Several years ago very interesting and new approach to weight loss enjoyed wide popularity: people started eating for their blood type. This concept answered the age-old question of why all eating plans did not work for all people. The answer is easy – it is undeniable that people are very different with regard to the types of food that works for them, as well as the types of exercise programs they do. It is well known that weight loss regime that works for one person won’t necessarily work for someone else – and nothing could be done about that.
Thus, some experts started to link this to blood type. There are four main blood types, and according to this way of thinking, each type represents a body type. If you eat the food that is right for your type, you will lose weight effortlessly. Conversely, most weight problems are the result of eating the food that does not suit your type. Similarly, there are types of exercises that are suitable for one particular person but not for somebody else.
Though mainstream science ridiculed this idea, thousands of people followed the eating plan for their blood type and a lot of them managed to achieve excellent results. Hence, the theory is: different blood types evolved at different times in human history, and even nowadays people with those types have traits that are specific to humans at that stage of evolution. This may sound confusing, but to make it clearer let us set an example. According to this theory, ‘o’ blood type is known to be the simplest type that s why it evolved first. At those times people had not yet developed agriculture. They were primarily hunters and exercised vigorously, and ate meat and greens and did not eat wheat, any dairy, since those kinds food had developed later with the advent of farming.
So, if you have ‘o’ blood type, your body is similar to those early humans. If you eat a lot of carbohydrates and don’t exercise you will face weight and other health problems, due t the fact that you are not eating and exercising in the way that is right for your blood and body type. For such people in order to lose weight and be healthy it is necessary to eat plenty of red meat and vegetables and very little amount of wheat or dairy products. They should also take up strenuous physical exercises, like running or weight lifting and practice them several times a week.
But if you belong to a group of people with ‘a’ or ‘b’ blood type, all the advices given above will not suit you. It is believed that these blood types developed somewhat later, after agriculture had been established, so such individuals can and should eat more fruits, vegetables, and grains. People with ‘ab’ blood type are lucky; their type evolved last, after humans had incorporated all types of food into their diet. So ‘ab’s can basically eat anything and not gain weight.
Over the past six or seven years, many people have followed this plan and lost a lot of weight. There are a few problems with it, though. First of all, as it was mentioned before, there is no scientific proof that could show that people with different blood types are physiologically different. Also, the same concerns blood type diets (particularly the diet for ‘o’ blood type ) which are very restrictive. On the other hand, proponents of the diet argue that people with ‘o’ blood type are precisely those who can afford to eat a lot of meat without negatively affecting their cholesterol level. If someone with a different blood type ate in this way, he/she might have a lot of problems. And it is certainly true that some people develop or don’t develop cholesterol problems seemingly regardless to their dietary intake.
Thereby, if the theory has no basis, though, how would we explain the weight loss that so many people have experienced? Actually, it may be simpler than you think, Any of the four blood type eating plans, if followed correctly, would promote eating healthier, more natural food.
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