Blood Type Diet
A blood type diet is a nutrition plan based around your blood type.
This kind of diet became popular with the release of Peter D’Adamo’s book Eat Right 4 Your Type.
The book continues to be a bestseller. D’Adamo claims that the diet will not only bring about weight loss — but can assist with allergy and infection resistance, and will achieve overall good health.
Dr. D’Adamo started out as promoting the eating of the right foods as a way to improve health and wellbeing. However, in the last several years he has developed a whole line of nutritional supplements consisting of pills, shakes, bars, skin products, and even chocolates developed nutritionally for each of the four blood types.
This diet has many followers and detractors. Some question the science behind the diet and find it overly complex to follow and understand.
What is a Blood Type Diet?
In a nutshell this diet revolves around eating foods that D’Adamo believes work chemically with a dieter’s particular blood type. He believes that by eating foods your “body was designed to eat” it can heal itself and become healthy.
Blood Type O
For the majority of people, the prescribed diet is low-carbohydrate, high in proteins (such as meat and fish), and low in dairy products. Type O should also engage in lots of exercise.
Choose: Lean beef, chicken, fish, turkey, vegetables, and fruit.
Limit: dairy, grains, legumes, and beans.
Some specific foods to avoid: avocado, brazil nuts, oranges, cauliflower, mustard greens, cabbage, brussels sprouts, pork, goose, poppy seeds, eggplant, corn, melons, coconut, coffee, beer, black tea, ketchup, vinegar, milk, yogurt.
Blood Type A
These people should eat eat plenty of fish and vegetables, with a low dairy intake. Light exercise only.
Choose:fish, vegetables, beans, whole grains, most fruits.
Limit: chicken, turkey, and dairy.
Some specific foods to avoid: beef, pork, shellfish, aged cheeses, cashews, pistachios, kidney and lima beans, wheat bran, potatoes, olives, yams, cabbage, mushrooms, tomatoes, melons, bananas, oranges, mayo, beer, black tea.
Blood Type B
People with type B should eat plenty of certain meats, dairy, some fish, and plenty of fruit and vegetables.
Choose:lamb, venison, rabbit, fish, most dairy, rice, oatmeal, green leafy vegetables, most fruits.
Limit: beef, turkey
Some specific foods to avoid: chicken, other poultry, pork, shellfish, American cheese, blue cheese, sesame, lentils, chic peas, black beans, wheat, corn, tomatoes, avocado, pumpkin, olives, coconut, pomegranates, pepper, ketchup, distilled liquor
Blood Type AB
This plan combines some aspects of both the A and B diets and has the most acceptable food choices for dieters.
Choose:Lamb, mutton, turkey, fish, eggs, yogurt, non-fat milk, soft cheeses, most nuts and beans, most grains, most fruits and vegetables.
Limit: No grey area with type AB
Some specific foods to avoid: beef, pork, poultry, venison, shellfish, aged cheeses, sesame, kidney, black, and lima beans, sunflower seeds, buckwheat, corn, avocado, bell peppers, black olives, tropical fruits, oranges, pepper, black tea, distilled liquor.
Is This Diet For Real?
The author claims that much of the recommendations are based on scientific evidence – but perhaps it is too early to make this claim.
The following are some reasons to be cynical of his blood type theory:
- Metabolism and/or sugar/insulin sensitivity are probably key factors in deciding diet – not blood type.
- Two people can have very different metabolisms and have the same blood type. One could be sensitive to carbohydrates or sugar, whilst the other needs a high carbohydrate diet.
- Weight loss and other health improvements may occur on this diet – not so much because of blood type combinations, but because of a healthier diet! The author encourages people to cut down on processed and refined foods. Good advice for anyone regardless of blood type.
- The book also includes low calorie diets that will probably bring about weight loss in anyone (once again, regardless of blood type).
Costs and Expenses
Eat Right For Your Type retails for $24.95.
Smart Phone Apps
The Blood Type Diet also has an iPhone and Android application available that compliments the diet plan.
Food lists, supplement advice, and other helpful aspects of the Blood Type Diet are made available at your finger tips.
