I recently blew the dust off of my book collection and stumbled upon a book that I had purchased nearly 3 years ago. I’ve always been interested in alternative medicine and treatments so I thought it would be cool to research the art of eating the right foods. I was extremely interested in this book. It was written by a doctor who had compiled the findings of archaeologists, doctors, scientists, and nutritionists in order to come up with an eating plan for a person according to their blood type. In the book, he goes through great lengths explaining the food-blood type connection. I felt like it was worth trying except for one problem—I didn’t know my blood type. “Well that’s easy to fix” I thought. I knew my doctor could tell me. I would just ask her. Somehow I would never remember to ask her when I had blood work done. Three years later, I see it again in a box of books that I packed to move into my present house. I read it again. “That’s right! I wanted to get my blood type!”, I remembered. I called Dr. Nelson and asked her about it. “Oh we have to order that when we send your blood work in, Paula. I wish you had said something at your last physical. Just come in and we’ll order a blood type test”. I asked her how long it would take and she told me a week or two depending on the workload in the lab. I decided that I wanted to know sooner than that and I didn’t want to have to pay a co-pay to get it. I decided to donate blood. I know I had a selfish reason, but at least I could help someone in the process. I got up immediately and drove to my nearest Lifeblood in Germantown. I simply walked in, told them I wanted to donate, and they happily obliged. That was last Wednesday. I had almost forgotten about it, when I saw the book again on the table. I called them and sure enough they had my blood type. I anxiously came to the front desk and asked the nurse. My blood type is B+. I hurried to the car to look up my diet and discovered that CHICKEN MAKES ME FAT!!!! Ugh! Can you believe it? An American staple is to blame for my thunder thighs?! That’s not all… Tomatoes, Ketchup, Shrimp, Black Pepper, and [gasp] all wheat products!!!! No Bread?!!! There must be some mistake! What kind of meat is beneficial to me, you ask? Oh, Lamb, Mutton, Venison, and Rabbit… All the cute cuddly animals that I wanted as pets when I was little. That’s like eating Roast Coleman or Marinated Cody! I took a deep breath and decided that I would try it… I made curried lamb and rice today. It wasn’t as bad as I thought. It will definitely take getting used to. I’ll let you know how it’s going.

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