Is your Blood Type making you fat?
September 26th, 2008 | 2,226 views
“Did you gain weight?”, you are asked at your customary monthly lunch with the girls. That is the question that could guarantee an instant bad day for most women. Those reproachful words will bother you until another girlfriend disagrees with the comment and follows up with a compliment or until you’ve a fool-proof plan of getting rid of those excess pounds.
Finding the right exercise of the perfect diet is almost like dating. It could take a lot of your time, you’ll need to put in some effort and at the end of the day the entire experience can leave you frustrated. When dates don’t work out, which usually happens, ideally we just learn and pick up from where we left off.
The book Eat Right For Your Type by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo raises some really interesting new ideas about diet, weight loss, and its direct correlation to blood type. The book may provide the answer to losing those stubborn pounds. The premise: If your lifestyle doesn’t follow the program tailored to suit your blood type, you can and will get fat.
The book states that if you are not living according to your specific blood type, an imbalance in the body occurs as your system is not absorbing and performing at the optimum level.
Evolution gave birth to this thought as mankind has long been a key player in the survival game. Through millennia the human body has adapted to whatever reality it was facing resulting in different blood types borne out of specific times in the human evolutionary process. With each unique type comes with certain mutations designed to survive the period in time.
History 101 and The Diet
“Each blood type contains genetic messages of our ancestor’s diets and behaviors and though we’re a long way from early history many of their traits still affect us,” states Dr. D’Adamo. As a result of his studies, D. D’Adamo believes that a specific designed eating regimen tailor fit for one’s blood type is the only sustaining way to achieve your weight objectives, and Dr. D’Adamo’s program includes meal plan, exercise and even a specific approach to life.
Dr. D’Adamo’s blood-type approach maintains that you will understand your body when armed with health and nutritional information from your exact biological profile. This knowledge should also help you make choices about the future diets and exercise programs.
The program promises to help you avoid common viruses and infection, fight life threatening diseases and slow down the aging process by cutting down at the factors that case rapid cell deterioration. In addition the program is said to rid the body of toxins and fats and eliminate imbalances that lead to weight gain.
Do your research and consult your physician before trying any program including the blood type diet.
The Blood Type Diet according to Dr. D’Adamo
| Blood Type | Recommendations |
| “O” – The oldest and most basic blood type. It came about during the Cro-Magnon era, the time from when men where hunters and depended much on game meat for nourishment. | High protein diet. Avoid wheat and other grains. Can engage in dynamic aerobic exercises. |
| “A” – The A blood appeared during the Neolithic period where huans evolved and learned how to fram and domesticate animals, this was the time humans flourished in early agrarian societies. | Highly advisable to be vegetarian. Gentle exercises encouraged such as yoga or golf. |
| “B” - During 10,000 BC, during the time of tribal steppe dwellers, blood type B developed. There was a change in environment when humans migrated into the area of the Himalayan highlands. The characteristic of the blood type B was a combination between blood type O and A. | Meat is advisable. Only type that can fully digest dairy products. Engage in moderate exercises. |
| “AB” – Blood type AB is the most rare and newest blood type, appeared 12 centuries ago. Mingling between populations gave way into this new blod type that has characteristics of A and B blood types. | Mild and calming exercises and encouraged. |
September 26th, 2008 07:49
I never thought blood group will make a difference ….