Is anyone in “Forum Land” fueling themselves with the “Eat According to Your Blood Type” plan? I found this book last week and this past weekend, using the suggested foods for my blood type (Fri. supper, Sat. meals and Sun. morning), I dropped 8 minutes off my weekly training 18K run(over the previous 4 weeks, running every Sun AM on the same course, I clocked 2 similar “slower” times, a third I bonked at 15K, and the fourth was the “miracle run”)…I also had a solid brick (40k bike, 7K run) on Tuesday and a great swim last night…I am just looking for feed back on the plan in general, if you have some insight, I sure would appreciate hearing/reading about it…As an example, for my blood type “O”…all wheat products are out as well as pastas…big in lean meat, chicken and turkey…pork, bacon, ham are out…I mentioned to my wife that it is not a conditioning issue, now…more of a fueling issue…I await your comments…sometimes the “other shoe” will fall!!! so I might as well find out now…
Did you find this on-line or in a book? ChadJ and I have talked about this in the past but I’ve never seen the information in print.
It’s in the book “Eat Right For Your Type.”
Written by Peter J. D’Adamo (Author), Catherine Whitney (Collaborator)
Maybe PeCo as in Peter and Collaborator? That’s just the conspiracy theorist in me…
after reading my post…it does sound a bit “endorsementie”…truly not the case… A month down the road I could find out something that I could of found out today…good , bad or indifferent…
Here’s a shoe: utter nonsense.
It is a scam, it is BS, it is untrue. Completely.
I think it’s largely unproven. However, I have several friends (all non athletes) who swear by that philosophy for losing weight, better energy, better health etc. They have a lot of believers!
I think it’s largely unproven. However, I have several friends (all non athletes) who swear by that philosophy for losing weight, better energy, better health etc. They have a lot of believers!
So does Bigfoot.
If we are going to use evidence like this to support stupid ideas, we will be forced to adopt every stupid idea anyone has ever presented.
My brother-in-law (who is a bit of a hippie, it must be noted) SWEARS by this. He had been plagued by chronic stomach troubles his whole life, and he said in the few months he ahs been doing this kind of diet, he feels tremendous.
I don’t know…I think it sounds like a bunch of hippie nonsense, but whatever.
How about the cover of the Zone Diet by Barry Sears:
bullet point #2:
-RESET YOU GENETIC CODE
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I read the book, and the historical parts of how the blood types evolved were interesting. There is probably a grain of truth is some of the assumptions, like the food your ancestors ate a lot, might just be more easily assimilated by you, but there has been so many generations of diversion since then, it can only be a general guidline. There are isolated people in the world that eat 90% corn in their diets, and others that eat 90% seal meat. I would imagine that a radical change in their diets would cause havoc on their systems. Those are the extreme ends single food diets. As with all diets, it will be very individual, and factors that determine what is best for you, are not as simple as this book makes it out to be, but a very interesing read none the less, for all the evoloutionary stuff. It’s a bit like using HR charts, some people will fit right in with the exact numbers, and others will be far off the norms…If you don’t have any problems, then why change? If you do, can’t hurt to try different stuff, and one diet plan is the same as any other, until you try it and decide if it works for you or not…
i too am an O; and believe that alot of it is bullshit.
the best thing to do is to fuel often; eat A VARIETY of whole foods; and drink alot of water. oh, and keep training your ass off and sleep.
What Monty wrote below is definitely the most intelligent response on this thread.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people here simply like to cry “bullshit” and leave it at that. Very helpful.
I worked as a personal trainer for several years and nutrition was a bogeyman for a lot of my clients. I had tried the one-size fits all approach with the Zone program as well as the more traditional bodybuilder programs and they didn’t always work. Sure, some people had a fantastic response to the Zone program while others languished. Others did great on the bodybuilding-type program, yet others didn’t respond at all.
What I learned through trial and error was that everyone is different. Our bodies respond differently to the foods we eat. I don’t know if it’s because of our blood types, our metabolism, our lifestyles, our exercise levels, or what. The point is, everybody is an experiment of one when it comes to nutrition.
A few days ago, I reviewed a book on my site called “Nourishing Wisdom.” It might seem like a hippy book at first, but it really makes you think about your food choices and HOW you eat…as well as what you eat.
Having experimented with several different nutrition programs over the years, I’ve finally developed a system that works for me. Will I turn around and market as “Hak’s Super Diet?” Nope. It’s just pieces from other nutrition philosophies that I’ve pulled together and mixed up in a concoction that works for me.
If the blood-type diet works for you, then use it. Find out what works for you through direct experience.
hak
I read the book, and the historical parts of how the blood types evolved were interesting. There is probably a grain of truth is some of the assumptions, like the food your ancestors ate a lot, might just be more easily assimilated by you, but there has been so many generations of diversion since then, it can only be a general guidline. There are isolated people in the world that eat 90% corn in their diets, and others that eat 90% seal meat. I would imagine that a radical change in their diets would cause havoc on their systems. Those are the extreme ends single food diets. As with all diets, it will be very individual, and factors that determine what is best for you, are not as simple as this book makes it out to be, but a very interesing read none the less, for all the evoloutionary stuff. It’s a bit like using HR charts, some people will fit right in with the exact numbers, and others will be far off the norms…If you don’t have any problems, then why change? If you do, can’t hurt to try different stuff, and one diet plan is the same as any other, until you try it and decide if it works for you or not…
What Monty wrote below is definitely the most intelligent response on this thread.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people here simply like to cry “bullshit” and leave it at that. Very helpful.
Ok. I call BS: http://earthsave.org/news/bloodtyp.htm
Hak, if the blood type diet happens to work for someone, that doesn’t make the bloodtype diet not BS.
It is BS.
I can randomly call up foodgroups from a list and it WILL work for some people. That does not make rolling dice a valid dietary system.
Nah…I agree with you. Just because the diet works for someone doesn’t mean it’s scientifically valid. The link provided above is a well-thought out response to the diet.
The person who started this thread may get great results on the blood-type diet. I’m not going to knock him for that.
My experience with the blood type diet (when it first came out) was that it worked for some and not for others. I personally think the science behind the program is weak, at best. The results are more likely coming from something else…like making healthier eating choices.
For example: My sister-in-law swore by this cabbage soup diet. No shit. The plan called for you to eat nothing but cabbage soup for two weeks. Sure, she lost weight (not fat, big difference) over the two weeks. But, was the weight loss due to the cabbage soup or the fact that her calories were reduced? Of course once she went back to solid food, she ballooned up again and got even fatter.
My point was that if it works for you, use it.
hak
And the Loch Ness Monster! Who fully disappointed me on my trip to Scotland.
I have not read the book cover to cover, but skimmed my mother’s copy. We are both blood type 0. Seemed like some of the things made sense to me, but I think the bottom line is (as someone else noted) sometimes things work more by coincidence than science.
As a specific example, I remember it saying the 0 types need vigorous exercise to maintain ideal weight, whereas some other types can do things like walk for fitness and have no problem with excess weight. Funny how more vigorous exercise does in fact work for me to keep off more weight than just walking!
Ok. I call BS: http://earthsave.org/news/bloodtyp.htm
Ken Lehner \
I hope you are not calling BS on what I wrote, because I pretty much agree with you. Most of that book is not supported by any science, but as I said, the blood evoloution was a good read… Just by chance, some of what they say will be true for some people, ( million monkeys sitting at typewriters theory), but to paint a broad brush over diets has always been a red flag for me…