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What’s the Blood Type Diet?
But does eating for your blood type work?
Does it make any sense?
So, what’s the downside?
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What food can blood type O eat?
What food is good for as genotype?
Can Type A blood type eat eggs?
Can blood type have butter?

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TypeBase V allows you to research specific food values as they relate to the various systems and publications of Dr. Peter D'Adamo. These include the basic ABO blood group values, represented in Eat Right For Your Type (1996); the addition of the secretor/non-secretor distinction with Live Right for Your Type (2001), and the reorganization into epigenetic archetypes in The GenoType Diet (2007). The basic ABO values have been enhanced and updated with the release of the twentieth anniversary revised edition of Eat Right for Your Type (2017).

Search foods by entering the query into the search box. Enter any search term and TypeBase V will present you with foods matching your entry. Click on the food to go to that page. Clicking the How To link opens up a popup that explains the colors and symbols. Clicking the Index link will open up a popup window that lists all foods in TypeBase V. When a food is loaded, clicking the Analysis/Recipes link will display additional data about the food.

A box that is shaded green indicates that that food has been found to be beneficial for that type, capable of enhancing health and wellness. A box that is shaded yellow indicates that the food has been found to be neutral for that type, having neither positive nor negative effects. A box that is shaded orange indicates that the food has been found to be problematic for that type, and should be avoided or minimized.

It can be hard starting a new diet, and actually sticking to it, so we are making it as simple as possible!

We've created downloadable Weekly Shopping Lists for ease of reference, but keep in mind, they do not contain the entirety of the food lists for each blood type, just our suggestions to get you ready for the week! Click on the appropriate blood type below, to print out the list and use it as a guide to navigating the aisles at the grocery store.

Type O - Shopping List
Type A - Shopping List
Type B - Shopping List
Type AB - Shopping List

Many diets are unnecessarily restrictive of what you can and can't have, which can make meals repetitive and boring. Luckily, we have Personalized Cookbooks for each individual blood type! Our official cookbooks are designed to meet your unique nutritional needs, providing you with easy-to-prepare recipes that maximize flavor and minimize prep time. We even feature new recipes on our blog often!

If you want to create shopping lists for your family but you have multiple blood types, download the only Official Blood Type Diet App, which allows you to make shopping lists and check recipes for multiple blood types!

The complete food lists for each blood type, are in the app, in Dr. D’Adamo’s best-selling book Eat Right 4 Your Type and in our pocket-sized Food, Beverage and Supplement Lists.

Recent Blog Articles

Nutrition

February 10, 2022

By Robert H. Shmerling, MD, Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing

Have you heard of the blood type diet? I thought it had been debunked long ago but patients keep asking about it, so I figured I should learn more.

What’s the Blood Type Diet?

In 1996 Peter D’Adamo, a naturopathic physician, published a book in which he described how people could be healthier, live longer, and achieve their ideal weight by eating according to their blood type. One’s choice of condiments, spices, and even exercise should depend on one’s blood type. Soon, the book was a best seller and people everywhere were finding out their blood type, revising their grocery lists, and changing how they ate, exercised, and thought about their health.

Here are some of the recommendations according to the "Eat Right for Your Type" diet:

Those with type O blood should choose high-protein foods and eat lots of meat, vegetables, fish, and fruit but limit grains, beans, and legumes. To lose weight, seafood, kelp, red meat, broccoli, spinach, and olive oil are best; wheat, corn, and dairy are to be avoided.
Those with type A blood should choose fruit, vegetables, tofu, seafood, turkey, and whole grains but avoid meat. For weight loss, seafood, vegetables, pineapple, olive oil, and soy are best; dairy, wheat, corn, and kidney beans should be avoided.
Those with type B blood should pick a diverse diet including meat, fruit, dairy, seafood, and grains. To lose weight, type B individuals should choose green vegetables, eggs, liver, and licorice tea but avoid chicken, corn, peanuts, and wheat.
Those with type AB blood should eat dairy, tofu, lamb, fish, grains, fruit, and vegetables. For weight loss, tofu, seafood, green vegetables, and kelp are best but chicken, corn, buckwheat, and kidney beans should be avoided.

