Blood type diet

Has anyone tried this? What were your thoughts?

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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Complete and utter bollocks.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    it's complete nonsense...

    ...unless you're a vampire.

    in which case, your thread title takes on a whole different meaning.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Complete and utter bollocks.

    Succinct, to the point....^^this.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    NO
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
    Stains my teeth red. :noway:
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    Sheer madness.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    My thoughts are that it's not a plausible premise.

    http://www.skepdic.com/bloodtypediet.html
  • There isn't any real science to back it up. The blood type diet tells me to avoid beans. I tell it to shove it.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    It's a no from me also.
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    My thoughts are you should eat however and whatever you want.
  • ToFatT0B3S1ck
    ToFatT0B3S1ck Posts: 194 Member
    No, apparently I am not supposed to eat meat. I already don't eat red meat. I however do enjoy the occasional turkey burger.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    I don't know my blood type. Does that mean I can't eat anything, or I can eat whatever I want on this diet?
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    I don't know my blood type. Does that mean I can't eat anything, or I can eat whatever I want on this diet?

    This.
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
    I don't know my blood type. Does that mean I can't eat anything, or I can eat whatever I want on this diet?

    This.

    i dont know mine either, so im going to go with eat whatever i want cause it sounds more fun
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Sounds gross
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    I'm gonna guess that no matter what your blood type is, the diet involves lowering calories and increasing exercise.
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    Nope
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    If I remember correctly it goes like this:

    Type A: You probably like to eat foods A, B, and C. You should no longer eat those foods.

    Type B: You probably like to eat foods D, E, and F. You should not longer eat those foods.

    Etc.
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    If I remember correctly it goes like this:

    Type A: You probably like to eat foods A, B, and C. You should no longer eat those foods.

    Type B: You probably like to eat foods D, E, and F. You should not longer eat those foods.

    Etc.

    Thank you, you've just saved a lot of people the expense of buying the book. :)

    The blood type diet works on the same quack logic that some autism parenting circles push about gluten-free/casein-free elimination diets. "If you/your autistic child love(s) this food, it's a clear trufax scientific indication that it's EBBILLL and making you fat/autistic. Be ever mindful of what you enjoy. Enjoyment is of the devil and literally pathological. You stop enjoying things right now and you will be magically cured of literally everything."

    Just eat what you want.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    If I remember correctly it goes like this:

    Type A: You probably like to eat foods A, B, and C. You should no longer eat those foods.

    Type B: You probably like to eat foods D, E, and F. You should not longer eat those foods.

    Etc.

    Thank you, you've just saved a lot of people the expense of buying the book. :)

    The blood sugar diet works on the same quack logic that some autism parenting circles push about gluten-free/casein-free elimination diets. "If you/your autistic child love(s) this food, it's a clear trufax scientific indication that it's EBBILLL and making you fat/autistic. Be ever mindful of what you enjoy. Enjoyment is of the devil and literally pathological. You stop enjoying things right now and you will be magically cured of literally everything."

    Just eat what you want.

    Well I didn't buy the book either so that may not be accurate. :laugh:

    That's just how I remember it from the last time I googled it for one of these threads. :flowerforyou:

    And yes, eat what you want. Life's too short.
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    A friend recommended this "diet" to me years ago. I researched it and yeah, uh, No. Beyond the fact it would have me eating many foods I don't care for and or bother my stomach, it's just silly.
  • It told me to eat the foods I already liked, and to avoid the foods that I didn't eat or made me ill, however I feel that is likely coincidence since the diet has neither scientific nor overwhelming circumstantial evidence backing it up.
  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    is this that diet where you eat less and exercise more?
  • suprzonic
    suprzonic Posts: 68 Member
    Its a no from me. I toyed with the idea - but I got confuddled with conflicting research and left it alone

    "Karl Landsteiner described the original blood types--A, B and O--in 1900 and doctors now recognize 23 blood group systems with hundreds of different "types.""
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    Has anyone tried this? What were your thoughts?

    This "diet" is not meant for humans. It is only meant for vampires as an excuse to use blood type profiling when selecting their prey
  • Armagan123
    Armagan123 Posts: 72 Member
    I bought the "eat right for your type" in 2001, I was single and a graduate student by the time so I had plenty of time. The foods that are in the avoid section were the foods that always give me trouble like milk, red meat, tomatoes and such but these 3 really give me health issues. Anyways, I decided to give it a try and the results were beyond my expectations. My digestive system worked magically, no more bloating, everyday going to regular bathroom visits and after the visits I had this comfortable, relieved feeling in my stomach area which I had never had before. Apparently this situation caused a very good weight loss. Definitely I felt very energetic, my appareance changed a lot. But then life happened! I started working then got married, then had a baby and so on.

    I am still skeptical about the concept but it worked for me once, even today I try to avoid most of those avoid category foods.

    One thing I realized about this diet is that, generally cancer patients or patients with life threatening illnesses tend to follow this diet and just because of my own experience I can relate to that.
  • sekhmet13
    sekhmet13 Posts: 49 Member
    Its a no from me. I toyed with the idea - but I got confuddled with conflicting research and left it alone

    "Karl Landsteiner described the original blood types--A, B and O--in 1900 and doctors now recognize 23 blood group systems with hundreds of different "types.""

    Actually, there's over 200 blood group systems. I'm not being nitpicky, it's just another way to show how ridiculous this diet is. Your blood type has nothing to do with your body type/size/diet, etc (I'm a medical laboratory scientist)