In the 1990s, the book "4 Blood Types - 4 Paths to Health" was published in the United States, written by a doctor of naturopathy, Peter D'Adamo.It became a bestseller almost immediately, was translated into almost every language in the world and became a practical nutrition guide for many people on the planet.According to the author of the book, for each blood group there is a historically correct concept of nutrition, and human health and longevity depend on it.
The main idea of this theory is that people should eat the same food as their ancestors.It is best digested and absorbed, while "wrong" food clogs the body.This concept of nutrition is not a diet for weight loss, but implies a healthy, healthy diet for certain groups of people, which will help to cleanse and heal the body.
Indeed, some studies have shown that people with different blood types are more or less susceptible to various diseases.dr.For a long time, D'Adamo, together with his father, identified the impact of various foods on the body, as a result of which they were divided into 3 groups: useful, harmful and neutral.Below are lists of “good” and “bad” foods for those with each blood type.Products not listed are considered neutral and recommended for consumption in limited quantities.
Nutrition for people with I(0) blood group
According to various sources, up to 40% of the world's population has blood of this group;Dr. D'Adamo identified them as descendants of "hunters," so a meat diet should be more suitable for them.
Healthy products
- beef, lamb, game, veal, poultry, offal;
- almost any fish (cod, perch, pike, sea bass, sturgeon, trout, sardine are especially useful), caviar, seaweed;
- eggs;
- in small quantities, cottage cheese and sheep's cheese, fresh cheese;
- butter;
- some vegetable oils (olive, linseed, sesame, almond);
- walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pumpkin and cedar seeds;
- legumes rarely (except soy and lentils);
- buckwheat, pearl barley, barley grains, rice;
- rye bread;
- vegetables (beet and its leaves, kale, horseradish, artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke, broccoli, kohlrabi, parsnip, sweet potato, pumpkin, turnip, bell pepper and hot pepper);
- almost all fruits and berries;
- parsley, ginger, cloves, licorice, turmeric, curry, hot pepper;
- herbal and green tea, red wines, mineral water (can be carbonated).
Harmful products
- pork;
- meatball, clams, squid;
- almost all dairy products, except those listed as permitted;
- sunflower, corn, cotton, peanut, coconut, palm oil;
- poppy seeds, pistachios, peanuts, cashews, Brazil nuts;
- wheat, oats, barley, corn and all their products;
- vegetables (cauliflower, cucumbers, leeks, rhubarb, potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, olives);
- avocado, oranges and tangerines, melon, strawberries, coconut;
- strong alcoholic drinks, lemonade, beer, black tea, coffee.
Nutrition for people with blood type II(A)
Almost 35% of the world's population inherited the II group from their parents;by the way, this is the most common blood type among Europeans.The founder of this diet classified such people as descendants of farmers and gatherers.Their diet is very similar to lacto-ovo vegetarianism.
Healthy products
- turkey (preferably) and other poultry;
- eggs;
- fish (salmon, sardine, mackerel, perch, whiting, carp, cod, perch, trout, char);
- fermented milk products, whole milk - only goat's milk, cheeses also made only from it;
- vegetable oils (olive, linseed);
- peanuts, pumpkin, sunflower, pine nuts, hazelnuts and other nuts;
- legumes, soy products are especially useful;
- cereals (buckwheat, rice, barley, oatmeal, rye) and flour products from these cereals;
- soy sauce, parsley, turmeric, ginger, mustard;
- vegetables (the healthy list includes artichoke, beetroot, artichoke, broccoli, kale, carrot, kohlrabi, horseradish, garlic, onion, parsnip, pumpkin, turnip, spinach);
- all berries, lemon, grapefruit, pineapple, plums, apricots;
- any herbal tea, green tea, white (preferably) and red wine, black coffee (1 cup per day).
Harmful products
- any red meat and offal;
- shellfish, squid, eel, catfish, flounder, etc.;
- full-fat cow's milk and products based on it;
- butter;
- corn, cottonseed, peanuts, coconut oil;
- pistachios, Brazil nuts;
- wheat, wheat flour and products thereof;
- potatoes, white, red and Chinese cabbage, chili peppers, eggplant, olives, rhubarb, tomatoes;
- some fruits (bananas, melons, oranges, mangoes, papayas, tangerines, coconuts);
- gelatin, vinegar, pepper (black, white, red), capers;
- sweets, sugar;
- strong alcoholic and carbonated drinks, beer, lemonade, black tea.
Nutrition for people with III(B) blood group
It is believed that this blood type appeared as a result of the mixing of races.Doctor D'Adamo classed people endowed with it as nomads.They are expected to have the widest and most varied diet;there are fewer dietary restrictions for those with blood type III than for other people.This is explained by the fact that nomads settled on different continents and were omnivores.
