Peter J. D'Adamo, ND has created the very first ever Blood Type Diet. He has also written a book entitled Eat Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight and created his own website. He is also a naturopathic doctor which means he studies alternative medicine based on a belief in vitalism, the belief that a special energy called vital energy or vital force guides bodily processes. The reason he believes in the Blood Type Diet is because he believes that blood types may affect the digestive system. The Blood Type Diet is based off of the believe that some foods may be good for one blood type and dangerous for another. He states that blood type determines susceptibility to disease and how one should exercise. Most of his reseach is based off of lectins - abundant and diverse proteins found in foods. He says they have agglutinating properties that affect your blood. 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. At least 5% of the lectins you consume are filtered into the bloodstream.
The first type D’Adamo talks about is the blood type O. He says that those with the blood type O should eat lean meats, poultry, and fish. His diet gives them restrictions on grains, breads, and legumes. He also advocates vigorous exercise for those with this blood type.
The next blood type he goes on to talk about is blood