Eh, why not. So's not to completely derail Bev's thread:
Please answer the following questions, if you'd like.
1. What is your blood type?
2. What types of food are you most likely to eat, and which will you absolutely NOT eat? Does your eating follow any patterns? Would you consider yourself to be mostly carnivorous, omnivorous, herbivorous, or some combination? (Insectivorous isn't not a choice on purpose. )
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
1. A positive 2. I'm a vegetarian, so I don't eat any meat (for me that includes fish also). Yeay for veggies!!!
space opera
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
1. A+ 2. Food... eat... now... yum. I'm prone to eat a lot of pastas and meats, though.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
SO, do you mind if I ask why you are a vegetarian? Is it just taste preference?
Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
1. A+ 2. Balanced (yeah right!) Lots of carbs--pots and pasta.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I'm a vegetarian because meat just grosses me out. I don't like where it comes from, and I don't like how it tastes. I prefer a kinder, gentler way of eating. Carrots don't scream, do they? *cringe*
space opera
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I heard once that cabbages scream. Hook on up to a machine that measures high pitched frequencies, then chop up another cabbage in its vacinity.
[ August 03, 2004, 05:41 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
O positive and an omnivore. I eat a lot of red meat, but it's lean red meat, we buy from a local rancher and the cattle are free ranging - no hormmones and very little fat.
I try to always eat some fresh greens too, love salads. I also love broccoli, asparagus, and other green veggies. Not much of an eater of fruit, though my kids are - I do drink orange juice (calcium fortified because I don't drink milk)
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
O+
I am an omnivore, but really eat very little meat. I don't like beef, but do like buffalo. It's too expensive though. I usually cook meat once or twice a week, not counting dh's weekly "pizza and processed meat extravaganza". I eat lots of whole grains, love ceral, sprouted grain tortillas, love love love beans. I love tomatos and peppers, garbanzos in any form. I love cheese TOO much. And of course, the chocolate food group. Does high espresso consumption factor in?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
A-
I eat a lot of vegetables and grains and I'm not much of a carnivore. I'll eat a hamburger maybe once a year; but I do eat chicken quite often to get my protein.
I also have an inexplicable attraction to salt. I love pickles and pretzels and chinese food. In fact, bring me some potstickers and I'll pretty much be your friend for life.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
A+
I eat a lot of meat, but my favorite foods are bread products. I'm a sucker for baked goods. I'm not big on fruits and vegetables, though there are some kinds that I really like. I love potatoes of any kind. I've been turning away from sweets the last few years, though I still love marzipan unconditionally.
Edit: Oh, yeah. Salt. The rock upon which my life is founded. I love salt. I can eat it all by itself.
[ August 03, 2004, 06:06 PM: Message edited by: Verily the Younger ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
AB+
Almost anything I can easily identify, but simple foods. The more complicated the food, the less likely I am to eat it. Basic food, I suppose.
Call it a survival instinct to Filipino culture.
-Trevor
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
See with me, I have a hamburger like.. every day. It's not healthy, I know that, but I really just LOVE hamburgers. Spaghetti is really great. I love spaghetti mostly because of the meat sauce, though. It tastes soooo good. Hamburgers... I think that while I really like them, I just am in the habit of buying them, almost out of routine.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
O-
Vegan vegan vegan starts with v. V is for vegan, that's good enough for me.
And I'm vegan because I feel healthier not eating animal products which I've since lost my taste for. The diet is just habit now. And, of course, by this I mean I'm a vegan because of a girl.
Oh, and Space Opera is a lame-o without the drive to follow vegetarianism to its logical conclusion Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Tastelessness?
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
1. O negative
2. I eat most things, but prefer potatoes, rice, noodles and bread to meat. I could easily be a vegetarian, but would have a very hard time with low-carb.
Posted by screechowl (Member # 2651) on :
O+
I love fish, but I am an omnivore. I like most vegetables.
