The GenoType Diet: Complete Review

Im intrigued enough to want to read this yet, when reading the types above, think:

which one am I? would I be were I not working daily to be healthy and stay fit?

Kind of like the somatypes. People often tell me Im an ectomorph or mesomorph but, if I ate junk and sat on my arse more than I do now, Id be an endomorph.

or would I?

hard to know---but looks like something Id wanna read hard science behind or not.

THANKS FOR THE REVIEW as Id not even heard of the book.

This is a great review - I'd looked into the online diet but never seen the book version, so this sheds a lot of light on the principles of the Genotype Diet. Does D'Adamo state any of his own research as back-up for his plan? Sometimes I wonder where an author comes up with their ideas for a book and/or diet like this. If there really is no science to back it up, does that mean people are willing to buy the next-best-thing whether or not it's proven to work?

I've not read this book, but from a marketing point of view - people love new taxonomies that place someone into a somewhat flattering category. You get a new identity, and probably meaningless insight that gives an afterglow of understanding...

I never fit into any of the categories in these sorts of books, and I hate the idea that we all fit neatly into boxes. Even if there were those "genotypes" once, thousands of years of intermarriage make the idea that we all fit neatly into these categories ridiculous.

I find this very interesting. I did not know there was much of a relationship between nutrition and genetics, but it does make sense. It's incredible what studies have shown in terms of how our genetic makeup effects our health in terms of diseases. Hopefully, this type of thing can help improve overall nutrition and health in the future.

If he's not presenting his theories for other scientists to analyse and respond to, then it's not science. Science progresses via group effort.

Just because some multiple-choice test manages to sort people into x number of groups, doesn't mean that there are actually x groups to divide people among, or that these specific groups represent anything real.

What I am reading from Mike's review:
(1) pay Dr. Peter D'adamo money via buying his book.
(2) take test that he made up and no other scientist will vouch for.
(3) pay him money via his website to be able to put his ideas to use.

Sounds fishy to me (chinook or atlantic salmon, take your pick).

I am not a fan of any book that doesn't provide either research or actual exercises that you can try or work on that involves your health. The fact that you have to pay to get any of the information that you can use to apply the diet is ridiculous.

Are people just smoking pot, writing stream of conscious, and getting book deals?

How does this get published?

It sounds like complete junk. It doesn't even pass the smell test and is not worth further investigation.

As you rightly note, it appears at first to rest on a logical premise: that humans have evolved in ways that will make certain diets better or worse for them. It then makes a gigantic leap to making specific claims about what diets are better for certain supposed "genotypes." There is no science supporting these claims. If there were, we would already know about it.

This book sounds sort of fishy to me. The descriptions of the different "GenoTypes" are kind of vague...I could be in either the Teacher or the Explorer category while my husband is probably a Warrior. If this book is like the Blood Type book, there are lists of foods that you can and cannot eat, so that's mostly what's going to lead to any sort of weight loss. If you can't eat X, Y, Z and are allowed to eat Q, R, and S, of course you'll probably lose some weight.

I'm sort of curious to see what else is in this book, so I may have to check it out to see what foods I "should" be eating.

I'm betting the next book this guy publishes will be the Zodiac Diet...if you're a Virgo, you should eat fish and beans but if you're a Libra, you should eat beef and quinoa or whatever. I'm sure people would buy it.

I briefly skimmed through that book in the store around x'mas. It involves a LONG test to determine your type. I find this still a one size fits all approach. Not everyone fits into the type exactly, just like someone mentioned, sort of life sameotype(sp.).

Great review of the diet. I for one do not believe the hype of most diet books. I think regardless what your genetics are, if you choose a healthy diet and exercise regularly you can lose weight and be healthier. Books like the Geno Diet, really don't care about the health or weight of the "customers", they just care about the bottom line - the money in their pocketbook.

I find that the first sign that a so called ‘scientific’ theory has little actual scientific merit is when it does not use correct terminology. ‘Genotype’ is a real term but refers to the actual combination of genes that result in a specific phenotype. For example, the genotype for O blood type is (i,i). You won’t sell any books with that.

Genotype Diet is the good for health.I did not read the book but according to the action point of view Genotype diet is good diet that suits for the body.

I think it is an interesting notion but when you break it down I think it is a pretty crazy idea. We have not been hunter or gathers for thousands of years. If we all had these specific gean types they surely would have been cross bred so many times over the last few thousand years there would no longer be any distinct subsets. It sounds a bit far fetched and the fact there is no supporting evidence makes the claims very week.

Don't knock the book or its concepts til you've read and understand them...the science behind d'adamo's books is certainly there...unfortunately, those who've never read d'adamo's books pass his work off as rubbish because of their ignorance

The term, 'genotype,' is indeed used appropriately, as the premise of the book is how specific factors (e.g. nutrients, diet, and lifestyle) effect one's genes (genotype), thereby altering the expression of those genes (observably, phenotype). Naturally, different gene expressions (e.g. as a result of silencing, RNA interference, et cetera) and different genes themselves require different diets and lifestyles; d'adamo is simply trying to develop diets and lifestyles that promote the optimal expression of one's genes, which ultimately leads to better health.

It just feels like D'adamo is flogging a dead horse with the Genotype Diet, which is suffering the same negative press that his Blood Type Diet
received, and for all the same reasons.

If you go ahead and spend your hard earned money to gain access to the recipes and other tools for this diet (which is $4 a week, but you have to pay for 13 weeks, so actually it is a $52 investment, plus the cost of the book too) you find that the recipes are quite good. But again, if it is recipes you want then save some money and just buy a good low-carb, low-cal cook book and start cooking.

I have the book and like it alot. It said that we could go on the website to find a list of all the foods tested and newly discovered foods for our genotype to eat and to limit or avoid but I cant find this information. Can someone send me it please? Thankyou

Where do I find list of foods tested and new ones to eat and those to limit or avoid?Help!