Eating for blood type
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There is no human group that is 100% all the same blood type, and yet for much of history most members of a community ate pretty much the same thing most of the time. Blood type can't be the factor that controls what diet a cultural group is adapted to eat.1
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!3 -
My blood type is AB also and when this first came out a couple of family members were pushing the diet not to lose weight but because according to the book I'm a fragile snowflake. I think there was something about the older blood types being more stable and AB being newer and less robust. From what I remember there were all kinds of restrictions on what I should eat because I'm prone to cancer and other fatal diseases, and since this was pre-internet times I didn't really have any resources to check it out. I was actually scared silly for about a week (young and dumb).
Then I started thinking about genetics. A from my mother, B from my father, random chance. Why on earth would my genetic dispositions be the same as any of the other millions of people who were AB by random chance? And is there any evidence of higher rates of mortality in populations that are primarily AB? I assumed if so it would show up in Scientific American eventually (it didn't).
It's interesting that my daughters re-discovered this one not too long ago - probably on social media. I guess it's popular because it divides people into easily visible groups, no "you may be half this and half that" like body-type diets, and we all like tidy categories. And for some reason, restrictive diets always seem to catch people's attention, as if finding just the right combination of food for our physical type is the magic bullet for weight loss and health.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.4 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?0 -
According to the website I'm descended from Middle Eastern farmers (but my siblings with different blood types are descended from different people, I guess?). I'm supposed to eat lots of fish (which I haven't had for ten years) and avoid garbanzo beans and potatoes, which I eat all the time. I'm also supposed to avoid "negative emotions" and "smoking." I guess those are okay for people of other blood types, but they're not good for me.
This looks . . . ridiculous.4 -
janejellyroll wrote: »According to the website I'm descended from Middle Eastern farmers (but my siblings with different blood types are descended from different people, I guess?). I'm supposed to eat lots of fish (which I haven't had for ten years) and avoid garbanzo beans and potatoes, which I eat all the time. I'm also supposed to avoid "negative emotions" and "smoking." I guess those are okay for people of other blood types, but they're not good for me.
This looks . . . ridiculous.
No pot for you :-( /jk
I hadn't considered that. I have 4 siblings and not one is AB. Hmmm, wondering about all the mailman jokes now...1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.3 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?2 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi3 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi
I guess all these diets really are hokum.
<ragequit>2 -
StealthHealth wrote: »https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23697707
"No evidence currently exists to validate the purported health benefits of blood type diets."
There ya go. Scientific evidence.0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi
I guess all these diets really are hokum.
<ragequit>
As long as you are rage-quitting the diets made to sell you something that's fine.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi
I guess all these diets really are hokum.
<ragequit>
Oh no, I think you just have to keep trying them until you find the one that works for you! There's a new one every week, so as long as you can afford it you can keep rolling through them doing the yo-yo weight thing until you're broke. Then you'll plateau forever. :-(1 -
cerise_noir wrote: »StealthHealth wrote: »https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23697707
"No evidence currently exists to validate the purported health benefits of blood type diets."
There ya go. Scientific evidence.
PSHAW I say!!!!! Science is all made up mumbo jumbo!0 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Well, I know if you have brown eyes you need to go raw vegan to have your eyes turn blue. If your eyes are already blue, then I'm sorry.. not much can be done for you
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nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi
I guess all these diets really are hokum.
<ragequit>
As long as you are rage-quitting the diets made to sell you something that's fine.nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Nope, it's liver, spinach, and brussell sprouts.
:sick:
Aquarius: ice cream, beer, and chocolate?
It's just not your day is it? Sadly Aquarius is tapioca, cabbage, and snails.
I'm pretty certain Aries is ice-cream, beer, and chocolate.
You guize are so mean!
Shoe size 7.5: ice cream, chocolate, and beer?
Combined with being Aquarius that means you get Haggus and Broccoli
Edit: Forgot the drink, you have to drink only Diet Pepsi
I guess all these diets really are hokum.
<ragequit>
Oh no, I think you just have to keep trying them until you find the one that works for you! There's a new one every week, so as long as you can afford it you can keep rolling through them doing the yo-yo weight thing until you're broke. Then you'll plateau forever. :-(
I'm going to go back to my "ichiban-and-carrot-because-I-can't-afford-food-diet" from my early 20s. It worked well, and still allowed me to drink all the alcohol I could get my friends to buy for me.0 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Well, I know if you have brown eyes you need to go raw vegan to have your eyes turn blue. If your eyes are already blue, then I'm sorry.. not much can be done for you
Oh man, I totally forgot that kooky theory.0 -
I used to do slimming world when it was red and green days and I only did the green days which if non of you know is mainly for vegetarians or you had to weigh ya meat if you had any and could eat unlimited potatoes pasta rice veg fruit and some vegetarian foods
And I lost est 48lbs in 4 months
And my blood group suggests I should be a vegetarian
When the slimming world plan changed and they made the meat unlimited I gained all my weight back so maybe there's some truth in it for me??1 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »Eating for blood type is just as effective as eating for eye color, horoscope or shoe size.
I have blue eyes. What should I eat to lose weight? I like this idea. Please say it's ice cream, beer, and chocolate!
Well, I know if you have brown eyes you need to go raw vegan to have your eyes turn blue. If your eyes are already blue, then I'm sorry.. not much can be done for you
I just spit my tea - thanks a bunch!0
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