Re: [CH] Re: Breast Feeding & Blood Types
M. & L. Doster (mld@theworks.com)
Sat, 28 Dec 2002 13:54:23 -0800
>To change the subject, there is a book about blood types by Dr. Peter J.
>D'Adamo in California. He says that Type A blood types should avoid all
>hot peppers, and even bell peppers. I am Type A, but I have never had any
>trouble with eating peppers. Apparently Type Os can eat all they like.
>Type As are the vegetarian type, who have "delicate" digestive tracts; but
>Type Os are the original Neanderthal descendants, who are
>stomach-acid-producing meat eaters. Anybody else have any comments on
>this? ...
Sorry that I'm a little slow in commenting on this message.
The DNA work in the last few years has shown that probably no modern humans
are descendents of the Neanderthals. Mitochondrial DNA is tougher than DNA
in the nucleus and so some of the mitochondrial DNA has been able to be
sequenced for remains of
Neanderthals. When compared to the DNA sequence of thousands of modern
humans, it turns out that Neanderthal DNA is very different. No modern human
has been found that has the same or even similar DNA to the Neanderthals.
This means that modern humans are not descendents of Neanderthals (or at
least no modern human has been found so far that is a descendent). By the
way, anyone can get their mitochondrial DNA sequenced for about $200. So,
anyone can test to see if they are a descendent of the Neanderthals.
I personally don't think that digestive systems can be grouped into general
types. Humans have evolved to eat a wide variety of foods. There are
differences in digestive systems between people but more in the details and
not general type.
On the other hand, it's possible that the blood type diet is healthier than
the modern diet, whether the theory is valid or not. There seems to be
definite problems with the modern diet, such as (possibly) too much animal
fat, empty calories, too few vegetables and fruits (including not enough
peppers), not enough fiber,... So, I think many diets that seem unusual to
me can be healthier than the typical American diet.
Concerning peppers, I think that they are healthy for everyone.
Besides vitamins, they are full of antioxidents (according to scientific
studies). One study that I saw found that green peppers had more
antioxidents than the other vegetables tested. Also, I thought that the
carotenoid pigments of the ripe peppers were good antioxidents (so that the
dried powder would have lots of antioxidents).
-Mark