This application also helps dieters make wise choices at the grocery store and while eating out in order to keep in line with their eating guidelines.
It’s available in several different languages and can be purchased for an additional $3.99.
Click here to download the iPhone app now.
Sample Meal Plans for the Blood Type Diet
Type B MenuBreakfast Lunch Snack Dinner | Type O Menu Breakfast Lunch Snack Dinner |
Type A MenuBreakfast Lunch Snack Dinner | Type AB MenuBreakfast Lunch Snack Dinner |
More recipes ideas can be found here.
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Eat Right 4 Your Type Banned Foods
Eat Right 4 Your Type and the various blood type diets included encourage a predominantly meat and fish diet, while grains, potatoes, cereals, breads, pasta are not encouraged. Interestingly, certain vegetables and fruits are also banned.
Exercise
Eat Right for Your Blood Type does promote exercise as way to increase health and vitality as well as for stress relief. Each blood type has exercises that are recommended as suitable for their bodies as well as recommendations for intensity and duration.
Pros
- Many have reported better health from eating according to their blood type.
- Dr. D’Adamo has years of experience as a naturopathic doctor.
- Weight loss can also occur.
- Promotes the use of whole foods.
Cons
- Dr. D’Adamo isn’t a medical doctor.
- Supplements are promoted heavily.
- Many healthy and nutritious foods are banned for certain types.
- Eating out can be difficult.
- Many people are healthy eating all foods despite their blood type.
Improved Health Isn’t Likely Due to Specific Foods
Many have reported dramatic results after they have begun eating according to their blood type. However, this could largely be attributed to the fact people are giving up refined and processed foods, which is recommended for all types.
Originally Dr. D’Adamo’s Blood Type Diet started out as predominantly whole food nutrion based, but seems like since has evolved into a front to sell all kinds of nutritional supplements and miracle concoctions to users of the blood type diet plan. The supplements are expensive and most likely unnecessary.
See Also
www.dadamo.com – The authors home page.
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I would never do this diet in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi there, thanks for the great informations.
i have some problems in my thioride glands ‘low sicrition’ and sometimes low in hemoglobin , and i adore eating cheese with all it’s kinds .according to my blood type ”a” i should limit diary and avoid kidney and oranges which are good for my himoglobin , what should i do. i live in egypt so some of the food you suggest in your diet is’nt available what should i do?
My friend lost 30 kgon bloodgroup diet i bought and practised few things stated in eat for your typebook i have lost 4 kg in eat2 weeks thanx toto the book and the diet
I am a blood type B and just recently started with the Diet. Its too early to tell if the diet is working or not.
hi Topsy
i just read this diet today …. any updates in how you are feeling i’m thinking of doing it as i’ve turned 40 and finding that i need to looking into changing my diet
I call complete BS on this diet, I’m type O and it told me to avoid beer and then in the “Sample meal” it says beer is OK for dinner?! Yeah, I think this guy is a hack
I am type AB and have been following my recommended food list for several years. I feel better than ever with no acid reflux or heartburn and tonnes more energy. Wish everyone would get this important information for their health!
I am type A and have lost 12 lbs since I started this diet. I have noticed that since I followed certain directions, such as avoiding red meat, that I have a lot more energy, sleep better, and just feel better mentally and emotionally. I went from being a size 20 to a size 16. The people who swear by this diet are right, it is not just a diet, it is a lifestyle change and it is hard. I still deviate from the lists, which is probably why my results to date are less stellar than everyone else’s. Recently, I ate 2 mandarin oranges a day for a few days and I ended up sick as a dog for 3 days until my body finally purged itself of the oranges (oranges are on my Avoid list). I cut out dairy completely and I really noticed a difference in that I wasn’t bloaty or tired all the time. I believe this lifestyle works. My hopes are that I will be a size 14 by Easter and a size 12 by the summer (I haven’t been a size 14 since before my daughter was born in 2007 and I haven’t been a size 12 since I was in high school (10 years)).
