Sorry, Deep Thought...the answer is NOT 42

What is Life?

Ever since man was created, he has asked the questions: What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? How did I even get here? What happens when I die? They aren't easy questions to answer. For one thing, the answers are incredibly subjective. Your life is what you want it to be. You're here to be happy and do something "with your one wild and precious life"...but it doesn't last long. So live it up. Make what you want of it. Whoever put us here, and for whatever reason, wants us to be happy. To prosper. If this isn't the case, why does it matter? Even if, by some one-in-a-million-chance, we're here by complete accident and without help from a higher power, what's to stop us from enjoying ourselves? I've never understood the point of contemplating and wallowing over my existence. What is there to gain from it? I'm here now, aren't I? Somehow, through evolution, intelligent life arose and prospered. How did this happen? How did we go from tiny little cells floating in a vast ocean to movie stars and sky scrapers? Beats me. I don't know how or why it happened, but I'm okay with it. My only advice is to make the most of what you have, and appreciate your existence, because the fact that you are here is such an unfathomable miracle as can hardly be explained or understood.

Eating According to your Blood Type

In class and in personal research, I have discovered that your blood type can actually determine what kind of food is best for you. For instance, according to the website that I found on the subject, people with Type O blood types should stay away from grains, beans and legumes. The reason for this is that a chemical reaction takes place between your blood and your food, due to proteins called lectins. These lectins, found in your food, affect your blood in different ways, depending on the type of food you're eating and your specific blood type. Therefore, if a certain lectin isn't compatible with your blood type, they begin to target organs-or other parts of your body-and agglutinate the blood cells there. Consequently, if you do not already know what your blood type is, it would be a good idea to find out. Here is a short list of things you can eat, based on your blood type.

Type O: meat, vegetables, fruit, fish

Type A: vegetables, beans, legumes, seafood, tofu, grains, fruit

Type B: meat (NO CHICKEN), dairy, beans, fruit, legumes, grains, vegetables

Type AB: dairy, meat, tofu, seafood, beans, grains, vegetables, legumes, fruit

For more information, visit:
http://www.drlam.com/blood_type_diet/