I will try anything that is not too spicy hot or is disgusting to look at, like sheep eyes or something.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Oh, and I will NOT eat anything that comes out of the sea. Fish or seaweed.
T.Smith, what about a buffalo or turkey buger? They are much lower in fat. In pasta sauce you can't even tell the difference between turkey and beef.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
...or goat. Goat is all kinds of good.
Good luck finding it at Smith's though.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Oh yeah, ground turkey is really useful. You just have to soak it in beef boullion first. Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
1. 0*. (* = +/- depending on my mood... actually I don't remember, I'll have to ask my parents...)
2. omnivorous = meat and vegetables at every meal. No meat = no food. Bleah... Only turn vegetarian when I finish my meat.
3. need sleep. If unslept (is that a word?!), can become irritated Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
BO+, and I'm an omnivore with a tendency away from red meat. I still eat it, but not that much. Mostly a little ground beef. Otherwise I eat a lot of pasta, rice, and fruit. And if I eat out, it's usually chicken in one form or another.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
1. B-
2. I was a vegetarian, but I have begun to eat meat again for medical reasons. I keep kosher, so I know that the animals don't suffer. I will not eat bananas, garlic, or eggs. I eat a lot of grains and I have a serious sweet tooth.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
O neg
Meat sparingly with all the fat trimmed off. Can't stand gelatinous fat. Crave bananas and strawberries often. Crave spicy stuff always. Have a hard time stopping when eating tortilla chips and salsa. Eat staples and veggies regularly but they don't get me excited.
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
1. O something, i believe....
2. I eat all kinds of food. I refuse to eat any type of cooked green leaf, as I am liable to vomit, but I adore all of them raw. I refuse to eat mushrooms or any type of seafood (again, the vomit factor). I generally prefer brown bread over white, but i'm not fussy. I love greasy, fatty, high-carb foods. Posted by Misha McBride (Member # 6578) on :
B+
I can't stand veggies/fruits, the texture of most of them squicks me out. I will eat bananas and the occasional orange. I like meat but don't eat it too often. Most of my food is from grain and dairy. Lots of bread, cereal, cheese, milk, granola, pasta, rice... stuff like that.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
ah, I thought I was going to be the only B+ until the end there. It's a struggle for me to eat veggies, though I do like them. I do like my starches, and I love meat.
P.S. Historically I haven't been crazy about water, especially if it's chlorinated. I don't know if this started with the Blood type diet, but I find their recommendation on water intake really puzzling.
[ August 03, 2004, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
"Would you consider yourself to be mostly carnivorous, omnivorous, herbivorous, or some combination??"
1) Interesting that you would ask for blood type without mentioning haemavores.
[ August 03, 2004, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
A-, and omnivore!
Basically, if it doesn't eat me first...
Seriously, I like variety...veggies, meats, carbs, whatever, it's all good. I like to try ethnic foods, but I also like a good hamburger on occasion. I'm the polar opposite of a picky eater.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: I like beans of all varieties, love cheese and eggs and dairy, and like fish, beef, and (less frequently recently) chicken. Local small range cattle and kosher preparation makes for the best stuff.
That's interesting, CT. I've been told, repeatedly, that kashered beef is distinctly inferior in taste to its unkashered equivalent. (Kosher fowl, OTOH, is often touted as better, since they all get the equivalent of a brine bath, which helps make birds nice and juicy.)
I'm O-pos, and so are all my kids (not too surprisingly, as their dad is too). While I like chicken, turkey, and fish -- and to a lesser degree, red meat -- I only eat it a couple times in the average week. Veggies are great, especially crunchy ones. Rice and bread are both better brown, pasta is great, and I generally am fond of carbs. Tofu is yummy! And so are many different soy-based products. Dairy is nice, especially a good brie or cheddar.
My kids, OTOH, would eat meat/fish/chicken everyday if I let them. And if not that, then cheese. LOTS of cheese. And while they can be coaxed to eat vegetables, and even like some kinds quite a bit, they rarely gobble them up. What they do all have in common with me is a major sweet tooth.
