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.
