Invalid Blood Type Diet?

Invalid Blood Type Diet?

The theory behind the diet based on blood type was not valid . Recent research by Canadian researchers found that a diet based on blood type was not proven true .

According to senior researcher Ahmed El - Sohemy of the University of Toronto , a study using data from 1,455 participants found no evidence supporting the theory of the blood type diet . Researchers also found that blood type has nothing to do with one's health .

"The way each individual responds diet has nothing to do with blood type . All blood types are able to undergo a low -carb diet or full of vegetables , "said El - Sohemy .

Blood type diet is a diet based setting variations in blood type a person's intake . Blood type diet popular after the publication of a book entitled Eat Right for Your Type . This book is written by a naturopath named Peter D' Adamo .

According to this theory , each blood type do different food processing . In this theory , individuals who comply with the appropriate blood type diet would avoid chronic diseases , for example cardiovascular . The person 's health will also continue to increase .

The book Eat Right for Your Type has been translated into 52 languages ​​and became a best seller . The diet has also become popular in most adolescents and adults , as it provides detailed information related to the daily diet .

The executor also diet fasting blood test , to determine cardiometabolic risk factors such as insulin , cholesterol , and triglycerides . This value becomes the basis , how much the relationship between food and blood type according to the list in the Eat Right for Your Type .

Even so , Sohemy said , the lack of scientific evidence does not mean the diet does not work . "Research into the underlying blood type diet is no proof . It is certainly inviting questions , so that its validity should be tested . As a result we believe hypothetical diet based on blood type has not been proven , "said Sohemy .

Thorough review related blood type diet actually being there last year and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . The review says there is no evidence to support a diet based on blood type and suggest the existence of a much more concerted research to prove it .