Eat Right 4 Your Type (Revised and Updated) by Peter J. D'Adamo

Eat Right 4 Your Type (Revised and Updated) by Peter J. D

Whether we are blood type A, B, AB or O is determined by chemical markers called antigens that lie on the surface of our red blood cells. Could the system work though the theories are faulty? Would that answer were as simple as four blood types, four diets! D’Adamo’s blood type diet theory suggests that there is at least a drop of truth in it.

That so many people have done well on Dr. Anthropologists can point to evidence that all four blood types existed back in the hunter/gatherer Paleolithic era, 1 a fact that deflates Dr. He claims that these later bloodtypes are genetically predisposed towards grains and milk products, foods that came in with agriculture and the domestication of animals, while Type Os are natural meat eaters. More than 1,000 scientific studies exist suggesting this is so.īlood type as a factor in deciding what to eat? D’Adamo bases his theories on the assumption that early man had Type O blood, and that the A, B, and AB bloodtypes came long after. of Designs for Health, and this writer, among others - seen little or nothing that clinically or scientifically supports the theory? Blood type as a factor in illness? Certainly. Why then have others - Brian Clement, Director at the Hippocrates Institute, Robert Crayon, M.S. D’Adamo claims 4,000 case studies of people who achieved radiant good health after learning to “eat right for their type.” Supporters include Ann Louise Gittleman, M.S., C.N.S., Christiane Northrup, M.D., Bruce West, M.D., Jonathan Wright, M.D.,and scores of other respected physicians and nutritionists. D’Adamo’s book, however, has won the respect of fellow naturopathic doctors, many of whom now offer $20 blood typing tests to determine whether their clients are Type O, A, B or AB. (Putnam, 1996) has become a bestseller.įad diets, of course, come and go, rarely earning kudos from anyone other than publishers and their publicists. Despite negative reviews in nearly every mainstream publication - nearly all of whom have proclaimed the diet to be “no bloody good” - Eat Right 4 Your Type by Peter J. Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Fallon MorellĮating according to your blood type seems to be the hottest idea in nutrition today.

Eat Right 4 Your Type (Revised and Updated) by Peter J. D'Adamo