Eating according to blood group key to married life – Scientists

Research has revealed that your blood type determines so many factors that influence your everyday life. According to scientists, eating according to your blood types could be the key to wellness, knowing your susceptibility to certain illnesses and blood types even portray people’s personalities.

There are mainly four types of blood group-A, B, O, and AB.
A 94-year-old Lagos based woman who revealed she belongs to the Type A blood group but chose to remain anonymous told The Daily Times she used to suffer constant sickness until she came across the book – Eat Right For Your Blood Type, by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo written some 50 years ago.

“This book changed my life,” she said “I credit my health and long life to the Almighty and more specifically to this book. Eating according to my blood group has spared me all the time, energy and money I hitherto used for hospital runs and sorts.

It is known that we have to eat food as medicine or we would end up eating medicine as food. Yet, many youths of nowadays do not pay attention. Some do not even border to find out their blood group type although it may solve many a problem,” she lamented.

According to the aforementioned book, blood type can be a valuable clue to understanding your own uniqueness. It reveals that it is very important to take diet according to the blood type because people with different blood groups digest lectins in different ways.

Some people have the tendency to lose weight easily while some others face a fierce battle. Also, some people suffer from chronic illnesses frequently while others stay healthy. Based on blood type, the mood swings and temperament of a person fluctuates and differs from person to person.

The works of Dr. Peter D’Adamo and his father, Dr. James D’Adamo, both Canadian naturopathic doctors, further suggest that the personality traits of each blood type explain why they should eat in a certain way. Drawing from the book, Eat Right For Your Blood Type, we can summarise the blood types, personality traits and recommended diet as follows:

The A blood Group type, which happens to be the most common these days, tend to be cooperative, sensitive, clever, passionate and smart. Often bottling up anxiety in order to get along with others, they may hold in their emotions until they explode. Many are tense, impatient and unable to sleep well.

While they are capable of leadership positions, they may not take them because the stress is not good for their tightly wired systems. They are perfectionists to say the least and this explains why most of them find themselves in research oriented fields.

The blood type A category does tend to have more sensitive constitutions.
Too much stress weakens their immunity more quickly than other blood types. Low stomach acid is common among them, even from birth, so special care should be taken when eating animal proteins.

Using digestive enzymes, like Assist Dairy and Protein, along with consuming fermented foods and drinks is really a must for A’s. Highly recommended foods include rice, oats, rye, pasta, pumpkin, seeds, peanuts, apricots, figs, lemons, raisins, amaranth, buck wheat. More of wheat-based, roughage-based vegetarian food is equally good for them.

Blood type B: Individuals on their part tend to be balanced, thoughtful like A’s and yet ambitious like O’s. They are empathetic, easily understanding others’ points of view, yet often hesitating to challenge or confront. Chameleon-like and flexible, they make good friends.

Peter D’Adamo found that while their immunity is strong, they are more prone to slow-growing viral infections like lupus and chronic fatigue.

A healthy diet for them entails green vegetables, eggs, low fat dairy. More of oats, milk and product of animal protein are good whereas wheat does not suit that much.

Blood Type O is the oldest blood type. Persons of this type tend to be loners or leaders. They are intuitive, focused, self-reliant and daring.

They handle stress better than other blood types and have strong immune systems, a well developed physique and a physically active nature.

Blood type O’s tend to have sluggish blood flow and need vigorous exercise to feel better. They are best suited for meat, fish, eggs, kale, lettuce, onions, pumpkins, red peppers, okra, garlic, ginger, plums, prunes and gooseberries.

They should avoid spinach, cabbage, corn, cauliflower, eggplant, mushrooms, oranges, kiwi, strawberry, blackberry, coconut, green peas, peanut, butter and wheat.

Blood Type AB are free-spirited and versatile. Only about 2 – 5% of the world’s population is blood type AB. There is never a dull moment in an AB’s life but like blood type A’s, AB’s react to stress poorly. When it comes to food choices, AB must discover when they are more B-like or A-like.

For example, dairy foods like milk kefir can be excellent for them or not good at all. Generally recommended foods include seafood, yoghurt, goat Milk, egg, walnuts, millets, oats, rye, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, plums and berries.

Throwing light on the relationship between the blood group and its effect on nutrition, an Indian Dietitian, Dr. Deepika Dua Arora, notes that the ‘Blood Type’ diet is based on eating specific foods that allow better digestion, increase the energy levels, and prevent disease and illnesses, in addition to helping in losing or gaining weight.

Blood group, on the other hand, determines how the body deals with different nutrients. Blood group diet differs from the body type genetically – but it is not 100% share theory.

The blood group diet helps us to control our hereditary medical problems like diabetes, kidney problem, GIT, cholesterol, and hypertension, amongst others.