Blood Type Diet

A blood type diet is a nutrition plan based around your blood type. This kind of diet became popular with the release of Peter D’Adamo’s book Eat Right 4 Your Type. The book continues to be a bestseller. D’Adamo claims that the diet will not only bring about weight loss — but can assist with allergy and infection resistance, and will achieve overall good health.

What is a Blood Type Diet?

Most of the population has blood type O. Here the prescribed diet is low-carbohydrate, high in proteins (such as meat and fish), and low in dairy products. The author suggests specific foods to avoid; such as avocados, brazil nuts, and oranges. Type O should also engage in lots of exercise.

Blood Type A should avoid red meat, eat plenty of fish and vegetables, with a low dairy intake. Light exercise only.

Blood Type B should avoid chicken and bacon, eat plenty of meat and dairy, some fish, and plenty of fruit and vegetables.

Blood Type AB combines the A and B diets.

Is This Diet For Real?

The author claims that much of the recommendations are based on scientific evidence - but perhaps it is too early to make this claim. Metabolism and/or sugar/insulin sensitivity are probably key factors in deciding diet - not blood type. Two people can have very different metabolisms and have the same blood type. One could be sensitive to carbohydrates or sugar, whilst the other needs a high carbohydrate diet.

Weight loss and other health improvements may occur on this diet - not so much because of blood type combinations, but because of a healthier diet! The author encourages people to cut down on processed and refined foods. Good advice for anyone regardless of blood type.

The book also includes low calorie diets that will probably bring about weight loss in anyone (once again, regardless of blood type).

Sample Meal Plans for the Blood Type Diet

Type B Menu Breakfast Fluidizer cocktail Rice bran cereal with banana and skim milk Grape juice Lunch Sandwich - thin slice of cheese, thin slice of turkey breast, two slices of bread, mustard or mayonnaise Green salad Herbal tea Snack Fruit juice sweetened yogurt Herbal tea Dinner Broiled Fish with steamed vegetables Fresh fruit Herbal tea or coffee	Type O Menu Breakfast 2 slices toasted Ezekiel bread with butter 6 ounces vegetable juice Banana Herbal tea Lunch Organic Roast Beef, 6 ounces Spinach Salad Apple or pineapple slices Water Snack 1 slice of cake Herbal tea Dinner Lamb and asparagus stew, steamed broccoli, sweet potato. Mixed fresh fruit Herbal tea (beer or wine allowed)
Type A Menu Breakfast Water with lemon Oatmeal with soy milk and maple syrup Grapefruit juice Coffee or herbal tea Lunch Greek salad Apple 1 slice sprouted wheat bread Herbal tea Snack 2 rice cakes with peanut butter 2 plums Green tea or water Dinner Tofu Pesto Lasagna, Broccoli, Frozen yogurt Coffee or herbal tea (red wine if desired)	Type AB Menu Breakfast Water with lemon, 8 ounces diluted grapefruit juice, 2 slices Ezekiel bread, Yogurt-Herb Cheese, Coffee Lunch 4 ounces sliced turkey breast, 2 slices rye bread Caesar salad 2 plums Herbal tea Snack Tofu Cheesecake Iced herbal tea Dinner Tofu Omelet Stir-fried vegetables Mixed-fruit salad Decaffeinated coffee (red wine if desired)

Banned Foods

Any diet containing a long list of banned foods can be difficult to follow. Eat Right 4 Your Type and the various blood type diets included encourage a predominantly meat and fish diet, while grains, potatoes, cereals, breads, pasta are not encouraged. Interestingly, certain vegetables and fruits are also banned.

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