Blood type diet is a theory that involves the concept that certain foods are incompatible with certain ABO blood types. The development and application of dietary theories based on your blood are associated with Dr. Peter D’Adamo N.D.
Diet and Blood Type
The theory called eat right for your type suggests that certain proteins in food called lectins can cause the antigens in your blood to react and identify the lectin as foreign to your system. The immune system then targets and tries to destroy the lectin.
This process is called agglutination and can cause a number of problems in the body, and affect processes like metabolism, digestion, and nutrient assimilation.
There are lists of foods for the blood type diet, and people are urged to note which foods are recommended or to be avoided for their particular type. This is how the blood type diet differs from weight loss systems that just emphasize calorie counting.
Evolution and Diet
The evolutionary history of humans with it’s many migrations and forced adaptations to varying climates, environment, and food sources, is responsible for the distribution of various ABO types in the human population.
The earliest humans were the hunter-gatherers and thus type O developed first, characterized by heavy animal protein consumption developed first. This was followed by type B which developed in the nomadic herders of the Asian plains, and finally type A & AB which came about with the development of farming.
Since many people do not know what their type is, there are blood type kits available that you can use at home to determine your ABO type. There is also a range of nutritional supplements designed for each type’s unique needs.
The theory underlying eat right for your type is not well known or understood by the mainstream medical system. This is the primary reason for its lack of acceptance within medical circles. We will show the importance of blood typing information in your antiaging program.
The Importance of Blood Type Principles
To understand the importance of the blood type diet, keep in mind that the immune system is a key component of our bodily systems and our first line of defense against disease. If the immune system is constantly being stimulated by the presence of antibody/antigen reactions, is becomes weakened and less able to defend us from bacteria and viruses.
To understand this, just imagine a fire department, which has to respond to twenty small fires every day. This would run the firemen ragged, and when that five-alarm fire rolled around, the firemen would be fighting the fire in a weakened and fatigued state!
This is what happens to your body’s immune system when it is constantly in a low-grade inflammatory state. This is far from healthy and could put you are greater risk of disease than if your immune system was functioning optimally and not being stressed all the time.
This is what blood typing information brings to your antiaging program. You want your immune system to be healthy and able to respond to a major disease crisis if it occurs. Chronic inflammatory health conditions can destroy your health, so the blood type diet can be a valuable strategy in your antiaging efforts.
Watch Dr. Peter D'Adamo talk about the diet on the "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee show."
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