

Love and hugs, Pat

--- Ginger <gingerdphillips wrote:

> http://www.dadamo.com/

>

> If you are blood type A, then the naturopath

> Dr. Peter D'Adamo

> suggests that you are healthiest on a vegan

> diet. I haven't read the

> book yet. I have the cookbook because of the

> vegan recipes in there

> but haven't gotten to that yet either. There's

> been a lot of critism

> on his diet from the medical community because

> they do not believe

> that it is a scientifically sound theory.

> Having not read it, I

> don't feel informed enough to comment. I will

> say that I know a

> couple of people who have " loosely " followed

> his suggestions and say

> that they feel great. They were also type A.

>

> G

>

> ,

> sankar sastry

> <shankarsastry wrote:

> >

> > Blood group diet?

> > I never heard of this. Does this work

> > details please

> >

> > Daphne Barton <daphnebarton wrote:

> > I was trying to do the blood type

> diet for a while, Im an

> A also. But it was difficult in a way, like I

> shouldnt eat wheat

> flour (no one should according to the author;

> he may have a point,

> but....)or tomatoes or eggplant or oranges?

> Tangerine, lemon and

> grapefruit are ok Also, no potatoes- lots of

> vege staples, ya know?

> my 2 cents Daph

> > also im not vegan yet, so i do use honey and

> cheese too, but I now

> only buy soymilk, baby steps

> >

> > Ginger <gingerdphillips wrote:

> > Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type "

> book by Peter

> D'Adamo? I

> > haven't read his book only thumbed through

> it. I am a Blood Type A,

> > and according to him I should be vegan. Which

> is the McDougall diet

> > anyway.

> >

> > Cheers,

> > Ginger

> >

> > What a wonderful miracle, if only we could

> look through each

> other's eyes for an instant. -Henry David

> Thoreau

> >

> > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering

> you one month of

> Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

> > Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more.

> You name it, we have

> it.

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April 11, 2008

, " Ginger "

<gingerdphillips wrote:

>

> Has anyone read the " Eat Right For your Type " book by Peter D'Adamo? I

> haven't read his book only thumbed through it. I am a Blood Type A,

> and according to him I should be vegan. Which is the McDougall diet

> anyway.

>

> Cheers,

> Ginger

>

I learned about the blood type diet years ago. Blood type A does best

on a vegetarian diet, although not necessarily vegan. Type A's can

also tolerate some poultry and fish, but ideal is vegetarian. I don't

think everything he says is in stone but there are certainly strong

tendencies with each blood type which I find very interesting! When I

discovered this book, it actually made a huge difference between me

and my husband!I'm an A and he's an O. Type O's do best with meat and

vegetables and very little grain. We actually used to fight because I

wasn't cooking enough meat to suit him! He became very ill at one

point and I put him on a total vegan diet for 12 weeks. During that

time he felt pretty good. After 12 weeks, however, he started to lose

muscle mass. Now we have a good understanding of each other's dietary

needs and no longer fuss at each other. He has some meat and I don't

and we are both happy! Yep, there is something to this. The big thing

we both learned is to honor each other's differences and preferences.

I use the blood type diet fairly often when I work with client's as a

starting point to healing their digestion. Once things are stabilized,

then it can be refined to what works for their lifestyle and

preferences. You can also figure out which foods you don't tolerate

well quite easily.I've had a lot of success with it overall.

Julie

April 11, 2008

Humans are not supposed to consume meat period no matter what blood type we are

this book is ridiculous do monkeys or apes eat meat. They are our closest living

relative did your hubby exercise maybe that why he lost muscle mass or you sure

it wasn't fat.

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" Julie " <jewiemt

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:26:54

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