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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Admitting my personal bias-- I really do not like this diet because I am a AB- and it limits severely what I should eat.
Now if I cut out all the foods that this AB diet recommends, I probably would be a lot healthy and weigh less but the same can be said of any diet that cuts out these various foods. Diet for Type AB Blood | eHow.com |
You should read "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell. After reading it I can't help but think that animal protein is the wrong way to go, especially for those of us who are in our older years.
Many diets like Atkins, Zone, Paleo and D'Adamo vocus on the short term effect of weight loss to the near exclusion of the long term effect of preventing cancer and other degenerative diseases. Cavemen ate animal protein to great benefit because they needed the concentrated energy to live their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. And they didn't have to worry about cancer and many other degenerative diseases because they didn't live long enough to get any of them.
But now that the average life expectancy in the U.S. is about 78.37, we need to shift the focus to the prevention of degenerative diseases. And I think the way to accomplish that is by eating a vegan diet. That's why I recommend reading "The China Study".
Of course there will be many who say they can't do it. Well, I guess that means I'm recommending it for those who can.