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Blood Type Diet
SummaryThe idea behind this diet is that your blood type (Type O, Type A, Type B, and Type AB) determines which foods are best for you. Weightloss isn't the main goal of the diet, but the idea is that if you eat what's right and healthy for you, you will will naturally attain a healthy weight. DescriptionPeople with Type O blood should eat a high protein diet. Type A blood should eat grains and other low-fat, vegetarian foods. Type B blood should eat a balance. Type AB should avoid meat but dairy and drains are good. Foods and beverages are broken down into 16 categories. For each blood type a category is given a label such as "highly beneficial", "neutral", or "avoid". HistoryThe Blood Type Diet was created by Peter D'Adamo ND an 1996 with the publication of his book "Eat Right for Your Type". He is a Naturopathic doctor. CriticismThe ABO blood typing system is very basic and leads to gross generalizations about what people are like. D'Adamo use of it seems arbitrary. Beyond the types of food you eat on this diet, it also restrict calories. Thus, this may be why it works. Tags: blood low-carb low-fat vegetarian Related Diets: Cambridge Diet No Flour, No Sugar Diet Ornish Diet Metformin (Glucophage) The Ambrosia Advantage |
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bill | posted 10-Nov-2005 12:44pm I don't know. This diet seems really silly to me. It's hard to believe our blood types could have this strong an influence on us. |
| cabinfever | posted 14-Nov-2005 7:02pm Think about it Bill, with the peoples of the world being isolated populations for thousands of years, and they pretty much ate the same stuff all that time, so it's reasonable to assume that their biology adapted to make the best use of what they had. Man's populations have only been really mixing for a few hundred years, and adaptation takes a lot longer than that. The blood type thing to me is only a way to isolate who your far-back ancestors may have been, and what they were eating, and what your body is "made" to make the best use of. I'm supposed to be on a high-protein diet, and I have done Atkin's before, and I did great on it. It's just so boring! |
| justjulie | posted 18-Nov-2005 11:28am i have this book and have read it. yes it seems silly, but it does take a more personalized approach. it still places you in a lump group, but it breaks down those groups, ya know? everybody and every body is indeed different. i applause these people for trying to figure out a common denominator w/in all of the masses, and able to break it down to a few groups. i do like the idea that blood does have something to do w/ it. does blood have the only thing to do w/ it though is an entirely different question... |
| bill | posted 20-Nov-2005 11:50am I can see where some diets (low-fat, low-carb, exercise, etc.) seem to work for some people, but not for others. I guess that's what this book/diet tries to explain and to help people find the right diet for them. I think that's ultimately what everyone should do. So, that parts makes a lot of sense to me. |
| justjulie | posted 22-Nov-2005 6:45am agreed |
| Anonymous | posted 22-Sep-2007 8:29pm Very good concept. I lot of things worked for me as a blood type A. |
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