Blood Type O Food, Beverage and Supplemental Lists

So now that you've read Eat Right For Your Type and are familiar with the basic theories behind the blood type diets, you need a list that you can grab and take with you on those grocery shopping trips or for those dinners out where you may find menu items that you can't quite remember as either Recommended, Neutral, or Avoid. This is one of those pocket references that was made to be convenient for these situations if you happen to be a type O like me.

(If you haven't read the abovementioned book first, you should. It explains in detail the hows and whys of eating according to one's blood type - O, A, B, or AB - instead of the dictates of popular trends. Foods are divided into three lists for each blood type: Highly Recommended (foods that have some great benefit or another and act almost as medicine in your system), Neutral (basics that are neither highly beneficial nor bad), or Avoid (foods that you should avoid, either because they have a bad effect on your blood type's metabolism, immune system, digestion, etc). But back to the review...)

The format of this list book is divided into convenient chapters that each represent a food group, such as Ch.1, Meats and Poultry, Ch. 2, Seafood, Ch.3, Eggs and Dairy, Ch.4, Fats and Oils, and so on until we have categorized every type of common edible into 14 sections altogether. Each chapter also has a brief introductory essay explaining a few highlights of the lists that follow, such as why healthy veggies such as cauliflower and mustard greens ended up on the Avoid list for type Os and why kelp is on the Highly Recommended list. Most of the selections are not explained in detail however, so the reader must take these recommendations on faith. Also included are chapters on supplementation and medical strategies utilizing the lists.

Now several years have passed since the original publication of ERFYT and I have noticed when comparing the lists in it verses the lists in this more recent pocket reference that there are several discrepancies. For instance, green tea was a Neutral Beverage in ERFYT but it now ranked as Highly Beneficial. That could very well be because of the research that has been done after ERFYT which uncovered new benefits of green tea that were unknown before; I suspect several of these improved rankings have a similar explanation. But why is it now OK to eat cabbage and brussel sprouts, whereas in ERFYT Dr. D'Adamo was careful to point them out as metabolic inhibitors? And why have Pinto Beans fallen from Highly Recommended to Avoid? There are more examples from each chapter that I could go into. I can only trust that these changes are indeed the results of further research and not publication mistakes.

Bottom line, this is a very convenient reference to those of us who may have lent our copy of ERFYT to a friend after discovering the great personal freedom and physical well-being that comes with aligning one's diet with blood type. Get this one if you're a type O; otherwise get the one that matches your blood type.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

This is an inexpensive, pocket-sized paperback that tells blood Type O individuals what we should and shouldn't eat. You can easily take this to a food store. This is exactly what I wanted, after reading the original book. In contrast, I don't recommend "Cook Right For Your Type" (see my review).
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Review by Thomas David Kehoe, author of "Hearts and Minds: How Our Brains Are Hardwired for Relationships."

This is a condensed summary of foods for my blood type. Its small and fits into my purse just fine. I use it for grocery shopping and eating out. The more I use it the better I'm getting and learning/memorizing my plan. I can't believe the improvement this info has brought me as far as my arthritis and alergys go.

This is a good book to have, wether you want it for diet purposes or just a little education about your blood type!

I thought that Eat Right 4 Your Type was a breakthrough book for me. Eating that diet caused me to lose weight and feel better. When Live Right 4 Your Type came out, I was even happier because the book contains a lot of information concerning the scientific studies that form the basis of the recommendations.

Most of the people I eat with do not have Type O blood, and they set the menus. So unless I pay attention, my Type O needs are unmet. Basically, Type O people need to favor lean animal protein (avoiding pork), avoid dairy products (and take calcium supplements), have very little fat, stay far away from wheat, stop coffee, and watch anything that can make the body more acid.

Instinctively, this list made sense to me when I first saw it. The foods that I was supposed to avoid often made me feel ill, or have severe indigestion. But bread . . . oh, how I love bread. Dr. D'Adamo helped me realize that although I feel all right while eating bread, it really louses up my insulin levels so that I end up storing it as fat.

I expect that this book will help keep me on the straight and narrow (and away from that whole what bread that I love so much). I was recently reminded of the importance of this when I feared that New Year's eating would cause me to gain weight. Actually, although I overate with lots of meat, I also skipped bread for several days. My weight actually dropped. Pretty nice, eh!

If you know someone who has Type O blood and doesn't eat like this, do them a big favor and introduce them to Live Right 4 Your Type. After they have read and understood that book, this one will serve as a good carry companion.

The same ingredients can make nutritious food as fertilizer . . . or create an explosive that will kill. So get the right ingredients for your body, and use them in the right way!