Healthy products
- mutton, lamb, game, rabbit;
- eggs;
- caviar, cracker, sea bass, perch, sardine, cod, flounder, haddock, hake, halibut, mackerel, pike, sturgeon, carp;
- almost all dairy products;
- navy and lima beans;
- olive oil;
- walnuts;
- oatmeal and oatmeal, millet, rice;
- beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, onions, horseradish, parsnips, turnips, garlic;
- cranberries, plums, watermelon, bananas, grapes, papaya, blueberries, blackberries, cherries;
- mushrooms;
- curry, licorice, ginger, parsley;
- still water, green tea, beer, red and white wine, black tea and coffee (you can't drink more than 1 cup a day).
Harmful products
- poultry, pork, offal;
- clams, crabs, beluga, eel, pollet, trout, charcoal;
- quail eggs;
- blue and processed cheeses;
- other varieties of beans, soy products;
- vegetable oils: coconut, corn, peanut, soybean, sesame, sunflower, rapeseed;
- cashews, peanuts, pine nuts, poppy seeds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds;
- grains of wheat, buckwheat, corn, rye;
- olives, radishes, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes, sauerkraut;
- avocado, pomegranate, persimmons, melon, coconut;
- pepper, cinnamon, soy sauce, gelatin, ketchup;
- carbonated and strong alcoholic drinks, lemonade, carbonated water.
Nutrition for people with IV (AB) blood group
This blood group is the rarest, it is found in only 7% of people who inhabit our planet.This group of people was defined by the naturopathic doctor D'Adamo as a mixed type or "new people".Like those with blood group III, the "new people" had much better luck with their diet than the population of groups I and II.
Healthy products
- lamb, rabbit, turkey;
- chicken eggs;
- mackerel, salmon, sardine, tuna, cod, perch, pike, sturgeon;
- dairy products, but cheeses in limited quantities;
- nuts and olive oil;
- peanuts, walnuts;
- lentils, soybeans, pinto beans;
- millet, oats, rice, rye flour and their products;
- beets, broccoli, cauliflower and cucumbers, cucumbers, garlic, sweet potatoes, carrots, eggplant, parsnips, mustard leaves, tomatoes;
- cherry, fig, grape, grapefruit, kiwi, pineapple, plum, watermelon, lemon, gooseberry, cranberry;
- curry, turmeric, ginger, parsley;
- green tea, sparkling water, white and red wines.
Harmful products
- pork, beef, chicken, goose, quail eggs;
- flounder, perch, beluga, halibut, haddock, hake, eel, trout, arthropods and molluscs;
- butter, margarine;
- processed cheese, blue cheese, whole milk, cream;
- lima beans, black beans, adzuki beans, chickpeas;
- hazelnuts, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds;
- buckwheat, corn, wheat and products from these grains;
- artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke, olives, pepper and hot pepper, radish, radish, rhubarb;
- sunflower, corn, sesame, coconut, cottonseed oil;
- avocados, bananas, melons, guavas, persimmons, pomegranates, quinces, coconuts, mangoes, oranges;
- pepper, vinegar;
- strong alcoholic and sweet carbonated drinks, black tea and coffee.
Critique of the American Blood Type Diet
The opinions of doctors of traditional medicine on this diet are divided, but most are still inclined to believe that it is not scientifically supported and has no evidence base.Perhaps its only advantage is that from the list of products for people with different blood groups you can, with little effort, create a complete, balanced diet.However, completely avoiding certain foods can still lead to the depletion of certain substances in the body.For example, people with the I group are almost completely prohibited from consuming dairy products, and this can lead to a lack of calcium and phosphorus.
Many doctors agree that blood type nutrition is too general and does not take into account individual body characteristics, lifestyle and other factors that do not depend on a person's blood type.Besides, as you know, there are many more blood types than 4;dr.D'Adamo took one of the simplest systems (AB0) as a basis for developing his diet.
At first, doctor's books used the term "amino acids" when talking about protein products.Protein in its original form does not enter the blood;it is first broken down into amino acids.But the body, in fact, does not care from which proteins, plant or animal, those amino acids are obtained, so it turns out to be inappropriate to limit dairy products and meat for some categories of people.After this fact was pointed out to the author of the diet, the term "amino acids" was replaced by "lectins", which is not clear even to many doctors, let alone the average person.Generally, many doctors of traditional medicine tend to believe that the book presenting this diet is "overloaded" with scientific terms, many of which are inappropriate and incomprehensible to readers.
To summarize, we can say that the blood group diet system did not find a response in the medical community, and was even subjected to serious criticism, but the huge number of positive reviews about this diet has a logical explanation.First of all, it is due to the general improvement of diet, because strong alcohol, carbonated sweet drinks, fatty meat, many "heavy" vegetables, food rich in saturated fat and other harmful foods are completely removed from the diet, regardless of blood type.In addition, one of the important factors of the positive effects of any popular diet is the placebo effect, and the development of the American doctor D'Adamo is no exception.