In Defense of the Blood Type Diet

[LisaC]

Hello All!

I read the forum a lot but rarely post but on this subject of eating for your blood type, I can say through experience that it was best for me.

When I first took the test to find out my blood type, lots a luck with that, ugh! They give you a poker thing that looks like a dagger and tell you to jab your own finger, well, that took about 20 minutes of getting 1/16" of an inch from my finger and pulling away. Finally, I stuck myself (ouch) and the results said I was a type A. (fitting because that's my personality too).

When I saw the list of beneficial foods, it was right on target except, it says I should eat a lot of fish and honestly, I'm not a fan of fish. Chicken on the other hand, I should have feathers by now with all the chicken I eat.

As I read the foods to avoid, I can remember through the years eating something on that list and feeling yuck afterwards and since then, avoiding them. My aunt, who used to say I needed to eat red meat to survive, has now changed her thinking and eats the way I have for years and feels great for it. I'm assuming her blood type is A as well.

My boyfriend, who I know is a type O blood LOVES steak, poor man, with me around, the only time he eats it is when his kids for dinner and they insist on steak. I don't care if he eats it but it's one of those things, who wants to make two dinners so, he's about ready to sprout feathers as well. If I eat red meat, not good. I am guaranteed not to go to the bathroom the next day and I feel sluggish after I eat it, not to mention I feel like gagging when I have to cut into a piece of meat that even after I chew it 25 times, it looks the same

Even the fruits, veggies, condiments, all of them fit what I learned over the years well before this theory came out. My vote is definitely for eating for your blood type, our bodies know what they want, they just can't send us an Email telling us, that's up to us to figure out.

I hope everyone is well, have a wonderful week!

Lisa

[alien]

*sigh* I wish I was fitting comfortably into my blood type O food role, but I am juz having the worst hassles… I am a vegetarian.

I am supposed to be a meat eater and keep away from wheat and grains. That part makes sense as I have a wheat sensitivity and I get sick from eating too much products with wheat content. But the meat thing is juz not happening. Every time I eat meat I get clogged and have trouble using my bowels, plus I sometimes need medication to pass the wastage. I can however eat fish and small bird, such as chicken and quail.

The issue then becomes an animal rights thing and I am against the killing of animals for human consumption, fashion etc. I have been an animal rights activationist since around 12 years old (I am 34 now). I am going to try to eat fish and chicken liver (bleh) to see if it really makes a difference to my health.

Does anyone have suggestions for a type O ‘hunter’ that wishes to remain a vegetarian? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[J F]

You poor dear thing.

[shelley]

Bless you sweetie, there are animals that are here specifically to be food for humans because they are truly noble and support the overall goal of the planet, which is to support evolution. The planet wouldn't be able to support more than 5 million people if we were all vegetarians and we have nearly double that number here now. The animals know this and choose to incarnate here anyway to support this huge experiment called Earth.

Humans can only evolve when they are incarnated on the earth plane, and until they evolve to the point where eating is no longer necessary, they must rely on animals to survive. So the issue then becomes the need to treat our noble food animals with honor and respect, and to give them as kind a death as possible. This is why I promote only partaking of grass-fed, pasture-grazed, free ranging and wild meat sources. I would never ever eat a companion animal, but I will eat food animals like cows.

Every form in existence has consciousness and intelligence. Animals aren't better than carrots just because they have voices and eyes, and you don't ever see anyone protesting the fact that we eat carrots, right? Those kind of hierarchies are illusion, just as illogical as people saying Blacks aren't human because their skin color is different.

[Luz]

Hi Shelley,

thank you for this wise answer.

I didn't eat meat for 4 years. Started eating it again 1 year ago and I am feeling much better than in my vegetarian time. Me too, I dealed with the blood type diet and found that it fits for me like Lisa wrote.

Warm regards

Luz

[Rosnor]

Alien, I too am an 'O type'. If you are able to eat fish, and chicken, why not just eat the foods you are able to. You know your body/digestive system better than anyone! By eating fish and meats, you are getting all the benefits that you wouldn't be getting if vegetarian. I don't really think that you would benefit from forcing yourself to eat other meats, if they have such a bad effect on you. Maybe at sometime in the future you may be able to tollerate them better? I eat more meat/fish than I used to, and a lot less wheat, I've cut back a lot on the 'avoids' and increased the beneficials, but I do not eat a lot of red meat, I prefer chicken and fish too. I think we can get a lot of benefit from this diet, by using it as a guideline.

[Shawnamarie]

There is one thing that makes me a bit skeptical of this diet. The man says you need a blood type test (common) and a secretor test (uncommon). However, I don't know of any place other than his website to get a secretor test. I tend to be a bit wary of diets where a need is created and then offered by the same person, you know?

Any thoughts on this?

[shelley]

That's a good point Shawna, there are lots of people out there offering "tests" that aren't real tests in order to sell their supplements. But this doctor has simply isolated a cause and effect relationship that no other doctor considered worth testing or experimenting with, that's all. Makes sense considering how little importance most doctors place on diet.

[Shawnamarie]

Thanks for your input, Shelley. I considered that point as well. Perhaps I may go ahead and purchase a secretor test! I wonder how many people on this forum have done that. Anybody?

[LILA1963]

[shelley]

Yes he's weird about mung beans, but since they have thousands of years behind them of being a healing food, and modern science has proved that they are the lowest in purines of any bean, I still support them for every blood type regardless.

Hmm.. I don't think I ever followed it 100%, but I came awful close when I was on a strict candida diet and felt great. Now the blood type O diet is too high-protien for me.

[LILA1963]

THANKS SHELLEY

In all honesty, I will still continue to eat KICHADA ... 'cause it's awesome ... however; to switch it up at times,
I will replace the mung beans with kidney, navy or lima beans, since they're highly beneficial for my blood type