The amount of worry and work I put in this week made me even more sympathetic to those with diagnosed food allergies, intolerances and disorders.įinally, the ugly. I love food, but I don’t love spending my days avoiding perfectly safe and healthy foods and ingredients that I enjoy and am not allergic to. And, I didn’t eat out once this week, which is normal for me, but can only imagine the difficulties for people that dine out more frequently. The anxiety associated with knowing which foods are approved, which are forbidden, and then ultimately how to blend the approved foods together into flavorful (a touch of low-calorie sweetener or added sugar would have done wonders for my oatmeal) and coherent meals was more than this registered dietitian bargained for. My experience on this diet (for just five days, granted) was that it’s unnecessarily challenging to put in practice. And, if you use weight as a sole metric for health (which I don’t), I lost 2.6 pounds this week. Many of these same food categories and targets of the blood type diet are recommended by the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines. I ate lean meats, fish multiple times, an array of fruits and vegetables (including their 100 percent juices), less than the recommended amount of added sugars, and plenty of nuts. Overall the type O diet plan is full of beneficial foods and beverages. You want the good, bad or ugly first? Ok, let’s start with the good. To report the results of my five-day diet trial, I’ve created the table below so you can quickly scan how my blood type O diet differed from my typical diet, my commentary about the changes, and a few pre and post measurements. Full disclosure, while I adhered to the no dairy, no wheat, no added sugars (mostly), no caffeine, no alcohol rules, I didn’t follow the exclusive organic and non-GMO instructions. Related to that, the even bigger challenge was navigating how to modify my old habits in immediately adopting this new eating style. While I enjoy all the foods I ate as part of this diet, putting them together in tasty, compelling meals all day, every day was a huge challenge. This wasn’t so bad after all! I would focus more on what I could eat rather than what I couldn’t eat-advice I’ve given others many times. While some sections and aisles were off limits, I was able to visit many that I normally do. TEARSĪfter I finished crying, I made my shopping list and moped my way through the grocery store maze. This diet was already approaching cruel and unusual, and then I read this: Type O’s should also avoid caffeine and alcohol. I’ve documented a more detailed list of type O do’s and don’ts below. Every blood type is also instructed to avoid GMOs. Type O’s are encouraged to eat lean, organic meats and select fruits and vegetables, while avoiding wheat (because … gluten), dairy and added sugars. In the name of science, I forged ahead.Īs luck wouldn’t have it, many of my fears came to fruition. Is there any science behind it? More importantly, what would I be allowed to eat? What wouldn’t I be allowed to eat? I broke into a cold sweat, frightened that all of my faves might be blackballed. I knew nothing about this diet, besides its name. A quick trip to donate blood took care of that. My ignorance made the first action item for this diet trial very simple: find out my blood type. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know my blood type. After all, who could forget hearing that the key to optimal eating is as simple as knowing your blood type? For what it’s worth, I never heard this diet discussed (seriously, anyway) one time in all my years of schooling or training. I came across this diet many years ago-never followed it (until know, that is), but never forgot about it either. If you’ve enjoyed any of our recent posts from IFIC Foundation staff trialing various diets and eating styles, then you may be interested in this one as well.
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