Eating for your Bloodtype...fact or fiction?

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  • SafireBleu
    SafireBleu Posts: 881 Member
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    I'm type A it says eat mostly carbs. If I eat carbs I binge and gain weight. The best thing anyone can do is listen to their own bodies and do what works for them.
  • tataliciousd89
    tataliciousd89 Posts: 465
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    Yeah. It's a neat idea, but has absolutely no basis in fact. Your allergies are why you should eat that way not your blood type. It's kinda like making all of your decisions based on your horoscope. A lot of people do it, but it doesnt mean its right.
  • lookitscaitlin
    lookitscaitlin Posts: 157
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    is anyone AB- like me? the rarest you can get.. lol any eating habits that work for AB- people?
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
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    very interesting, i'm doing research now!!
  • iHEARTcardiacnurses
    iHEARTcardiacnurses Posts: 437 Member
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    Mine told me to eat dairy and I'm mad allergic! It also said to avoid tomatoes...uh...I'm Ukrainian and Italian!!! :laugh:
  • tataliciousd89
    tataliciousd89 Posts: 465
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    :smile: Bottom line... do what is right for you and your body. According to all nutritionists I eat too much protein. As soon as a cut back I am sugglish and get headaches. I do what my body tells me to do.
    True that
  • Ange_
    Ange_ Posts: 324 Member
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    The Australian Scientific Council this year rated the blood type diet as one of the worst there is along with lemon juice cleansing detox.

    So definite fiction.
  • 2monthstogo
    2monthstogo Posts: 23
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    Absolutely foods regulate hormones. One for example is sugar. Too much or too little cause your insulin levels (insulin is a hormone) to increase or decrease in your body. People with type 1 diabetes don't have insulin secreted from their pancreas so they have to inject this hormone into their body to regulate their blood sugar levels. Not enough sugar, you die, too much sugar, you die.
  • twistygirl
    twistygirl Posts: 517 Member
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    I thought it was bull until my x-man used the Blood-type diet after we broke up now he was 230lbs 5'9. Now he is 165lbs and doesn't exercise he drives a truck for a living and he lost all his weight just eating for his blood-type. Me being a hater went to the library and checked out the Blood-type diet book and the Blood-type cookbook It's been on the market for several years. It worked for him I could post some before and after photos of him but his sister is on this site and might sue me:(
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
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    Absolutely 100% truth to this. I can't get into it now because I am pressed for time, but here is a bit of info. Our hormones are carried thru our blood. Different hormones come from different glands and organs in the body. These glands and organs determine how our body does absolutely EVERYTHING. Our blood type affects how our systems work as well and certain blood types work better with certain foods. FOODS regulate hormones. One big cycle!

    Love this stuff!

    Since you're a microbiologist and all, can you explain how histocompatibility antigens have any effect on this whole process? Really?
  • I_get_fit
    I_get_fit Posts: 145 Member
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    bump
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,366 Member
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    Thought this was going to be a Twilight post for a second there. :wink:

    You know what's cool about MFP is that you're logging everything you eat every day. There's an area for notes at the bottom so you can put how you felt that day as well and determine what works for you as an individual. Like this morning I had an allergic reaction to something. I could always log that in my notes, and if it happens again, go back through my diary and figure out some commonalities of foods that don't agree with me.

    'Cause really - think about it... what did people eat before they knew their blood types?
  • Marjorielk
    Marjorielk Posts: 202 Member
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    donate blood - get your blood type that way
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
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    Absolutely 100% truth to this. I can't get into it now because I am pressed for time, but here is a bit of info. Our hormones are carried thru our blood. Different hormones come from different glands and organs in the body. These glands and organs determine how our body does absolutely EVERYTHING. Our blood type affects how our systems work as well and certain blood types work better with certain foods. FOODS regulate hormones. One big cycle!

    Love this stuff!

    No offense... but this is WAY OVER SIMPLIFIED and B.S.

    Yes, hormones are carried through our blood.

