O blooded ( mourning over dairy product & grains & whole meal product )

Half an hour talk on the phone with my sista and she mentioned about O blood type diet. We are O blooded family. :p I google-ed it and here is the result. Mixed feeling for me.

Peter D'Adamo writes that

Peter J. D'Adamo ND Credit: eDiets.com

[t]he essence of the blood type connection rests in these facts:

• Your blood type - O, A, B, AB - is a powerful genetic fingerprint that identifies you as surely as your DNA.

• When you use the individualized characteristics of your blood type as a guidepost for eating and living, you will be healthier, you will naturally reach your ideal weight, and you will slow the process of aging.

• Your blood type is a more reliable measure of your identity than race, culture, or geography. It is a genetic blueprint for who you are, a guide to how you can live most healthfully.


• The key to the significance of blood type can be found in the story of human evolution: Type O is the oldest; Type A evolved with agrarian society; Type B emerged as humans migrated north into colder, harsher territories; and Type AB was a thoroughly modern adaptation, a result of the intermingling of disparate groups. This evolutionary story relates directly to the dietary needs of each blood type today. cool huh? O blooded ppl are ancient ppl.
  

Fundamental to this theory is the idea that lectins, proteins found in many foods of high nutritional value, have glue-like properties that affect your blood. "Simply put," writes D'Adamo, "when you eat a food containing protein lectins that are incompatible with your blood type antigen, the lectins target an organ or bodily system...and begin to agglutinate blood cells in that area". Each of the four blood types is described in terms of an antigen. Type O is the simplest, comprised of a basic sugar called fucose. The Type A antigen consists of fucose and N-acetyl-galactosamine; Type B, of fucose and D-galactosamine; and Type AB, of fucose, N-galactosamine and D-galactosamine. Each of these antigens presents a "unique shape," and lectins fitting that shape can interact. Food lectins interact with and agglutinate cells of one blood type at left; but not with those of another type at right, because its cells possess a different shape.

Too technical! Tak faham! Erm, will I get sued for copying and pasting?

HB = Highly Beneficial N = Neutral A = Avoid

Meats and Poultry
HB	N	A
Beef Beef, ground Buffalo Heart Lamb Liver Mutton Veal Venison	Chicken Cornish hens Duck Partridge Pheasant Rabbit Turkey Quail	Bacon Goose Ham Pork

• "Type Os can efficiently digest and metabolize meats because they tend to have high stomach-acid content...[but they] must be careful to balance...meat proteins with the appropriate vegetables and fruits to avoid over-acidification, which can cause ulcers and irritation of the stomach lining."

• Recommend type Os "consume no more than six ounces [of meat] at any one meal"

Hey, I'm a carnivore!!! ^^v
You can take away pork. It's fine with me. :) Buffalo anyone?

Eggs and Dairy
HB	N	A
	Butter Farmer Feta Goat cheese Mozzarella Soy cheese* Soy milk*	American cheese Blue cheese Brie Buttermilk Camembert Casein Cheddar Colby Cottage Cream cheese Edam Emmenthal Goat milk Gouda Gruyère Ice cream Jarlsberg Kefir Monterey jack Munster Parmesan Provolone Neufchatel Ricotta Skim or 2% milk String cheese Swiss Whey Whole milk Yogurt, all varieties

• Type Os "severely restrict their use of dairy products", because these are difficult for Os to metabolize and "there are no highly beneficial foods in this group."

• Egg --> "generally a poor protein source" for Os.

• A daily calcium supplement is recommended, particularly for women, since dairy is the best source of natural calcium.

• *Dairy alternatives.

Sob! Sob! Sob! I love diary food! It tastes really like heaven! Don't you think so? T.T

Cereals
HB	N	A
	Amaranth Barley Buckwheat* Cream of Rice Kamut Kasha* Millet, puffed Rice bran Rice, puffed Spelt	Cornflakes Cornmeal Cream of Wheat Familia Farina Grape Nuts Oat bran Oatmeal Seven grain Shredded Wheat Wheat bran Wheat germ

• "Type Os "do not tolerate whole wheat products at all", D'Adamo recommends wheat be completely eliminated from the Type O diet.

• Whole wheat products "contain lectins that...interfere with the proper absorption of beneficial foods."

Barred from cereals also! T.T I like leh...

Grains and Pasta
HB	N	A
	Barley flour Buckwheat* Kasha* Pasta, artichoke Quinoa Rice, basmati Rice, brown Rice flour Rice, white Rice, wild Rye flour Spelt flour	Bulgur wheat flour Couscous flour Durum wheat flour Gluten flour Graham flour Oat flour Soba noodles Pasta, semolina Pasta, spinach Sprouted wheat flour White flour Whole wheat flour

• "There are no grains or pastas that could be classified highly beneficial for Type Os."

• These foods are not essential to your diet and should be limited in favor of more effective animal and fish foods."

Sob! Really sob! T.T

For vege, items to be avoided are cabbage, cauliflower, corn, sprout, mushroom, potato!!! Oh man! No more mashed potato for me? What???

For fruit/juices and fluids, items to be avoided are oranges, apple and coconut. Aren't those normal fruit?

For spices, thank God curry is HB!!! ^^v

No HB condiments.

Miscellaneous Beverages
HB	N	A
Soda, club Seltzer water	Beer Tea, green Wine, red Wine, white	Coffee, regular Coffee, decaf Liquor, distilled Soda, cola Soda, diet Soda, other Tea, black decaf Tea, black regular

• "Your ultimate goal should be to eliminate drinking coffee altogether," because it increases stomach acid. Green tea is an acceptable alternative, "but it contains no special curative properties for Type Os."

• Moderate use of beer is acceptable, and "modest quantities of wine are allowed, but it shouldn't be a daily ritual."

This is hilarious! I'm a drinker??? XD

Haiz... My dear diary, grains and whole meal. I bid thee farewell.

Alright! Increase meat intake and reduce carbo intake with a balance vege + fruit.

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