Last January I went from eating meat to a vegetarian diet. I found out today that my blood type is O+. The best foods to eat for a person with that blood type are red meat, chicken, and fish- none of which I eat. Does this mean eating a vegetarian diet is not good for me?
2007-11-01 06:27:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Um... your blood type has nothing to do with the healthiest diet, which is the same for all humans.
I've been vegan since conception and I'm blood type O+, so... yeah.
2007-11-04 02:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am also O+ and have tried the Veg route. It just didn't seem to work for me. I have continued to eat meat but have cut down immensely and so far I have felt OK. Also I just tried substituting turkey burgers for hamburgers, I seemed to really like that also.
I read the original book regarding diet selection for various blood types and although I found a sort of logic to it, I noted many exceptions and flaws that convince me to take a more moderate nutritional pathway.
The O+ hunter/gatherer probably most certainly did not eat just meat. They also ate nuts, berries, tubers etc. And at times, I would bet they found nuts and berries with less effort than clubbing a mammoth and lugging him 20 miles to their camp site. I could envision them gorging for a couple days but soon the meat would spoil and a basket of bluberries would look good again.
Rather than trying to find a single food type why not a little of the different food groups. You can use the food pyramid as a starting point and increase/decrease to your personal preferences (what makes you feel best or better)
I, for instance do not feel good after starchy grains like rice and wheat, but I get along with oatmeal and potato just fine.
Another angle I read about once is to consider what your parents and grandparents ate. It explained that our digestive enzymes are, in part, inherited from our ancestors and we would thus be able to get better nutrition using their diets as a guide. That makes sense to me because when growing up we NEVER had bread at our table and bread does not "sit well with me"
The best person to ask about for your diet is yourself.
Remember also that even though there are typically 15,000 items in a grocery store there is only three things you can eat, namely fat, protein and carbs. Make sure you are getting something close to the daily recommendations for these and then start choosing amongst the food groups, of which there are only four or five.
Good luck to you and your personal nutrition.
2007-11-01 14:01:48 · answer #2 · answered by andyg77 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
blood type has no direct effect on what type of foods are good for you to eat. although if you are following a vegetarian diet, make sure you are getting plenty of protein from nuts, legumes, beans etc. that is the main health concern with vegetarian diets. Also eat fortified cereals for an adequate iron intake since you are not consuming red meats
2007-11-01 14:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of this and I am a nutrition major.
No, eating vegetarian is great for you but of course, little bit more works but you will be healthy, happier (well, less crulty to the animals) and look better (my opinions)
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm
2007-11-04 01:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Gooch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no science behind blood type diets
2007-11-01 13:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