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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Anyone hear about this? It sounds way too simplistic. Seems to be based on the idea that people with certain blood types have evolved at different speeds. O type blooded human are the oldest strain basically based on what our hunter ancestors ate. AB type blooded humans are the most recent strain and reflect what should be eaten by city dwellers.
You are supposed to eat stuff on what is good for your blood type which is based on evolutionary strains. Blood type diet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cannot really buy this reasoning. Has all the scientific validity IMHO of those people who used to gather information on bumps on heads and then give medical advice based upon the shape of the cranium. |
All foods contain lectins. And the author, D'Adamo, claims that if a food is incompatible for your blood type, your immune cells will attack the particular lectins in that food. Your immune cells will attack the lectins as a foreign invader. This is supposed to put an unnecessary burden on your immune system and cause a distraction from hunting down the real villains like cancer cells etc..
He claims he has tested all the blood types with all the different lectins from various foods. Evidently, lectins can be purchased especially for research purposes. So, if you put a drop of type O blood with a pinch of certain lectins under a microscope you will see clumping if the two are incompatable.
It sounds valid but I don't know of any doctor who has published any scientific paper on this finding.
Although many people claim to feel better on his diet, it could be because his lists of acceptable foods are mostly natural whole foods. He doesn't have any fast foods on his lists. So if you just came off of a junk food regimen, you are likely to feel better eating natural whole foods.