Eat Right for your Blood Type

I have heard of this, but don't really know how to eat for my blood type. Should be an interesting topic to research.

My pharmacy manager and her husband did this. And she saw some results. But it could also be from the fact it encourages healthier eating in general. But she lost maybe fifteen lbs or so.

I have done this in the past (O blood type) - it does work and it is actually amazing how much better you feel when you stick to the foods they suggest for your blood type. But also to bear in mind this is not really a diet it is a lifestyle choice. You would still need to work on portion size control and exercise to actually lose weight. However the foods suggested for each blood type are based on how well your body reacts to them and is able to digest them.

For type 'O' it mentions to stay away/eat little of grains and refined carbs and try and stick to protien and lots of fresh fruit and veg. I always feel bloated and sleepy and always put on weight very easily when eating a diet high in grains etc so i just minimised them and feel a lot better within days

Hope this sheds somemore light on 'eat right for your type'

Im O negative Rh Negative.. and I just saw the foods that I would have to avoid for weight loss.. like seriously they are all my favorite foods lol

I find that interesting about the meat as well since I'm type A and I could live without meat most of the time. When I'm pregnant, however, all I want is red meat..and lots of it! I crave it like crazy.

Im O negative Rh Negative.. and I just saw the foods that I would have to avoid for weight loss.. like seriously they are all my favorite foods lol

Me too! Do I dare ask what our foods to avoid are?

There is no credible scientific theory or evidence for the "eat right for your blood type" diet. (I'm a scientist and have gone looking for published evidence). Pretty much any diet that restricts what you eat in some way will work for many people in the short term (because it makes you pay attention to what you eat and may cut out, by chance, some of the things you like to over-indulge in), but "eat right for your blood type" is no different from any other fad diet.

Perhaps there isn't any "credible" evidence about this "diet", but as I was reading I find it ironic that the things he mentions about my particular blood type are dead on. I've also seen in this thread other people who've mentioned their blood type and the description being dead on for them too. I'm not a "diet" person - I'm an everything in moderation type person, but I do think it was interesting to read about it. There was, in my case, some truth to it.

Perhaps there isn't any "credible" evidence about this "diet", but as I was reading I find it ironic that the things he mentions about my particular blood type are dead on. I've also seen in this thread other people who've mentioned their blood type and the description being dead on for them too.

There's a famous demonstration often done in classes on critical thinking. The teacher asks everyone for their date of birth and, at the next class, hands out to each student a descriptions their personality which is said to be based on an astrological reading. The students are asked not to share these with anyone else yet, but to rate their descriptions based on how accurately they are described. Almost everyone says the descriptions are remarkably accurate. It is then revealed that everyone got the same print-out. This is done by careful wording of what are in reality pretty vague statements, combined with our tendency to hone in on the "remarkable" matches and pay less attention to the vague parts that don't resonate.

PS I went looking for the evidence *after* I first saw this diet and saw that part of the advice for my blood type really resonated for me. So I'm not immune to this. When I went back and looked with a more skeptical eye, I paid more attention to the other parts and saw that there was enough there that there'd be something in each type that would resonate for most people.

I found it interesting that he says A types are the only ones who can be healthy vegetarians because their ancestry goes back to gatherers (not hunters) so their genetics are predisposed to functioning best on a meatless diet.

I am an A type and to be honest, NEVER crave meat. In fact, even before I became an "actual" vegetarian, I rarely, if ever, ate red meat. I have friends who just crave a big juicy steak and nothing could be further from the truth for me! I'm not one of those vegetarians that becomes one for ethical reasons, I just don't like to eat animal meat! Reading the blood type book sort of gave me an explanation for maybe why that is.

exactly. the. same. gave up meat as a teen because it mad me feel sick.

Hi
I am also A+ blood type and I did try this eat for your blood type for a while and I do mean for a year or so and I did lose weight and kept quite lean on this diet , and I can see the concept of the theory, but unfortunately I suffer from being Anemic to the stage where I am now in the danger zone of where my blood count should be and I am using my stored levels of iron (dangerous). So along with the idea of no red meat and according to the book for A+ I don't need all that red meat and there is nowhere in the book that says A blood types can become Anemic with the lack of red meat and if I kept on a diet of fish and no meat it could have become worse.
I do understand you can get your Iron from other sources but to me it should not always be in tablet form.
So if you decide to go with this theory keep in mind yes we are a certain blood type but within our own bodies, there are a whole lot of other maybe genetic reason that it is not suitable for us to restrict certain food so with that said, your body will let you know listen to it........

This is all very interesting. I'm an A as well. I barely eat red meat but do have cravings for it. I'm going to have to read up on this. Thanks for posting!

What are some of the book titles that you guys have read? I'd love a suggestion/recommendation (rather than just picking up a random book!). Thanks!! :flowerforyou: