Blood type diet & whole plant based

Blood Type Diet & Whole Plant-Based Diet GWilkerson03/27/2015 Plant Based Nutrition

What About the Blood Type Diet?

I have been told by someone who is ‘highly trained in blood-type diet that I should eat some meat and not eat peanuts or peanut butter. I eat peanuts when I want. I eat NO animal products.

AND LOOK! I am all living and stuff!

Researchers Conclude Blood Type Diet is “Nonsense” ~ Linda Carney, M.D. The popular “Eat Right for Your (Blood) Type” diet developed by the naturopathic Norwegian physician Dr. Peter D’Adamo, regards ABO blood type as the most significant factor in recommending distinct diets for each individual’s blood type needs.

Michael Gerber MD speaks of it here: 5:50 minutes. Blood Type Diet Debunked Researchers concluded that the book was “nonsense.” According to the

the primary blood types report, “The blood type diet is promoted and justified in the book by supposed scientific arguments, yet the author takes no pains to prove his ideas, presenting them simply as facts, taking advantage of people’s ignorance of biology. There should be no doubt that the author had practiced in Norway, as opposed to Connecticut, where he would be in violation of the so-called Quack Law.” The report continues to say that Dr. D’Adamo misunderstands the science and some of his basic tenants of blood type biology “is absurd.”

Dr. Greger explains that the book cites the work of blood type biochemists. However, when scientists are asked, their response is that the non-scientific literature regarding ABO blood type diets is “pure fantasy.” A professor of laboratory medicine at the Norwegian University of Science’s analysis concluded that the author’s “learning must be considered junk and without scientific foundation.”

As Dr. Michael Greger’s demonstrates, there is no scientific evidence that can support the claims presented in these blood type diet books and no clinical evidence that it improves health.

For information on how a whole-food, plant-based diet supports optimal health and reverses disease, check out our Prevent and Reverse Disease Pinterest Board, read our blogs and topic articles, view Dr. Greger’s videos, or read what the experts say.

Good Food Project Quotes: “It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.” — ADA Position on Vegetarian Diets 2009

“For the two out of three adult Americans who do not smoke or drink excessively, one personal choice seems to influence long-term health prospects more than any other: what we eat.” – Nutrition and Health, C. Everett Koop, MD, U.S. Surgeon General

“There appears to be no threshold of plant-food enrichment or minimization of animal product intake beyond which further disease prevention does not occur. These findings suggest that even small intakes of foods of animal origin are associated with significant increases in plasma cholesterol concentration, which are associated, in turn, with significant increases in chronic degenerative disease mortality rates.” – T. C. Campbell and C. Junshi, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 59 (5 supp.) 115361S

“A natural plant based diet can not only help prevent heart disease and other chronic illnesses, but help to reverse it, even in its most advanced forms.” ~ Baxter Montgomery, MD “Eat predominantly fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and soy products. These foods are rich in good carbs, good fats, good proteins, and other protective substances. There are at least 100,000 substances in these foods that have powerful anti-cancer, anti-heart-disease and antiaging properties.” Dean Ornish, MD “We have the science to suggest that if you can make three changes -– give up all meat, all dairy, and refined foods including oils — you can avoid dying from cancer and heart disease.” Mehmet Oz, MD

There are plenty more; reading is suggested. http://www.plant-strong-health-blog-by-gary.com/blood-type-diet-whole-plant-based-diet/