In the 90s of the last century, the book "4 blood groups - 4 ways to health" was published in the United States, written by naturopathic doctor Peter D'Adamo.It became a bestseller almost immediately, was translated into almost every language in the world, and became a practical guide to nutrition for many people on the planet.According to the author of the book, each blood group has a historically correct nutritional concept, and human health and longevity depend on it.
The main idea of this theory is that humans should eat the same food as their ancestors.It is best digested and absorbed, while "bad" foods clog the body.This nutritional concept is not a diet, but includes a healthy, wholesome diet for certain groups of people, which helps to cleanse and heal the body.
In fact, some studies have shown that people with different blood types are more or less susceptible to different diseases.For a long time, together with his father, Dr. D'Adamo identified the effects of various foods on the body, as a result of which they were divided into 3 groups: beneficial, harmful and neutral.Below is a list of "good" and "bad" foods for each blood type.The listed products are considered neutral and can be consumed in limited quantities.
Nutrition for people with blood group I(0).
According to various sources, up to 40% of the world's population belongs to this group;Dr. D'Adamo identified them as descendants of "hunters" and therefore a meat diet should be more suitable for them.
Healthy products
- beef, lamb, game, veal, poultry, offal;
- almost all fish (turtle, perch, pike, halibut, sturgeon, trout, sardines are especially useful), caviar, seaweed;
- egg;
- small amounts of cottage cheese and sheep's cottage cheese, cottage cheese;
- butter;
- some vegetable oils (olive, linseed, sesame, almond);
- walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pumpkin and cedar nuts;
- legumes rarely (except soybeans and lentils);
- buckwheat, pearl barley, barley cereals, rice;
- rye bread;
- vegetables (carrots and leaves, kale, horseradish, artichokes, artichokes, broccoli, kohlrabi, parsnips, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, turnips, bell peppers and hot peppers);
- almost all fruits and berries;
- parsley, ginger, cloves, licorice, turmeric, curry, hot pepper;
- herbs and green tea, red wines, mineral water (can be carbonated).
Harmful products
- pork;
- pollock, mussels, squid;
- almost all dairy products, except those listed as permitted;
- sunflower, corn, cottonseed, peanut, coconut, palm oil;
- poppy seeds, pistachios, peanuts, cashews, Brazil nuts;
- wheat, oats, barley, corn and their products;
- vegetables (cauliflower, cucumber, leek, rhubarb, potato, shiitake mushroom, olive);
- avocado, orange and tangerine, melon, strawberry, coconut;
- strong alcoholic drinks, lemonade, beer, black tea, coffee.
Nutrition for people with blood type II(A).
Almost 35% of the world's population is the II.inherited a group from his parents;by the way, this is the most common blood type among Europeans.The creator of the diet classed such people as descendants of farmers and gatherers.Their diet is very similar to lacto-ovo vegetarianism.
Healthy products
- turkey (preferred) and other poultry;
- egg;
- fish (salmon, sardine, mackerel, pike, white fish, carp, cod, perch, trout, whiting);
- fermented milk products, whole milk - only goat's milk, cheeses made only from it;
- vegetable oils (olive, linseed);
- peanuts, pumpkins, sunflowers, pine nuts, hazelnuts and other nuts;
- legumes, soy products are especially useful;
- cereals (buckwheat, rice, barley, oatmeal, rye) and flour products made from these cereals;
- soy sauce, parsley, turmeric, ginger, mustard;
- vegetables (the healthy list included artichokes, beets, chicory, broccoli, kale, carrots, kohlrabi, horseradish, garlic, onions, parsnips, pumpkin, turnips, spinach);
- all berries, lemons, grapefruits, pineapples, plums, apricots;
- any medicinal tea, green tea, white (preferred) and red wine, black coffee (1 cup per day).
Harmful products
- any red meat and offal;
- mussels, squid, eel, catfish, flounder, etc.;
- whole cow's milk and milk products;
- butter;
- corn, cottonseed, peanuts, coconut oil;
- pistachios, brazil nuts;
- wheat, wheat flour and products made from it;
- potatoes, white, red and Chinese cabbage, chili peppers, eggplant, olives, rhubarb, tomatoes;
- some fruits (banana, melon, orange, mango, papaya, tangerine, coconut);
- gelatin, vinegar, pepper (black, white, red), capers;
- sweets, sugar;
- strong alcoholic and carbonated drinks, beer, lemonade, black tea.
Nutrition for people with blood type III(B).
