The
Blood Type Diet is a nutritional diet advocated by Peter D’Adamo, the
premise of this diet being that your blood type determines the food and
exercise you need to be healthy.
Food is divided into 3 categories
1)Highly beneficial
2)Neutral and
3)Avoid. Type 1 foods work as
medicine,
Type 2 work as food, and Type 3 are toxic to that person.
The blood types O, A, B, and AB determine your diet and exercise
personality according to D’Adamo, Type O is the hunter, you should have
vigorous exercise and a high protein diet. Type A is the agrarian, which
is a more vegetarian diet with gentle exercise. Type B is the nomad,
the only type that can eat dairy, should have moderate exercise. Type AB
is the enigma, mixture of A and B with calming exercise.
Dr. D’Adamo works out of the Center of Excellence in Generative
Medicine at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He has written
several books and teaches classes out of the Center, called COE, he is
an expert at naturopathic and integrative medicine.
The problem with this diet program, according to many experts, is
that there is no scientific evidence to support these claims, many of
the claims he has made for many years state studies in progress but
these studies have not been published and others are unable to duplicate
results. David W. Grotto, RD, LD, stated the beliefs are “very obscure
and lacking in science.” Most reputable physicians and dietitians do not
advocate any diet plan which leaves out any of the food groups, proper
nutrition requires a balance of many nutrients.
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