I am a vegetarian by choice and am blood type o
making me a meat eater. Red meat literally makes my stomach turn
Can I stay vegetarian and adapt a blood type diet? I’m also addicted to lentils and beans which I’ve just discovered I can’t have. Any advice?
Amie, if u feel good as a veg, why change? Im type O and tried this diet…it made me really sick and flared up UC and FMS…my body does not do well with meats
I suggest reading up on Dr Fuhrman and his books. I think u will find the answer there
I have the book at home. My mother-in-law’s infact. I haven’t tried the diet as yet due to scepticism bt after hearing people’s stories and reading on how the diet has changed people’s lives, you better believe I’m on it soon as I get back from my weekend getaway.
what is ostrich, is it game or chicken? please can you tell me?
Hi, it’s game. It’s a red meat and incredibly healthy for you, obviously depending on your blood type, according to this diet. It has almost no fat in it. It’s also REALLY tasty…
Neither. Ostrich is a bird so it would be classified as poultry like chicken is.
I am going to use this for my health project
Im type AB and its working diet plan for me,,,i hope i can get more diet program so i can continue and meantime my body shape with out worried to getting im my desire weight but still healthy.
I love the blood type diet. LOST 60 lbs and have kept it off for 2 years now
i hate it…i nearly died!
I switched to Blood type eating…I am a B blood type I had been eating chicken and tomatoes most of my adult life….I started eating lamb instead of chicken cut out the tomatoes….I lost 4 to 5 pounds within 2 weeks…my cholesterol dropped from 180 to about 160….I no longer count calories….I find when follow the blood type diet I feel satiated and don’t over eat.
Just started the type o diet on advice by a first time seen naturopath. Willing to give it a try but a little skeptical. Any words of wisdom are welcome.
I only weigh 110 lbs, but have a poochy tummy due to menopause. I’m following this diet to feel good and help with preventing health problems prone to type O’s in the future. Also, my 22 year old daughter has been labled a “medical mystery” because we can’t find a cause for her many medical issues. We both started eating for our blood type (she’s type A) just three days ago, she feels some improvement and I can’t believe my tummy is hardly poochy! I’m not a big “write a review” person, but when something works, it works!
I like blood type and diet. I have tried taking diets appropriate to my blood type and now enjoy better health than before.
I love this book!!! I lost 15lbs in 30 days several years ago. I also discovered that the skin condition I was diagnosed with was nothing more than food allergies. After 90 days of eating a typa A diet I no longer had any skin issues. Now I know which foods where the problem and avoid them constantly and here it is years later my skin feels great. This is definitely a lifestyle change rather than a diet. I read this book because a friend lost 100 lbs following the O type diet. This not meant to be a weight loss program but a health regimen that can create weight loss if there is room for it. Health is the focus. It works!!!! It makes sense. Highly recommended read.
I was tested for food allergies and many of the foods I reacted to are listed as foods not good for my blood type. I have been gradually eliminating foods from my diet and replacing them with recommended ones for over a year now. I continue to feel much better and recognize it is difficult to do over night and a life long change.
No doubt your blood type is either “A” or “AB”, the cancers seem to ravage these groups most. Don’t delay change your eating habits now! Do your own research. This is not a diet it’s a lifestyle change. We’ve been conditioned for so long to eat what our parents put on our plates! Save your life first.
I have been on this diet for 8 years. I really never had a problem with weight. I am a blood type O. I figured out years ago that certain foods did not settle in my system.I had stomach cramps, lethargic and sometimes felt ill. After reading bloody type O diet. I can say that book changed my life. Several foods were giving me issues. Foods that I always suspected now had proof. Corn always upset my stomach. Also, started with ezekiel bread that bread digests very well in my system. Stopped eating all white and wheat bread. My weight dropped a few pounds and I got leaner. Probably the biggest was I stopped drinking orange juice. I switched to pineapple juice WOW no more stomach acid or cramps. Today I am 48 years old I weigh in a very lean 175. I can easily run 5k races and train 3 -4 times a week in the gym. I firmly believe that this diet is worth checking out. I don’t consider this a diet but, rather a way of life. I get to eat all the food I enjoy anyways and stay healthy and strong. Can beat this diet !
