Blood Type Diet Buddies?
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stjohn8us
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Hi! I'm blood type A and have been following the BTD for several years. It's the times when I get lazy and/or sloppy and eat "avoid" foods that I gain weight, become sluggish, sick, etc. I have lots of great recipes and good info on the Blood Type Diet. Looking for buddies to share with.
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The blood type diet is complete woo. If you like the recipes that's great, but diet itself is based on a premise that has been totally debunked.23
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Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?1
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"Woo" is the word many people here use to describe junk-science and mythology about many foods and diets. Just about anything touted by Dr. Oz, for example. Sometimes it's harmless, sometimes it's a ploy to sell something, sometimes it's an outright scam.
The blood type fad diet has been around since '97 and is touted by a naturopath. He even got it promoted on Dr. Oz at one point. The premise sounds "sciency" enough, but the diet plan works only when people end up eating less than they burn. My favorite anecdote about this diet was a person who lost weight and was thrilled, until he found out he had a different blood type than he thought and was eating the "wrong" plan.
And what if you were a vegan and you had blood type O? Would you throw your ethics out the window because a diet book told you to?
But don't just take my word for it. The University of Toronto did a pretty good study of it. Their conclusion:Adherence to certain ‘Blood-Type’ diets is associated with favorable effects on some cardiometabolic risk factors, but these associations were independent of an individual's ABO genotype, so the findings do not support the ‘Blood-Type’ diet hypothesis.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084749
https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/health-medicine/theory-behind-popular-blood-type-diet-debunked/
Again, if you enjoy the structure and recipes, that's great. As long as you maintain a calorie deficit, you'll lose weight. But the premise of the diet is false, and we shouldn't encourage people to enrich the quacks who peddle woo like this.
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Hm. I'd never heard of it but an interesting concept!1
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"Woo" is the word many people here use to describe junk-science and mythology about many foods and diets. Just about anything touted by Dr. Oz, for example. Sometimes it's harmless, sometimes it's a ploy to sell something, sometimes it's an outright scam.
The blood type fad diet has been around since '97 and is touted by a naturopath. He even got it promoted on Dr. Oz at one point. The premise sounds "sciency" enough, but the diet plan works only when people end up eating less than they burn. My favorite anecdote about this diet was a person who lost weight and was thrilled, until he found out he had a different blood type than he thought and was eating the "wrong" plan.
And what if you were a vegan and you had blood type O? Would you throw your ethics out the window because a diet book told you to?
But don't just take my word for it. The University of Toronto did a pretty good study of it. Their conclusion:Adherence to certain ‘Blood-Type’ diets is associated with favorable effects on some cardiometabolic risk factors, but these associations were independent of an individual's ABO genotype, so the findings do not support the ‘Blood-Type’ diet hypothesis.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084749
https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/health-medicine/theory-behind-popular-blood-type-diet-debunked/
Again, if you enjoy the structure and recipes, that's great. As long as you maintain a calorie deficit, you'll lose weight. But the premise of the diet is false, and we shouldn't encourage people to enrich the quacks who peddle woo like this.
This. So very true.
According to my blood type I should be eating a low carb high fat type diet......errrr, no thanks! That would actually cause me great grief (lots of intense stomach cramps, plus many more disturbing symptoms).
I remember reading about someone looking into the blood type diet for gits and shiggles. The diet recommended wheat. They have celiac......13 -
OP, I have the same blood type as you and I feel best when I eat a lot of meat.
As to your question for why else would some people do better on some diets than others, the answer is "pretty much any other reason than because of their blood type."12 -
I just looked up the lists for my blood type (AB+). I would be utterly miserable on that diet.8
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EricaCraigie wrote: »Hm. I'd never heard of it but an interesting concept!
I mean really, how much money can they really make if they just tell people to eat less than they burn? ALL DIETS revolve around that. They just sprinkle it with other "woo" to make it sound super scientific when it's not.
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Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?
Genuinely curious - I'm type A and you can pry bacon from my cold, dead hands! I would be miserable and very cross as a vegetarian, even a "near" vegetarian. I actually lose weight better on a high protein (meat. not nuts!!) diet. How do you explain that one if the BTD makes sense?11 -
Looks like I should be trying an essentially paleo eating plan - not going to happen. The only thing interesting was that this type of diet says my blood type leads to hypothyroidism which I do have, unfortunately in the same paragraph it says potatoes will give me arthritis.4
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Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?
I'm O neg and was vegan for most of my life. I hate red meat and eat mainly salmon now. Just because a friend follows that trend and enjoys meat doesn't make it fact for all. =/ There's too much information that proves it's all a lie. It would be like saying all horoscopes are true because during December you were concerned about money, but we all know they're just vague and they most likely wrote that because everyone is concerned about money around xmas time.
The only truth to the diet is that genetics can play part in what you can and can't eat. My parents both have issues with milk, I also have issue with milk but that doesn't mean their blood types are the cause.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084749
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/popular-diet-theory-debunked
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140115172246.htm
However if you're doing a diet you enjoy, then keep doing it.
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Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?
She likes beef.
You like vegetables.
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Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?
People fail on a particular diet because it does not fit their preferences, personality, hunger responses...etc. It's simply because people are different, and it has little to do with their blood type. I'm a type O and I very rarely eat beef because I don't like most kinds of meat. I like vegetables, grains, legumes and most things on the "not allowed" list and I hate most things on the "allowed" list. I have lost more than 100 pounds so far on a diet that leans heavily towards a vegetarian diet because that's what I like.
Any diet that restricts variety has a potential to restrict calories and that's why weight loss happens. If you are happy eating the way you are currently eating then great! It's just good to know that if you ever feel like having something from the "not allowed" list, you can. You just need to make sure the calories add up to a number than is lower than what your body burned that day.3 -
If it works for you,carry on!2
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comptonelizabeth wrote: »If it works for you,carry on!
I agree that the OP should definitely carry on eating the way she's eating if it works for her.
But know that it has absolutely *nothing* to do with blood type, and everything to do with eating less than you burn in a day.
Whatever you choose to eat.9 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »If it works for you,carry on!
I agree that the OP should definitely carry on eating the way she's eating if it works for her.
But know that it has absolutely *nothing* to do with blood type, and everything to do with eating less than you burn in a day.
Whatever you choose to eat.
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I've lost around 50lbs and I don't even know what my blood type is
OP the others are right-this is just another fad diet gimmick, and if you're losing weight then it's because you're eating at a calorie deficit and not because of what kinds of foods you're eating/not eating.6 -
Hey you, what's a woo? :-) The BTD makes perfect sense. Why else would some people fail on a particular diet while others succeed? My roommate can't go a few days without beef. I'm nearly a vegetarian. Turns out her blood is type O (eat meat! eat meat!) and mine is type A (vegetarians rock). In the end, b, it's what works for you, yes?
We have the same blood type. I could never go without meat. There just isn't correlation between blood type and dietary preference. Now, if you want to follow it, by all means, but it has nothing to do with blood type but rather the foods described are foods you enjoy.3 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »If it works for you,carry on!
I agree that the OP should definitely carry on eating the way she's eating if it works for her.
But know that it has absolutely *nothing* to do with blood type, and everything to do with eating less than you burn in a day.
Whatever you choose to eat.
This exactly.
Also, OP, food type does not make a person gain weight unless you exceed your total daily energy expenditure on a pretty consistent basis.4 -
Wow! Cool down! I'm simply asking if someone wants to buddy-up with me on the BTD.5
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