Blood Type

Blood group O is and reccomends:

believed to be the hunter, the earliest human blood group. The diet recommends that this blood group eat a higher protein diet. D'Adamo bases this on the belief that O blood type was the first blood type, originating 30,000 years ago

Blood group A is:

called the cultivator because it is believed to be a more recently evolved blood type, dating back from the dawn of agriculture, 20,000 years ago. The diet recommends that individuals of blood group A eat a diet emphasizing vegetables and free of red meat, a more vegetarian food intake.

Human blood types are determined by:

the presence or absence of certain molecules on the surfaces of red blood cells.

Determining blood type is necessary before a person can receive a blood transfusion because:

the red blood cells of incompatible blood types could clump together, causing death.

Human Blood Type:

1st discovered in rhesus monkeys - Positive: Your RBC have the sugar - Negative: Your RBC do NOT have the sugar

The different blood types: The different blood types:The different blood types:

A B AB O

Most common and least common blood type:

AB - 0.7% O + 38.4%

The Blood Type Diet claims that:

ABO blood type is the most important factor in determining a healthy diet, and he promotes distinct diets for people with O, A, B, and AB blood types.

Blood group B is:

associated with a strong immune system and a flexible digestive system. The blood type diet claims that people of blood type B are the only ones who can thrive on dairy products and estimates blood type B arrived 10,000 years ago.

Blood group AB is:

the most recently evolved type, arriving less than 1,000 years ago. In terms of dietary needs, this blood type diet treats this group as an intermediate between blood types A and B.