As mentioned, the recommendations for the blood type diets extend well beyond food choices. For example, people with type O blood are advised to choose high-intensity aerobic exercise and take supplements for their sensitive stomachs, while those with type A blood should choose low-intensity activities and include meditation as part of their routine.

But does eating for your blood type work?

High-quality studies about the blood type diet had not been published in peer-reviewed medical literature. Even now, a search in the medical literature for the author’s name reveals no research pertaining to this diet. Studies published in 2013 and 2014 about the blood type diets are worth noting. The 2013 study analyzed the world’s medical literature and found no studies demonstrating benefit from a blood type diet. The 2014 study found that while people following any of the blood type diets had some improvement in certain cardiometabolic risk factors (such as cholesterol or blood pressure), those improvements were unrelated to blood type. Similarly, a 2021 study of a people on a low-fat vegan diet found no connection between blood type and lipid levels or other metabolic measures.

Does it make any sense?

The theory behind this diet is that blood type is closely tied to our ability to digest certain types of foods, so that the proper diet will improve digestion, help maintain ideal body weight, increase energy levels, and prevent disease, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Type O was said to be the original "ancestral" blood type of the earliest humans who were hunter-gatherers, with diets that were high in animal protein. Group A was said to evolve when humans began to farm and had more vegetarian diets. Group B blood types were said to arise among nomadic tribes who consumed a lot of dairy products. And since Group AB blood was supposed to have evolved from the intermingling of people with types A and B blood, type AB recommendations were intermediate between those for people with types A and B blood.

Each of these theories has been challenged. For example, there is evidence that type A was actually the first blood group to evolve in humans, not type O. In addition, there is no proven connection between blood type and digestion. So, in addition to a lack of evidence that the diet works, serious questions remain about why it should work in the first place.

So, what’s the downside?

It’s a fair question, especially since some improvements were seen in people who adopted certain blood type diets (see link above). Eating based on your blood type requires you to know your blood type and then follow a restrictive diet. Personal preferences might be a problem: a vegetarian with type O blood may struggle to stay on the assigned diet, and people who love red meat may be disappointed to learn they have type A blood. Recommended supplements are not cheap; neither are the recommended organic foods. And if you have certain health conditions, such as high cholesterol or diabetes, a nutritionist can make better evidence-based recommendations for you than those determined by your blood type.

Now what?

Advocates of blood type diets may say that while the ideal study has not yet been performed, the absence of evidence doesn’t prove they’re ineffective. And there’s also no proof that these diets are harmful. So, my guess is that interest in the blood type diets will not disappear any time soon. But there’s a reason that bookstores have rows and rows of books on diet, each claiming to be highly effective if not the best. We simply don’t know which diet is best for each individual person. And even if we did, sticking to any single diet is often challenging.

Stand by — it’s likely you’ll soon be hearing about yet another best diet. And my guess is that it won’t have anything to do with your blood type.

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About the Author

Robert H. Shmerling, MD, Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing

Dr. Robert H. Shmerling is the former clinical chief of the division of rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and is a current member of the corresponding faculty in medicine at Harvard Medical School. … See Full Bio

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What food can blood type O eat?

Those with type O blood should choose high-protein foods and eat lots of meat, vegetables, fish, and fruit but limit grains, beans, and legumes. To lose weight, seafood, kelp, red meat, broccoli, spinach, and olive oil are best; wheat, corn, and dairy are to be avoided.

What food is good for as genotype?

Meat Red meats such as goat, lamb and mutton are good, particularly leaner, rangier cuts. Fish and seafood Gatherers should eat herring, mullet and sardines. Dairy products Cottage cheese, paneer and ricotta suit the Gatherer best; stay away from feta, manchego and mozzarella.

Can Type A blood type eat eggs?

Type A individuals following the Blood Type diet are instructed to avoid all dairy products and eggs. If you need a substitute, use rice or soy milk. Some type A people may be able to occasionally eat yogurt, goat cheese or kefir without experiencing health problems, says D'Adamo.