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Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo is a naturopathic physician, educator, and researcher with a wide international following. His first book, Eat Right 4 Your Type was voted one of the ten most influential health books of all time by a respected industry publication and has been translated into more than fifty foreign languages. Dr. D’Adamo was selected Physician of the Year by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. He is the cofounder and academic dean of IfHI, the Institute for Human Individuality, and he is the director of The New England Center for Personalized Medicine in Wilton, Connecticut. Catherine Whitney has collaborated on numerous bestselling books on health and medicine.

“D'Adamo's engaging writing style, enthusiasm for his subject, and personalized advice will appeal to those who enjoy taking a hands-on approach to their health and exploring new theories.” –Publishers Weekly

With over five million copies sold worldwide of Eat Right 4 Your Type and additional books in the Blood Type Diet series, Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo pioneered a new, revolutionary approach to dieting–one linked to a person’s blood type. In Change Your Genetic Destiny, he takes his groundbreaking research to the next level by identifying six unique genetic types. Whether you are a Hunter, Gatherer, Teacher, Explorer, Warrior, or Nomad, Dr. D’Adamo offers a customized program that complements your genetic makeup to maximize health and weight loss, as well as prevent or even reverse disease. In simple, concise prose, Dr. D’Adamo explains how a host of environmental factors, including diet and lifestyle, dictate how and when your genes express themselves. He goes on to demonstrate precisely how, with the right tools, you can alter your genetic destiny by turning on the good genes and silencing the bad ones. Your health risks, weight, and life span can all be improved by following the GenoType Diet that’s right for you.
Using family history and blood type, as well as simple diagnostic tools like fingerprint analysis, leg length measurements, and dental characteristics, Dr. D’Adamo shows you how to map out your genetic identity and discover which of the six GenoType plans you should follow. Without expensive tests or a visit to the doctor, Change Your Genetic Destiny reveals previously hidden genetic strengths and weaknesses and provides a precise diet and lifestyle plan for every individual. Based on the latest and most cutting-edge research, this is a twenty-first-century plan for wellness and weight loss from a renowned healthcare pioneer.

Publishers Weekly

Broadening his approach to diet and health beyond the four blood types, naturopathic physician D'Adamo (Eat Right 4 Your Type) profiles six GenoTypes and explains how readers can reprogram gene responses to lose and maintain weight, repair cells, avoid illness and age well. D'Adamo draws on epigenetics, the study of the interaction between genes and environment, to argue that tailoring diet and lifestyle to "GenoTypes" (genetic survival strategies that predate ethnicity and race and correspond to such external traits as body type, jaw shape and teeth patterns) is the most effective means to achieve optimum health. While conditions in the prenatal environment-our own and our ancestors-have profound effects on our genes, D'Adamo contends, readers can take control of their inheritance by turning on positive genes and silencing negative ones through methylation, histone acetylation and other biological processes. He provides methods for readers to determine their types; these include body measurements, fingerprints, and personal and family history. D'Adamo's dietary recommendations are flexible and consist of lists of foods that enhance each GenoType and foods to limit or avoid, but readers can find meal plans and recipes on the author's Web site. D'Adamo's engaging writing style, enthusiasm for his subject and personalized advice will appeal to those who enjoy taking a hands-on approach to their health and exploring new theories. (Jan.)

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword Tom Greenfield, ND, DO, MIFHI xiii

Prologue: Life-Altering Possibilities xvii

Part I GenoType: The Key to Understanding Who You Are 1

Chapter 1 Yout Genetic Autobiography 3

Chapter 2 A World of Limitless Potential 15

Chapter 3 GenoType Whys and Wherefores 28

Part II Understanding Your Body's Clues: Why You Don't Need a Genetics Lab 53

Chapter 4 Using the GenoType Calculators 55

Chapter 5 Strength-Testing Your GenoType 65

Chapter 6 Ready, Set, Go! Calculating Your GenoType 85

PART III The Six Genetic Archetypes: The GenoType Profiles 107

Chapter 7 Meet the GenoTypes 109

Chapter 8 GenoType 1: The Hunter 116

Chapter 9 GenoType 2: The Gatherer 127

Chapter 10 GenoType 3: The Teacher 137

Chapter 11 GenoType 4: The Explorer 147

Chapter 12 GenoType 5: The Warrior 157

Chapter 13 GenoType 6: The Nomad 168

Part IV The GenoType Diets: Six Individual Roads to Health 179

Chapter 14 Getting the Most from Your GenoType Diet 181

Chapter 15 The Hunter Diet 191

Chapter 16 The Gatherer Diet 205

Chapter 17 The Teacher Diet 221

Chapter 18 The Explorer Diet 237

Chapter 19 The Warrior Diet 253

Chapter 20 The Nomad Diet 269

Epilogue: The Future Beyond Tomorrow 286

Appendix: The Advanced GenoType Calculator Tables 289

Glossary: GenoType Diet Terms 299

Resources: Suggested Reading List and Going Further 303

Learning More About GenoType 303

GenoType Lifestyle Support 306

GenoType Practitioner Support 307

Index 309