It is believed that this blood group appeared as a result of the mixing of races.Doctor D'Adamo described the people endowed with this as nomads.They are expected to have the widest and most varied diet;people with blood type III have fewer dietary restrictions than other people.This can be explained by the fact that the nomads settled on different continents and were omnivores.
Healthy products
- sheep, lamb, roe deer, rabbit;
- egg;
- caviar, perch, sea bass, perch, sardine, cod, flounder, haddock, hake, halibut, mackerel, pike, sturgeon, carp;
- almost all dairy products;
- navy and lima beans;
- olive oil;
- walnut;
- oatmeal and oatmeal, millet, rice;
- beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, onions, horseradish, parsnips, turnips, garlic;
- blueberries, plums, watermelons, bananas, grapes, papayas, blueberries, blackberries, cherries;
- mushrooms;
- curry, licorice, ginger, parsley;
- still water, green tea, beer, red and white wine, black tea and coffee (no more than 1 cup per day).
Harmful products
- poultry, pork, offal;
- clams, crabs, beluga, eel, pollock, trout, char;
- quail eggs;
- blue and bulk cheeses;
- other types of beans, soy products;
- vegetable oils: coconut, corn, peanut, soybean, sesame, sunflower, rapeseed;
- cashews, peanuts, pine nuts, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds;
- wheat, buckwheat, corn, rye cereals;
- olives, radishes, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes, sauerkraut;
- avocado, pomegranate, persimmon, melon, coconut;
- pepper, cinnamon, soy sauce, gelatin, ketchup;
- carbonated and strong alcoholic drinks, lemonade, carbonated water.
Nutrition for people with blood type IV (AB).
This blood type is the rarest, found in only 7% of people living on our planet.This group of people was defined by the naturopath D'Adamo as the mixed type or "new people".The III.like those with blood types, the "new people" were much luckier with the diet than the I and II.
Healthy products
- lamb, rabbit, turkey;
- chicken eggs;
- mackerel, salmon, sardine, tuna, cod, pike, pike, sturgeon;
- dairy products, but limited amounts of cheese;
- walnuts and olive oil;
- peanuts, walnuts;
- lentils, soybeans, pinto beans;
- millet, oat, rice, rye flour and their products;
- beets, broccoli, cauliflower and cauliflower, cucumbers, garlic, sweet potatoes, carrots, eggplant, parsnips, mustard leaves, tomatoes;
- cherries, figs, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, pineapple, plum, watermelon, lemon, gooseberry, blueberry;
- curry, turmeric, ginger, parsley;
- green tea, carbonated 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;
- cottage 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 made from these grains;
- artichokes, chives, olives, hot peppers, radishes, radishes, rhubarb;
- sunflower, corn, sesame, coconut, cottonseed oils;
- avocado, banana, melon, guava, persimmon, pomegranate, quince, coconut, mango, orange;
- pepper, vinegar;
- strong alcoholic and sweet carbonated drinks, black tea and coffee.
A Critique of the American Blood Type Diet
Traditional medicine doctors are divided on this diet, but the majority still tend to believe that it is not scientifically supported and has no evidence base.Perhaps its only advantage is that you can create a complete, balanced diet with some effort from the list of products intended for people with different blood types.However, completely avoiding certain foods can lead to depletion of certain substances in the body.For example, people in group I are almost completely prohibited from consuming dairy products, and this can lead to calcium and phosphorus deficiencies.
Many doctors agree that the blood type diet is too general and does not take into account the individual characteristics of the body, lifestyle and other factors that do not depend on a person's blood type.Also, as you know, there are many more blood types than 4;Dr. D'Adamo used one of the simplest systems (AB0) to develop his diet.
Initially, the doctor's books used the term "amino acids" when talking about protein products.The protein does not enter the blood in its original form;it is first broken down into amino acids.But the body doesn't really care what kind of protein these amino acids come from, plant or animal, and so limiting dairy and meat to certain categories doesn't make sense.After the author of the diet was called to this fact, the term "amino acids" was replaced by "lectins", which is not clear even to many doctors, let alone the average person.In general, 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.
In summary, we can say that the blood group nutrition system has not received an answer in the medical community, and it has even received serious criticism, but the huge number of positive feedback about this diet has a logical explanation.This is primarily due to the general improvement of the diet, as strong alcohol, carbonated sweet drinks, fatty meats, many "heavy" vegetables, foods rich in saturated fat and other harmful foods are completely removed from the diet, regardless of blood type.In addition, an important factor in the positive effect of any popular diet is the placebo effect, and the development of the American doctor D'Adamo is no exception.