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This meal plan has been around for 30 years. During this time, doctors and scientists have repeatedly said that it has no scientific basis. However, until now all over the world continue to appear articles, sites and groups where losing weight on a diet according to blood group to share their experiences. Tell why you don’t need to join them.
What’s the point?
A diet developed by American naturopath Dr. Peter D’adamo. He believes that our health is directly related to how our ancestors ate. It is believed that this is due to the division of blood groups:
- 1 group – hunters. Eat meat;
- Group 2 – farmers. Ate vegetables and fish;
- Group 3 – nomads. Eat dairy products;
- Group 4 – “new people”. Eat anything.
And we need to eat like they are saying, and health will be stronger, and slimmer figure. Because the genetic code remembers its original diet.
For this reason, the body needs to exclude the “alien” food: people with first blood group cannot be cereal, in the second it is advisable to abstain from meat, a third do not eat seafood and milk. The fourth group of blood is lucky, they can eat a little of everything.
Why is this not true?
The hypothesis D’adamo any scientific basis. Moreover, it is incorrect to speak only about the blood groups and do not consider RH factor, peculiarities of metabolism, food intolerance.
In 2014, the canadian scientists conducted a study of this hypothesis and said that it is untenable. The researchers found that patterns that describes D’adamo does not exist. There is no connection between blood group and the influence of diet on health.
As for practice, the diet for blood group really helps to lose weight, but in 95% of cases the weight comes back. After any strict diet.
What could be the consequences?
This power system greatly limits you in the choice of products. This means that you will sooner or later have a shortage of vitamins and minerals – almost like a mono-diet. The deficit will affect the condition of skin, hair, nails, muscles and mood. The diet should be balanced: the exclusion of any group of products without any reason will never bring you any good.
In addition, there are individual intolerance of products. Imagine what would happen if people from the third group of blood will start to drink milk in large quantity, and he’s lactose intolerant. Or allergic to cow protein.
What about a more trendy and modern version of the diet, based on the analysis of your genome? Read the article “Genetic diet. Does it work?”.