    No, endocrine glands/organs don't control EVERYTHING. They work in concert to control a lot... but unless you're calling neurotransmitters "hormones", then you're forgetting about a pretty damn important part of the biological system. Same goes for any signaling molecule released from a cell that is not a hormone.

    Blood type is nothing more than the type of protein expressed on the surface of our red blood cells. It has absolutely no role whatsoever in the regulation of hormones in our body. None. Zip. Zero. It also has no role whatsoever in how those hormones are carried through our blood either. Blood type is simply a genetic expression of "mine" as far as the body is concerned. Your immune system recognizes your blood as something that belongs. You have similar markers on every cell in your body. Anything that doesn't have a "mine" signal on it gets attacked. (Unless it has no signal at all, in which case it can hide from the immune system, but that's another story.)

    Lastly, food only regulates SOME hormones. The rest of our hormones don't give a damn about what food is riding through our digestive tracks :P Conversely, only some hormones have any effect on food/metabolism/fat storage, etc...

    Beware of over-simplifications. They often amount to lies. Yes, they are very tempting (I'm even over-simplifying in my above explanation) but tempting or not, they are dangerous.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,250 Member
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    Two years ago I had a food allergy panel done. Then 2 months ago, I got another one done (just to see if the same foods are the culprit) I've suffered from eczema off and on since I was a baby, and found out that eczema (as well as other skin conditions) can be caused by certain foods, for it's a form of an allergy. The foods in my 'avoid' column are dairy, wheat, kidney beans -- chicken and turkey are closely behind.
    For years my friends at the health food store have told me to eat right for my bloodtype...I would nod and say 'yeah yeah' and basically scoff it off in my head. Also through the years since having the extra lbs on and doing the yo-yo weight loss thing, I have noticed when I eat more fish and veggies I feel amazingly better, and yes, the weight starts to come off more quickly. So, with that said, I looked up my bloodtype, and low and behold Im supposed to avoid dairy, wheat, many meats, kidney beans. Hmm :huh: ?
    Also, years ago my doctor told me to do yoga at least twice a week (love yoga), and do more meditation exercises. Sure enough, that's what it says regarding my bloodtype. ( I giggle at my best friends bloodtype....she's supposed to eat lots of protein and work her *kitten* off for exercise...but again, she loves her steak...go figure).
    Anyway, I have allergy tests to back up these claims...could be coincidence, but maybe not.
    Have any of you looked into this?

    Did your new eating work for you? If so, that is all you need to worry about.

    I have heard about different ways of eating to suit "body types" - I did used to have a link for a webpage that, after answering some questions, it would indicate what sort of "body type" you were and give advice on the best sort of foods to go for to suit you. My own was a "protein" type, which I did adhere to and it worked (I am here on a diet again because I went back to old eating ways which were bad and I was a pig with my eating).

    People are very quick to pooh-pooh things, however, if the "diet" contains all nutrients and is not a ridiculous way of eating (such as, for instance, the Cabbage Diet), then what's the problem?

    The link below is information regarding eating for a person's blood type. Dr Peter D’Adamo, naturopath and creator of the Blood Type Diet explains more about it on the page below:

    http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/blood_group_diet.htm
  • vivycwen
    vivycwen Posts: 7
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    I'm an A+ and I've been asked to be more vegetarian than being a meat eater, plus avoiding dairy. I did that and it didn't help either; still the same weight, no difference.

    So, it's fiction to me.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
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    I :heart: Rebekah. :flowerforyou:
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
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    I thought it was bull until my x-man used the Blood-type diet

    ^ Not picking on this particular poster, just to clarify:

    If you're going to believe in the blood-type diet, it would be fitting to also believe in the X-men.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,230 Member
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    I thought it was bull until my x-man used the Blood-type diet

    ^ Not picking on this particular poster, just to clarify:

    If you're going to believe in the blood-type diet, it would be fitting to also believe in the X-men.

    I know you didn't just diss my Marvel. :P
  • shanahan_09
    shanahan_09 Posts: 238 Member
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    donate blood - get your blood type that way

    I do donate blood :)

    Thank you for your responses. Love the feedback!

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