Have you tried to lose weight but failed to lose any significant amount, or lost weight just to put it back on? If so, you belong to the vast majority of dieters. Many times, the fault is not your own. You were simply given an incorrect assumption to begin with. If the diet plan you follow is based on faulty information, logic would dictate that you will not achieve the results you are looking for.

One dietary approach with more than 40 years of research and scientific backing has to do with first identifying your blood type. All human beings are 1 of 4 ABO blood types – A, B, AB and O. Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo believes that once you know your specific blood type, you can cater what you eat to most effectively reach and maintain a healthy body weight, and achieve overall health and wellness.

Where the Eating Right for Your Blood Type Idea Began

When D’Adamo was a child he looked up to his father. The senior D’Adamo was a naturopath that was intrigued by the fact that most traditional diet plans didn’t work. He sought out a natural answer that could work for everyone, not just some. By the time the young D’Adamo was attending college, his father had spent a couple of decades tracing the links between nutrition, health, fitness and blood type. Continue reading →

Lectins are abundant and diverse proteins found in foods. They are very good at attaching themselves to compounds, internal body parts and molecules. They can be found lining your digestive tract. These lectins effectively allow natural organisms to latch onto other natural organisms.

So when you eat foods that contain lectins which are incompatible to your blood type, bad things can happen.

If you have type A blood and you eat some lima beans, your natural digestive process begins. Those lima beans eventually make it to the stomach where they are digested through a process called acid hydrolysis.

Unfortunately for you, the lectin proteins found in lima beans are resistant to acid hydrolysis. Those lectins do not get broken down. They stay intact, clinging to the lining in your stomach or your intestinal tract. Continue reading →