I started on the “Type O” diet and I have lost 12lbs since this pass June, but I have dropped from 1X to large, this is a huge deal for me… I no longer need the Stomach meds that I have been on for about 15 + years! Being a diabetic and Type O makes it more challenging to find the right foods to eat. I was diagnosed with diabetes type II in 2003 I have lost 50lbs ( gained 25lb back in between) I had a head injury, little over a year after that a stroke, and then Cardiomyopathy from a virus. Decided to go to rehab and college. Anybody can do it, just have to put your mind to it! I am glad I didn’t get rid of my smaller clothes ?:o)
Good luck everybody.
I’ve been on it for over a year, no more body ache and i have lots of energy and feel healthy.
I’m a B+ type and started this change 12 years ago. I don’t follow to the letter at all just eliminated a couple of foods that are poison for me and increased a couple that are like medicine (also take the fluidizer cocktail dialy). Early on i lost cravings and lost a couple pounds too. I no longer have allergies and hardly ever get colds — all due to this. Read the book and you’ll understand.
woow this guy aint even a doctor , i give him props for doing his thing and all and making a killing off all u sheep out there who beleive this bull, something based mostly from theory, is there any scientific evidence as to what happens to these different foods as pertaining to your blood type, and if these foods are benefficial or not id like to know how and why, where is this guy getting his conclusions from, and what tests if any were involved in coming to these conclusions , for example type a should only do light exercise. why? Even if they can answer that question id take it with a grain a salt because like seriously aree all variable s accounted for during so called “testing”and whos overlooking the findings is there any scientists or real doctors in the house ready to back this up , But hey i guess it dosnt matter now does it hes already made a killing.some people can sell ice to an eskimo.
Guy,
You blabbed but did not bother to read the book, His Grandfather and Father were doctors and they noticed this connection. They passed on this knowledge to him and he could have sat on that all his life, but decided to share it with the world.
I use the suggestions and for the first time in 60 years I do not have those constant headaches and sluggishness. I implemented something for my Son and he thanked me for what I did.
DB
I started this diet when I got a computer and accessed it after reading an article in Women’s World. I started in August of 2005. At that time, I was sent home from the hospital with COPD, CHF w/hypoxia, to weak to pick up a coffee cup. I was sent home with hospital bed, concentrator, tanks of oxygen, and soon added a walker to that, due to the fact I could just take baby steps. I had home health aides 3 hrs a day 7 days a week.
One lung was completely blocked, other lung was 1/3 blocked. The blood type type, helped me to get my lungs cleared out(40,000IU (heat units) red pepper. It told me to have red pepper, I chose the Heat Units. It took several years of continuous use and following the rest of the plan. Lost 140 lbs, got off of oxygen, no longer needed the walker or the cane, no longer needed help of Home Health Aids, no longer needed meals brought in. I was able to take care of myself, and take care of my apartment and also was able to get off of oxygen completely and don’t need breathing treatments.
In my eyes, Dr D is a hero. I am alive and raised my children and was blessed with being able to see the birth of first two grandchildren in 1993 and 1994 and was here to see them both graduate from high school in 2011 and 2012 and one in college and the other starting in college. I am also here to watch another grandchild who was born in 2002 and will soon be ten in October.
What else do I want: to be here to enjoy the life I was given back fully and continue to see the changes and blessing as my family gets older.
Have a good day
Linda
Well i am i type A and i have been having problems for years! The doctors had no idea what was wrong with me and i spent thousands on tests that just kept saying i was fine when i was extremly sick! I went to a naturopath and straight away found out i was extremly toxic to all the foods that a type A blood tpye is! In the first week of my diet i lost 2.5kgs!! I had never felt better! I use to exercise everyday and always diet strict to lose weight and would never budge a kilo and now i just do light exercise and in a month lost 5 kilos! So if you havent tried this diet then maybe you should because it really does work! I havent even bought any of these books or anything ive just changed my lifestyle and ive never felt better so maybe you should keep your nasty comments to your self unless you have actually tried it and proven him wrong!!
