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Using your blood type as a guideline in dieting

The blood type nutrition is still a controversy for people in the medical field and according to experts it hasn't proven medical research. The theory is that blood type affects how your body breaks down and deals with the various foods. By following blood type nutrition it is claimed that you'll feel healthier, lower your risk of certain diseases and lose weight. Until this day, you'll be surprised that some people don't even know there own blood type or the possible relationship it may have to nutrition, exercise, our personality, and vulnerability to diseases. There is still skepticism among the medical field of experts stating that there is no correlation between blood type and nutrition or how it can prevent illnesses such as heart disease. My purpose of this article is to bring awareness and information to the readers. Observe and see what type of changes or affects it may benefit you if you plan to try it out.

In 1950, William C. Boyd published a book called "Genetics and the races of man: An introduction to modern physical anthropology". His background is an immunochemist and blood type anthropologist. He explained how the genetic analysis of blood groups and divided the population into 13 geographically distinct races. Peter D'Adamo who is a naturopathic doctor in Stanford, CT. grouped those thirteen races together by blood group. Peter continued the work from his father James D'Adamo, who began the scientific research on this. People became more interested after the release of Peter D'Adamo's "Eat Right 4 Your Type" years ago in which it was a best seller.

Over the millennium our blood types have evolved swaying in many directions with the various diets out there and our nutrition should be adjusted more carefully. We can virtually learn a lot from our ancestors or animals. Instinctively they knew what was good for them and survived in the demographics they lived. For example, felines such as lions, tigers, cheetahs, and leopards are meat eaters and you wouldn't see them feeding on carbohydrates. Other animals are vegetarian and instinctively they will not eat meat. I agree with this and this is no coincidence. Animals have a sixth sense or protective mechanism, as well humans have this ability if we were to listen to our senses. We have evolved and become domesticated that we've lost touch with our instincts towards our eating habits. We can learn a lot from animals and they instinctively eat what is good for them. Most animals of any particular


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