Simply living in the year 2000 has become a health problem. Blood types have as much to do with what not to eat, as what to eat. In esoteric literature it is stated that our blood is, at present, the most highly individualized factor in the human body. Our ancestral heritage has been transmitted to our bodies from centuries past and our ancestral diet is, in most cases, what our bodies crave today. Not feeding the body this vital ancestral food breaks down its integrity and causes illness and devitalization.
Metabolism is the third factor to consider.
A slow metabolism requires different foods than a fast metabolism. Both types of metabolizers can be overweight due to the fact that the body is not adequately ingesting foods. How fast our body uses food is one of the most important determinants in choosing the foods we should eat. Gittleman notes that her approach parallels the 6,000 year old science of Ayurveda, which differentiates individuals though body typing. Color and texture of hair and skin, rate of speech, body size and shape, gait, and even temperament and emotional responses are clues Ayurvedic physicians look at to determine body type and assist them in individualizing diagnoses and treatment.