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
Dang! Just cut and paste CT's entry, 'cause that's me, too.
I'm so unoriginal. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I am B+, and i like all sorts of food, so that makes me an omnivore I guess....
I love meat, red meat best of all. I like chicken and seafood too, but not as much as i like beef.
I LOVE corn, it is my favorite, and all sorts of green veggies.
I like fruit, but am not big on melons. Everything else is good though, with very few exceptions.
I don't like onions as I was allergic to them growing up. Not a real bad allergy, and I outgrew it, but I still don't care for them. I like them in dishes, but I don't care for them raw or mixed in to things too heavily.
Kwea
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote: beans of all varieties, love cheese and eggs
Phewww! Hope you live way out in the country.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
B+
I love meat. Mmm, meat. I eat fruits, but few vegetables (onions count, right?). I'm a bit of a food-freak, I really enjoy tasty food.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
O positive.
In heaven I will be able to subsist almost entirely on ice cream, cake, muffins, and pie. As it is, I like pasta, ethnic foods (exotic spices cover up the vegetable taste), rice dishes, and cheese. I'm not a big meat eater, and don't like seafood except sushi, shrimp, and crab cakes. I love yogurt, especially pineapple.
If there's no dessert with dinner, I start to get sugar cravings.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
So what hypothesis are we trying to confirm here?
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Bob called me a name
space opera
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I don't know if someone has read Eat right 4 your type, but I think it's a pretty silly system- as I mention briefly above. It seems that the authors basically say "no one likes drinking water so don't drive yourself crazy bothering with it." Their whole theory is based on blood coagulation factors, which are very sensitive to dehydration, so I don't take a lot of stock in it.
As for what people prefer, we often have a strong attraction and even an addiction to things that are poisonous for us.
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
A+ I tend to eat whatever crawls on... I mean, is put on my plate.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I like drinking water.
Oh, and I think I discovered my true eating-habit doppelganger. The other day while the sisters were watching Sesame Street, a little animated bit came on about (and they shouted this whenever they said it): THE GIRL WHO LOVED TO EAT AND TRY NEW THINGS. I think they were talking about me. I like to try new things, especially if they are from other countries, and I love to eat.
I wonder what blood type THE GIRL WHO LOVED TO EAT AND TRY NEW THINGS had.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I am O. I have a crazy sweet-tooth. I will eat gummy peaches all day if someone doesn't stop me. I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I have a hard time eating enough veggies, but no trouble eating lots of fruit. I like meat, but I don't feel the need to have it in large quantities.
I have heard that type O's should eat more meat and veggies. Bad news for me then! Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
A+
I like most meat, many veggies, and most especially fish. Mmmm, sushi. And dark chocolate (but only the good stuff -- Hershey's is not chocolate). And small, spiky mammals (just kidding, Yozhik). I avoid cheese at all costs, though milk is fine and yogurt is ok in limited quantities.
So, what's the theory here?
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
B+
NOTHING FROM THE OCEAN, no crustacean, mollusk or fish. Can't stand them.
Love pasta, dislike certian common vegetables violently, especially carrots and peas, though I'm fine with many others.
I don't like sugary cereals. My cheerios have to be plain, nothing added. Can't stand Honey Nut cheerios. I do add sugar to cream of wheat. (And I like cream of wheat). Loathe Froot Loops, Capn Crunch, Lucky Charms etc.
Don't like chocolate. I'll eat like as much chocolate as in a snickers bar and that is about it.
Love the Walnut Blondie at Applebees. I suspect I think that is as decadent as chocolate people think their chocolate is.
AJ
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote: Carrots don't scream, do they? *cringe*
Only in the Twilight Zone.... Or was it "Tales from the Crypt"?
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I actually don't know my blood type. I refused to prick my own finger during science class blood typing in high school, and I've just never thought to ask my doctor.
