Evolution Two – week Four
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Hello Folks,
I wanted to talk a little bit about why I have decided to eat Spelt bread instead of Wheat bread. I recently spoke with a friend of mine who read Eat Right For Your Type by Peter J. D’ Adamo. She said that in his book he explains reasons why he thinks that if folks eat a diet consistent with their blood type history that they will find greater success with weight loss and overall feeling better.
I had skimmed the book years ago when I was a vegetarian and decided it wasn’t useful for me, and I will tell you why. I am blood type 0; according to Adamo my blood ancestry goes back to the hunter gatherers. That means my diet should look something like their diet. Since I wasn’t eating meat I didn’t think it was practical for me.
Then, ironically, when I was 25 I developed an interest in living off of the land. I spent a lot of time learning how to make bows and arrows and buckskin clothing. I was hyper focused on becoming a primitive skills expert, and yet I was still a vegetarian. I knew it didn’t quite feel right to have the two conflicting interests. I had made the decision when I was 20 to become vegetarian after reading about how animals were being treated in meat factories; when I decided to eat meat again (only a lit bit), I decided to only eat fish at first.
Then I moved toward wild meat and finally organic and free range. I felt ok about my decision knowing that the animals were treated better. I even started eating wild food. I noticed a big difference in how my body responded to the dark leafy wild greens I was eating. I would fill up really fast on that kind of diet.
The more I experimented with food the more I learned about how my body responded to different kinds of food. I noticed I would gain weight when I ate a lot of bread and pasta. I also craved bread and could eat a whole loaf of my favorite bread. My diet was very unbalanced at times and then very clean at other times.
One time I was living in the desert and I ate mostly rice and beans, which is basically a one-food diet. I think I really detoxed myself then, because I felt really good, but I didn’t eat anything else with protien but the beans. I was hiking one day and someone gave me their GORP with nuts in it. Not soon after I noticed a marked difference in thinking clearly.
Anyway, clearly there is something going on with how our bodies respond to food and perhaps genetics is connected. Adamo recommends Spelt bread for Type O people instead of Wheat. I don’t know for sure if it works yet, but it couldn’t hurt to give the Spelt bread a try. Since my history with bread is to gain weight…I am wondering if eating Spelt will be a good preventative technique. I have been buying a really tasty kind at my local co-op market and don’t feel Wheat deprived at all.
Aparently the benefits of spelt bread include…
One of the original grains (closer to my ancestors)
More nutritional than Wheat
Can be grown without fertilizers, pesticides, or insecticides
Righer in essential amino acids
Higher vitamin B, which controls carb, fat, and protein metabolism
Higher in soluble and insoluble fiber
More protein than Wheat
Low in gluten, and has high levels of crude fibers which helps eliminate gluten
Easy to digest
Sounds good, doesn't it? We'll see.
Here are the pictures...
June 18, 2009: Day 109
Exercise: Interval
Hello Folks,
I wanted to talk a little bit about why I have decided to eat Spelt bread instead of Wheat bread. I recently spoke with a friend of mine who read Eat Right For Your Type by Peter J. D’ Adamo. She said that in his book he explains reasons why he thinks that if folks eat a diet consistent with their blood type history that they will find greater success with weight loss and overall feeling better.
I had skimmed the book years ago when I was a vegetarian and decided it wasn’t useful for me, and I will tell you why. I am blood type 0; according to Adamo my blood ancestry goes back to the hunter gatherers. That means my diet should look something like their diet. Since I wasn’t eating meat I didn’t think it was practical for me.
Then, ironically, when I was 25 I developed an interest in living off of the land. I spent a lot of time learning how to make bows and arrows and buckskin clothing. I was hyper focused on becoming a primitive skills expert, and yet I was still a vegetarian. I knew it didn’t quite feel right to have the two conflicting interests. I had made the decision when I was 20 to become vegetarian after reading about how animals were being treated in meat factories; when I decided to eat meat again (only a lit bit), I decided to only eat fish at first.
Then I moved toward wild meat and finally organic and free range. I felt ok about my decision knowing that the animals were treated better. I even started eating wild food. I noticed a big difference in how my body responded to the dark leafy wild greens I was eating. I would fill up really fast on that kind of diet.
The more I experimented with food the more I learned about how my body responded to different kinds of food. I noticed I would gain weight when I ate a lot of bread and pasta. I also craved bread and could eat a whole loaf of my favorite bread. My diet was very unbalanced at times and then very clean at other times.
One time I was living in the desert and I ate mostly rice and beans, which is basically a one-food diet. I think I really detoxed myself then, because I felt really good, but I didn’t eat anything else with protien but the beans. I was hiking one day and someone gave me their GORP with nuts in it. Not soon after I noticed a marked difference in thinking clearly.
Anyway, clearly there is something going on with how our bodies respond to food and perhaps genetics is connected. Adamo recommends Spelt bread for Type O people instead of Wheat. I don’t know for sure if it works yet, but it couldn’t hurt to give the Spelt bread a try. Since my history with bread is to gain weight…I am wondering if eating Spelt will be a good preventative technique. I have been buying a really tasty kind at my local co-op market and don’t feel Wheat deprived at all.
Aparently the benefits of spelt bread include…
One of the original grains (closer to my ancestors)
More nutritional than Wheat
Can be grown without fertilizers, pesticides, or insecticides
Righer in essential amino acids
Higher vitamin B, which controls carb, fat, and protein metabolism
Higher in soluble and insoluble fiber
More protein than Wheat
Low in gluten, and has high levels of crude fibers which helps eliminate gluten
Easy to digest
Sounds good, doesn't it? We'll see.
Here are the pictures...
June 18, 2009: Day 109
Exercise: Interval
Menu: Variety day
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: Every time is a new time, a new day, a new result, a new chance.
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: Every time is a new time, a new day, a new result, a new chance.
