There has been a lot of hype about the idea of metabolic typing and eating for one's blood type. Friedrich Nietzsche actually wrote about this concept a little in one of his books, although he ends up saying that it helps to listen to our intuition in choosing what to eat. Lots of people like science, however; credible and reliable research, using valid scientific methods, to help us better understand a diet or plan that may be better, overall, for each of us. In reading Diet Cults, the author wrote that metabolic typing doesn't have much science to support it, and that eating for one's type may not have much validity.
Matt Fitzgerald, the author of Diet Cults, wrote that according to the research he has reviewed, most of the human population can obtain all of their macronutrient needs by eating a healthy diet, that includes a full range of healthy foods, such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, etc. He includes dairy, meat and fish in his 'agnostic plan', but if one doesn't want to eat dairy, meat or fish for ethical or health reasons [most fish now contains harmful chemicals such as mercury], then most people can still obtain all of their macronutrient needs on a whole foods plant based diet.
Here is a video of one doctor [Michael Greger] who debunked the blood typing concept [and discusses an important concept about how there can be some truths to diets (or other concepts) to make them sound good or provide some credibility...interesting for us all to consider...]: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/blood-type-diet-debunked/
What about you - have you tried the 'eat right for your type' or some similar metabolic diet program? What were your results?
Matt Fitzgerald, the author of Diet Cults, wrote that according to the research he has reviewed, most of the human population can obtain all of their macronutrient needs by eating a healthy diet, that includes a full range of healthy foods, such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, etc. He includes dairy, meat and fish in his 'agnostic plan', but if one doesn't want to eat dairy, meat or fish for ethical or health reasons [most fish now contains harmful chemicals such as mercury], then most people can still obtain all of their macronutrient needs on a whole foods plant based diet.
Here is a video of one doctor [Michael Greger] who debunked the blood typing concept [and discusses an important concept about how there can be some truths to diets (or other concepts) to make them sound good or provide some credibility...interesting for us all to consider...]: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/blood-type-diet-debunked/
What about you - have you tried the 'eat right for your type' or some similar metabolic diet program? What were your results?
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