Eat Right For Your Type - Their Claims

According to Dr. Peter DÁdamo, author of Eat Right For Your Type, a chemical reaction occurs between your blood and the foods you eat. This reaction is part of your genetic inheritance. This reaction is caused by a factor called Lectins. Lectins, abundant and diverse proteins found in foods, have agglutinating properties that affect your blood. So when you eat a food containing protein lectins that are icompatible with your blood type antigen, the lectins target an organ or bodily system and begin to agglutinate blood cells in that area. Different lectins target different organs and body system.

Fortunately, most lectins found in the diet are not quite so life threatening, although they can cause a variety of other problems, especially if they are specific to a particular blood type. For the most part your immune systems protect you from lectins. Ninety-five percent of the lectins you absorb from your typical diets are sloughed off by the body. But at least five percent of the lectins you eat are filtered into the bloodstream and different reactions in different organs.

Your blood type diet is the restoration of your natural genetic rhythm. Your blood type diet works because you are able to follow a clear, logical, scientifically researched plan based on your cellular profile. Each food groups are divided into three categories: Highly beneficial ( food that acts like Medicine), Foods allowed (food that are no harm to the blood type) and Foods not allowed (food that acts like a Poison)

Below is a summary of the various Blood Type Diet and detail plan of each one according to Dr. DÁdamo.

Our Summary Of This Fad Diet

Peter J. D’Adamo, a licensed naturopath, claims that an individual’s blood type should determine what foods to eat and which ones to avoid. He asserts that when a particular blood type consumes "off-limit" foods, the effect is akin to a transfusion of mismatched blood. His theory attempts to tie the evolution of man to changing blood types and diets. Recommended caloric intake varies widely from day to day.

The rationale behind this plan is the biggest stretch of all and reaches comic proportions. His theory tries to tie in the evolution of man with changing blood types and diets. Any long term success with this plan is an accident based on switching food intake to something more agreeable to your digestive physiology or your frame of mind when you entered the program (in other words, how important was it for you to lose weight).

Advantages:
The plan emphasizes lean sources of protein in addition to recommending several servings of fruits and vegetables for all diets.

Disadvantages:
Current scientific research does not support D’Adamo’s claim that blood type determines an individual’s response to certain foods. Further, most critics of the plan cite the lack of a relationship between blood type and disease as well as the false assumptions made about the diet of early man. And, of course, there is no record of success with this plan.

Long-term Success:
Recommended menus include unusual and hard-to-find foods, and meal preparation for families with varied blood types could prove challenging over the long term.

Eat Right For Your Type was created by Peter J. D’Adamo, N.D.