Anne, I was the same way! I’m Type A positive. Doctors never knew what my probs were–tests always said I was fine—but I felt so ill always. Tried everything. I finally discovered this Blood Type Diet and started to feel better instantly! In the past, I had been ‘eating healthy’ and downing foods that I was told was ‘healthy’ for me, like bananas, when in fact these foods were poisons. No more bloating, no more constant stomach ailments, strange pains here and there, etc. The first week I lost several pounds. My energy level was great. I just really felt a LOT better over all too. In the past, because I ate the ‘poisonous foods’ I was bloated, so I exercised everyday and dieted to lose the extra weight, to no avail! I even added more exercise classes per week, still no loss of weight! That’s when I knew something deeper was really wrong with what I was doing and eating. The blood type diet is definitely for me–type A. Its pretty easy for me to stick to because I like all foods anyway, so whatever is on the Type A diet is no problem for me. Glad to read everyone’s confirming letters!
Can you end and start a sentence properly? Did ya learn about capital letters in school?
I read like one line of your blabbering before my mind said, “NO MORE!”
Ich. G.
Following this would be a nightmare when throwing a dinner party. Think of all the different blood types in attendance!
Or the ultimate challenge, depending on your perspective. There are actually plenty of food options that overlap for each blood type. If you go to http://www.dadamo.com there is a recipe and meal planning section. There are a few restaurants that actually support this diet, walk in, are asked your blood type, handed a menu that gives you choices.
For instance I am blood group O most of time avilible food is bread and Banana but Banana has high calori in this text high calori is not recomended for blood group O so, how I can avoid this problem
how can i find what blood type i am?
Order a DIY kit on line and do it at home, (if you have the courage to use the lance to get a drop of blood) from your finger’.
call your dr and ask, if you donated blood you should have received a card, if in military on dog tag. call hospitals you have been in and ask for medical records and ask. Order from NAP at http://www.dadamo for about $10.00 you do it yourself.
Buy a blood typing kit or see your doctor.
I just started this 2 weeks ago, and have not fully been able to avoid the foods I’m supposed to, but I have given up coffee and milk and some wheat products such as bread, I’m an “O” This small change alone has changed the way I’ve been sleeping and the hot flashes I was having during the night. I can now get a full night’s rest and feel much better for it. I would recommend it not necessarily as weight loss, as I’m still having a hard time getting myself to the gym but as an overall healthy lifestyle.
Who needs a gym? I have lost 40+ pounds without going to a gym and I’m a over-the-road truck driver. I changed my diet and walk as much as possible. Best of luck to you…
Who needs a gym? I have lost 40+ pounds without going to a gym and I’m a over-the-road truck driver. I changed my diet and walk as much as possible….
My blood type is o posetive, my treatmenter is avoid any alcohol, but this text beer or woin is recomended, so how to avoid this problem
if you do not partake in alcohol, even if allowed as a beneficial, you don’t have to drink. example: an alcoholic wouldn’t drink it. a person on certain medicines that was advised not to drink while on these meds, would not drink it.
Like “O’s” can have 5oz red wine once a day, if you do not drink or can’t or don’t want to you should not.
Just as Zandy states, this “diet” reeeally does affect you. I lost 6 inches around the waist after first starting the diet. Yet it is really not a diet – it is a change of lifestyle, and though it is stated as a “con” that eating out could be difficult, I find to really not be – not any harder than it can be to find healthy food. My mother and I have been following this diet for about 10 years now – ever since she heard about it on a radio show, which an acclaimed medical (!) doctor from my country (Denmark) had been invited on – and he recommended it as the research showed that the diet was beneficial for everyone involved. People I know, including my sister, who have been suffering from physical conditions have shown great improvements – a few months on, this diet got my sister asthma-free after 18 years with asthma! I truly recommend everyone to do this – it is much safer than any fad diet or “regular” diet which is followed for a short period of time – and it provides results – not just weight loss – that can be maintained easily.
So, at my little svada’s core, I find that it is not simply because of cutting out refined carbs or processed foods that this diet works – but it is because there is something to it. But hey – I’m not going to preach.