Can your blood
type determine the way you should eat to have better health and a fuller life?
Well some people believe it can. And one of them is Dr. Peter D’Adamo.
He is a very
famous neuropathic medic and in his book Eat Right for Your Type: The
Individualized Diet Solution for Living Longer, Staying Healthy & Getting
Your Ideal Weight he describes the idea. Here is a summary of what he says on
how you should eat according to your blood type.
He is believes
that blood types are the most important thing when it comes to our health and
well-being and that some food can be harmful for one blood type but helpful for
other. Also, he claims that even the way you exercise can be closely connected
with your blood type, or on the other side, your blood type can cause you some
illness.
Some experts
disagree with this method of nutrition, but since his book was published, the
more than 7 million sold copies worldwide speak for themselves.
How Does the
Blood Type Diets Works?
D’Adamo’s theory
says that each person has its responses to food, which are closely connected
with our blood type. He says that lectins (carbohydrate-binding proteins) can
correspond to different blood type in a different way. It can be extremely
dangerous on your health if certain lectins get in contact with certain blood
type.
Dr. D’Adamo
closely explains these side-effects and changes in his book, but, his main goal
is to analyze which foods are appropriate for each blood type and the amount in
which they should be consumed.
The Four Basic
Blood Types:
1. BLOOD TYPE A:
Twenty thousand
years ago, when agriculture was developing, this blood type had the change of a
lifetime. This means that people with blood type A should concentrate on living
a vegetarian way of life – this people are also known as “the agrarians”.
2. BLOOD TYPE 0:
Because it’s one
of the oldest blood types, dating from more than 30 000 years ago, it requires
a protein-filled nutrition, unlike any of the other blood types. The people
that are blood type 0 are also known as “the hunters”.
3. BLOOD TYPE B:
The people from
this blood type are known as “the nomads” because they possess the quality to
be quite adaptable to dairy products and have the most versatile digestive
system of all. It first appeared ten thousand years ago.
4. BLOOD TYPE AB:
Since this is
the newest blood type, their diet varies between Blood type B and A. Because
this blood type is just a thousand years old, the people are called “the
enigmas”.
If you do not
know your blood type, it can easily be determined for you by your medic or
physician.
RECOMMENDED FOODS FOR EACH BLOOD TYPE:
BLOOD TYPE A:
Consume: whole
grains instead of small ones (pasta or bread), vegetables. Also, consume
berries, avocados, figs, nectarines and apples. Allowed proteins are nuts and
soy.
Do Not Consume:
Any kind of meat is not recommended as well as kidney beans and dairy products.
BLOOD TYPE 0:
Consume:
Seafood, Red meat, poultry (chicken/turkey) and other proteins are highly
recommended. When it comes to vegetables spinach, kale, broccoli and kelp are a
good choice.
Do Not Consume:
legumes (beans, peanuts, lentils), dairy and egg products, as well as grains
and wheat.
BLOOD TYPE B:
Consume: green
vegetables, fruits, certain grains, turkey, red meat, fish.
Do Not Consume:
any kind of seeds, peanuts, chicken, lentils and corn. And try to avoid
buckwheat.
BLOOD TYPE AB:
Consume: tofu,
turkey, seafood and fish. Also, vegetables, beans, watermelon, figs, apples and
bananas and legumes are a good option.
Do Not Consume:
corn, red meat (you may experience stomach acid), buckwheat. Be careful with
consuming big quantities of alcohol and caffeine.
Organic food can
be applied to all blood types and a nutritionist can help you enrich your diet
if necessary. Generally the food groups are strict, so you if you are dieting
you don’t have to worry about calories. Also, first of all get informed about
the positive and negative side-effects of your food choice. If you are dieting
with your family and you all have different blood types, the Atkins diet is the
recommended one for you, because it avoids entire food groups.
The nutrition in
accordance with your blood type can be suitable for one person, but unsuitable
for other. Reading Dr. D’Adamo’s book may be very helpful in getting a grip of
the whole concept. Your nutritionist or medic can also help you with giving you
proper advice on any change you want to make, especially if you are suffering
from any medical condition.
Posted by HealthyFood
on October 10, 2014
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