As far as what I eat, my own personal food groups go something like this: Beef, Bacon, Cheese, Peas, and Chocolate.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Yes! Applebee's Blondie's are AWESOME!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Um, no they're not.
And I didn't know there was a blood type diet?
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
AB+
I eat anything in sight. I am a growing boy you know.
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
A+ and near vegetarian. Low carbs. Cheese, eggs for protein and occasional chicken. No fish or mammals. Lots of non-starchy vegetables like squash, zuchinni, carrots, onion, bell pepper, celery, eggplant, tomatoes.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm O something.
If I just ate what I wanted, I'd eat pretty much nothing but meat, grease, potatoes, and bread. Oh, and candy.
Every time I eat vegetables or fruit it's because I know I should -- it's like taking medicine or brushing my teeth. I even like most vegetables when I eat them -- I just never desire them.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
I'm O+.
I'm about as close to carnivorous as a human can get, though I also like grain and potato products. I like a few kinds of veggies--corn, carrots--but not enough to go out of my way to get them. Anything green makes me ill (not literally). Most sugary foods are not to my taste, though I like ice cream, some fruit flavored candies, and especially chocolate.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Mabus, funny you should mention anything green making you ill (well, it's only figuratively in your case...). I have an uncle who can't eat unripe fruit, it makes him sick. He also gets toothaches from touching leather (?!?), they're not related, but they're both pretty weird allergies...
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
O-, I believe.
MEEEEEEAAAATTTTT!!!!! Also vegetables. Some bread, but mostly when I can't find meat or when I need something filling. Veggies are rarely filling, meat sometimes isn't. I like rice best, but my eating habits are sparse and weird. When I can get it, I eat meat so much that it sometimes hurts my digestion.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Oh, I forgot to mention seafood. I absolutely love seafood. If it lived in the water, I'll eat it. I love Japanese sushi-type seaweed enough to eat it by itself, and I can't get enough calamari or dried cuttlefish. I've yet to encounter a food fish that I don't like, and even though I never eat land bugs of any kind, I will always eat a sea bug. (By 'sea bug', I mean lobster, shrimp, etc. You did know that those are basically just bugs, right?)
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
1. O pos
2. I'm a really picky eater, though I will eat most desserts. I love to eat pasta, lots and lots of pasta. Raw meat grosses me out, and I'm really picky about the meat I'll eat. It has to be cooked just right; if I don't think it's cooked enough, I can't eat it (same for eggs). I mostly like chicken, ground beef, and corned beef. I also like cheese, goldfish, and my favorite veggie is brocoli. I don't like oriental or seafood, either.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
A Positive
There aren't many foods that I DON'T like -- I eat most foods. I have to watch or I will go overboard on the carbs (carb-craving) and I have low blood sugar..
Farmgirl
(I guess I really didn't fully answer the question of the original post. I consider myself omnivorous -- pretty balanced. I love vegies & fruits, but like most meat too. I love fish, but NOT seafood (like shrimp, lobster, etc.) And I like ice cream way too much.)
[ August 04, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
O+, I think.
I'm hypoglycemic, so a surfeit of sugar is bad for me. I love meat and potatoes. I love vegetables. I adore seafood (it's very Sensual!). I like food in general, which is good because according to my doctor, I should eat every 4 hours.
I have read theories that it's best to eat according to your ancestry - for instance, if your ancestors came from a place where fish were a staple, then you will benefit from eating a lot of fish. If they came from a place where dairy was not eaten, you might want to avoid dairy products. I wonder about the validity of this idea.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
Jenny, there are some cases where that's true--mostly involving food intolerances. For instance, people who are lactose tolerant tend to have ancestors from Northern Europe (and possibly other areas where food is scarce--I'm not sure), where milk was a needed food source and getting ill from dairy products made it more difficult to survive. Aside from those, I'm not sure the theory is legit.
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