<p>Wondering if any of you have followed and seen good results.</p>
<p>Sorry if a thread already exists ;)</p>
<p>The reason I want to know that it seems interesting yet hard to follow long term as I am A and it says I need to be a vegetarian (fish is ok).</p>
<p>I think it is nonsense, quackery without any rational basis.</p>
<p>Have there been any medical trials of following people with different blood types on different diets? Such a study would prove it or debunk it, but it would probably take decades to demonstrate.</p>
<p>I’m type A, been a vegetarian since I was 13 and I’m doing fine. Doubt it has anything to do with my blood type though.</p>
<p>Speaking as a scientist, I can tell you that the blood type diet has zero scientific merit. It’s total nonsense. However, a balanced vegetarian diet supplemented with fish would indeed probably be very good for you (no matter what your blood type).</p>
<p>Is this similar to the hair color diet?</p>
<p>There’s no reason why you would need to go vegetarian (with or without fish) unless you want to. Putting dietary restrictions on people because of their blood type has no scientific basis.</p>
<p>I think you’ve pinpointed the problem when you say that the diet would be hard to follow on a long-term basis. This is true in general of restrictive diets. So why take one on if there isn’t a good medical reason for it? If you want to improve your eating habits for general health reasons, or if you want to lose some weight, there are less restrictive ways to do it.</p>
<p>The only thing I know: I have been on a very strict vegan diet for 4 months and it has been the easiest food switch I have ever undertaken. Worst part, so much cleaning up in the kitchen since I am eating all fresh food.</p>
<p>I had a lady mention the blood type diet where I live. Not interested in that. I am interested in my blood work numbers at the end of the day.</p>
<p>If you want to go veg, you have to really really want it or you will fail miserably and get very ill in the process. We definitely live in a society that consumes far too much meat and it makes it difficult to be a vegetarian.</p>
<p>I agree, roman, it is hard for others to understand. I have learned when I go out to have a pizza without the cheese and topped with many veggies! I have a few tricks up my sleeve so others don’t feel uncomfortable. But at home, like I say, the only thing hard about it is all the clean up! It is not just meat. It is all the fat that goes with animal products that gets into the blood stream and coats the arteries. What I am doing is an experiment. I am a cancer survivor, had radiation aimed at my arteries. Want to treat my arteries kindly now.</p>
<p>My weight is no longer a problem. Thumbs up on that. :)</p>
<p>I tried it for a few weeks, and not only did I start gaining weight, but my appetite became out of control and it took me years to get it back under control again. I would never, ever follow this diet again.</p>
<p>I started to post something along the lines of the above (the word malarky comes to mind, or worse), but you all have said it pretty well.</p>
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<p>Huh? I know plenty of long term vegetarians, although many of them are immigrants from places where vegetarian eating was common for cultural or religious reasons (they have no problem finding vegetables, beans, etc. in the US).</p>
<p>Thank u all for the interesting replies!</p>
<p>Actually I love veg options But lately I have gained a lot of weight (pre-menopause) plus other stresses so was looking for some excuse to cut back on certain foods such as flour and sugar which are no good in any case.</p>
<p>I also have endo/cyst and thought perhaps this diet could help but did not want to go crazy with it. Thought would ask here first if there were indeed any success stories I would have taken it seriously.</p>
<p>Last few days I have cut back on gluten and I am already feeling better 
Wanted to do Low-Carb, but I love my fruits!!</p>
<p>If you need to lose some weight and you like fruit, you might want to check out Weight Watchers. The current incarnation of its Points system tends to encourage eating fruit (because plain fresh fruit is zero points). </p>
<p>But Weight Watchers is something you have to pay to join, either online or at group meetings.</p>
<p>Also, despite the frequent tweaking of the point system, Weight
Watchers is very sensible. No kooky ideas or excessive restrictions.</p>
<p>I know what you mean Marian - I have done WW before 
Lost 30lbs only to gain it back in 3 years!</p>
<p>I think by cutting off the bread and sugar itself will be a good thing, lets see what happens.</p>
<p>Nine years ago, my daughter was having a very difficult time with asthma, allergies and eczema. We had been managing things quite well up to that point, but things got out of hand very quickly. She went through another round of food specific allergy testing and we were shocked when we got the results back. She was reactive to nearly everything, leaving a very small number of things that she could eat. She was allowed beef, which she did not eat at the time, brown rice, beans and some fruits and vegetables, but no dark veggies like eggplant and no potatoes. I was discussing this with another swim parent, who asked me about her blood type. Apparently her allowed list of foods was in line with the blood type diet. I did buy the book, the one that had a lot of recipes, which we used for the six weeks she was on this very restrictive diet. I do not look back fondly on this time, my daughter was miserable and it was a very difficult time for us. We eventually reintroduced other foods and she was able to add most foods back to her diet with no adverse affects. We never figured out what caused her to suddenly become so reactive, but it coincided with a prepubescent growth spurt, so her dr. thought it could possibly have been related to that. One thing we did notice was that right after we began reintroducing foods, her athletic performance improved significantly. It could have been just a coincidence, but we thought it was interesting and always wondered if there was a connection.</p>
<p>pixeljig, join us on the exercise thread. Most of us have had good luck with a diet that cuts back on carbs. I also highly recommend spending at least a week tracking all the food you eat at a site like Livestrong.com. (It’s free for the plain vanilla program and it’s very easy to use.) You’ll easily be able to see if you are eating too much and you can decide what you are most willing to cut back on.</p>
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<p>You’ve already found your excuse to cut back - because you’ve gained a lot of weight. You don’t need to embrace some quack theory.</p>