Has anyone read "Eat Right for your Type"

Sandals

Its a book on blood types.  Very interesting.  Said a lot of cancer patients are either A or AB Blood Group.

Wondering how many of you out there are either of these?

Cynthia1962

I read it many years ago.  It was interesting, but his whole theory is based on his patient base so not very scientific. I know that some researchers are actually studying people's health and their blood types here. They discovered that people with AB blood type are more likely to have strokes than O type, women with B blood are slightly more likely to have strokes.  The study lists some more info.  They have no idea why, though.  I'm O+, btw.

rosemary-b

B+ here.

IsThisForReal

A+

badger

O+ 

I heard of the blood type diet a few months ago in First for Women magazine.  Dr. Oz wrote an article about it, which I skimmed in the grocery store check-out line.

According to their theory, O is the "oldest" blood type so I should eat like a hunter: meat but no potatoes, avoid sugar and carbs, and get lots of exercise.  Sounds like good advice no matter the blood type!

Anonymous

I am AB positive. So was my dad who died of a stroke.

miffyjones

My herbalist got me it and I've started following it recently - makes real good sense to me - I'm allergic to nuts - the book says no nuts. I've removed wheat and the lightness in my stomach is amazing. SO far so good. I'll let yas know how I progres

Husband11

There is a slight increase of the rate of cancer for certain blood types, but not tremendously.  The mainstream science and medical world doesn't agree with the author and his reasoning.  It's a stretch to correlate such radically different dietary recommendations with just one human characteristic, like A and B blood antigen types.  Why not hair or eye color? handedness? size of nose or feet? skin color? rh factor? other antigen factors?  Personally I'd put more emphasis on eating healthy, drug, alcohol and tobacco use and exercise, than taking some extreme based on one factor in blood.  I think its an appealing oversimplification.  There's a lot to our genetics, and its expressed in far more than blood types.

FireKracker

O+ is the Universal blood type.BTW thats me!!!

No wonder I love meat.Well that got me real far...lovin Beef like i came from Texas.

dlb823

I'm also A+.  And while I would normally agree with Timothy's assessment that it's a bit strange to draw commonalities based on blood type alone... what's been interesting to me is that the IgG Food Antibody Assessment test my naturopathic doctor had me do came out very much in-line with the food recommendations for A bloodtypes, and what my instinct has told me over the years about certain foods not being the best for me.   I've also very recently consulted with a highly respected integrative expert (PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry) who happens to be very keen on eating this way, so I've been paying even more attention to the guidelines for a few weeks, and I'm really impressed with the results.  Even if you're skeptical, I don't think it can hurt to give it a try and see if you feel better when you follow these guidelines.     Deanna

SMG1954

I recently started reading the book on the recommendation of a woman who has had cancer 10 years ago. She followed the diet for 5 years and she is still eating very healthy. She is doing fine. The book makes sense to me. Blood is the life force. To compare your blood with the size of your hand, color of eyes, etc does not make sense to me. I am wondering how many women on these discussion boards have the AB blood type. It is the rarest, universal receiver.

kira1234

I'm AB as was my father. He died of prostate cancer last year!

sweetbean

You know, I actually think this theory makes sense.  Of course, I am A+, so an anti-cancer diet also coincides with the A+ diet, which means I don't have to think much about it.  But it is an interesting theory.