Individual result

Type: O | Gender: Female | Age: Young | Effect: Significant

DESCRIPTION: I was suffering from extreme fatigue, which my doctor said was mainly untreatable as it was malaise, contacted after a sever bout with bronchittis. My doctor claimed it would take up to six months for me to recover. He put me on a grain based diet to combat the weight gain that inactivity had caused. I started gaining weight even more rapidly and my fatigue increased (which caused me to be more than a little depressed). A friend recommended your diet and I was only on it a week before I was back to full activity. I lost ten pounds and had to start eating more of the nuetral foods, so that I could lose weight more safely. I have been recommending your book to everyone that I know--my mother, who has suffered colitis symptoms for years (three of her favorite foods are on the don't eat list, for her type) my best friend, whose mother died of breast Cancer earlier this year, (she and her mother are bvoth type As) and to my vegitarian sister in LA, who has been frustrated for years, by her inability to keep off the weight, in spite of never eating meat and eating lots of grains. And my daughter, who is type A, has no evidence of the heart disturbances she was born with. I am usually skeptical about natural remedies, having grown up in Davenport Iowa and seen many chiropracters who went over-boaord, claiming that they could cure someone by waving a bottle of vitamins over the body and such. I approached your diet plan with more than a few resevations, but the proof is in the way I feel, as far as I am concerned. I am glad to hear that you are continuing your research and fine tuning the process, because I really believe that diet and exercise are the keys to healthy living. (I found the section of your book which dealt with stress to be particularly enlightening. I recently went from a high stress position to a low stress position and couldn't understand why I felt more stress in the less stressful setting. When I read your book, it hit me that in the more stressful setting, I was constantly in motion and I did not feel the stress. In the new setting, I am unable to move around and the least bit of stress throws me for a loop. I have actually set a goal to find a more physical type of employment, based on some of the ideas presented in your book. (I won't hold you responsible if I hate the job. I just realized that I am happier doing something more physical.) Which brings me to a final observation--actually, I could go on all day, but I doubt you have that sort of time--I have noticed a major decrease in the amount of depression that I have experienced in the past few weeks. Some of the current depression was due to inertia and weight gain, but I also have a family history of clinical depression. I have been resistant to correcting this problem with drugs, as I hate the idea of putting unnatural substances into my body, but there have been periods of time when combatting this problem have made me consider taking this approach. When I switched to your diet, the first thing that surprised me, a few days into the process was a feeling of general well-being. It wasn't quite euphoric, but it was defintily a much happier sensation than I was used to having and it has continued, in spite of a high amount of stress in my life. I personally believe that whatever was causing the original chemical imbalance was related to diet. I think your research is invaluable and want to thank both you and your father for opening the door to further research.