You must have noticed: your friend claims that she is getting fat on potatoes, and the piece of meat your mother has eaten for another week reminds herself of a figure on the scale. The question arises: why do some people get better on seemingly harmless food? American doctor Peter D'Adamo found the answer: according to his theory, the main difference between people is not weight, height and skin color, but blood type. Find out how the blood type diet works.
Diet by blood type
In nature, there are four human blood groups and therefore four types of food. Thus, the same product can ideally suit one person, be useless for another and "neutral" for a third, and at the same time be the main plague in the nutritional system of the fourth.
Each blood group interacts in its own way with lecithins, the most important building blocks of cellular substances. Lecithins are found in all tissues of the human body and are supplied regularly with food. But at the same time, in terms of chemical composition, the lecithins contained, for example, in meat, differ from the lecithins in buckwheat. A blood type diet helps you choose exactly the lecithins your body needs to function happily and harmoniously. And most importantly, the "right" lecithins are excellent helpers in such a difficult matter as losing weight.
In his research, the legendary doctor also relied on evolutionary theory, according to which each blood type appeared at different times. Thus, its first carriers had a certain occupation, and hence the taste habits. Together with Cosmo, search for "blood ancestors" and determine which products are necessary and important to you.
Diet for the first blood group.
The first blood group was called "hunting". The correct diet for the first blood group is predictable and includes foods rich in meat protein.
Say yes:
- Red meat;
- offal;
- protein vegetables (choose broccoli, beans, and artichokes);
- fatty varieties of fish and seafood from the sea;
- olive oil;
- walnuts
Say no:
- foods high in gluten (wheat, oats);
- dairy products with a high percentage of fat in legumes;
- any cabbage (including Brussels sprouts), as well as cauliflower.
Diet for the second blood group
Representatives of the second group are characterized as "farmers" and supporters of vegetarianism and the fruit diet. Consequently, meat products are not the most desirable guest of the diet for the second blood group.
Say yes:
- any vegetables;
- vegetable oils;
- cereals and cereals (with extreme caution, which contain gluten);
- fruits such as pineapples, apricots, grapefruits, figs, lemons, plums;
Say no:
- dairy products;
- wheat dishes;
- beans (difficult to digest due to their high protein content);
- beverages such as soda.
If you did not even think about giving up meat, choose diet varieties: chicken, turkey, beef. And contrary to vegetarian advice, you can benefit from any type of lean fish.
Diet for the third blood group.
The third group was called "nomads. "Representatives of this group can be considered almost omnivores - their body adequately perceives almost any product.
Say yes:
- sources of animal protein (preferably meat and sea fish);
- eggs;
- any dairy product;
- cereals (except buckwheat and wheat);
- vegetables (except corn and tomatoes);
- various fruits.
Say no:
- pork and chicken;
- nuts, especially peanuts;
- olive oil;
- alcohol.
The "nomads" rarely suffer from excess weight compared to the rest, so a diet according to the third blood group becomes, above all, a way to regulate the metabolism and maintain good health.
Diet for the fourth blood group.
The owners of the fourth blood group D'Adamo called "riddles". This group is considered the youngest of all, and it was formed as a result of the merger of the first and second, so it combines their pros and cons.
Say yes:
- soybeans in various forms (especially tofu);
- fish and caviar;
- dairy products of any fat content;
- green vegetables and fruits;
- rice;
- berries;
- dry red wine.
Say no:
- Red meat;
- offal;
- beans in any form;
- buckwheat, corn and wheat;
- fruits such as oranges, bananas, guavas, coconuts, mangoes, pomegranates, persimmons;
- mushrooms;
- walnuts.
Because "mystery" people are characterized by nervous instability, as well as a weak gastrointestinal tract. But the immune system of the owners of a fourth rare group is distinguished by sensitivity and adaptability to any conditions.
According to D'Adamo, if you follow a diet according to the blood group, you will surely shed excess weight after metabolic processes are established and cells begin to receive building material.