| Show Eat right for your blood type Shar Brannam Campus Reporter I I I Dr Steven M. M Weissberg f author of The Answer js is Is in Your Blood Type says ays that people should eat foods according to their Individual blood type I The books book's premise is that each blood type bestows a person nerson with certain characteristics that determine the digestion and assimilation of food in a distinctive way from others who dont don't share that blood type Eating those foods that one metabolizes best can lead a person to better health Type O 0 people have strong stomach acid so they are able to metabolize almost everything says Weissberg Type Os O's have havethe havethe havethe the highest tolerance of food abuse over any other blood type The Os O's are like sharks They can eat tin cans and rubber tires and wash it down with hard liquor while smoking a cigarette he says s ys Weissberg says that Type A blood is thicker than other blood The heart must work harder to move it blood throughout the body and it travels more slowly Thick blood also allows plaque to build up on the artery walls The result of this is high blood pressure Diet Continued on page 3 Blood type I on a Diet Continued from page 1 I or heart disease Type A or AB people should not eat meat says Weissberg If they do they will die younger People with Type B or O 0 can metabolize meat better Type O 0 blood is the thinnest of all of the blood types Type Bs B's and Os O's are less susceptible to heart disease and to most types of cancer Type Bs B's digest all dairy products better than any other type Weissberg also writes about the animal kingdom and what drives animals to eat what they do Animals eat food that is instinctively right for them unlike humans Although animals do get cancer sometimes itis itis it itis is rare Animals usually die of old age unless killed by predators If people eat food incompatible with their blood type the doctor maintains the result is that food is not broken down or digested properly Vitamins and minerals are not absorbed into the bloodstream to fuel and nourish the body The human body reacts to the incompatible food just as asit asit asit it would to any foreign substance You might experience a stomachache gas bloating or even worse vomiting or diarrhea What's more he says antibodies glue themselves to the improper food and a gluing effect takes place in inthe inthe inthe the bloodstream The human body tries to handle everything a person digests However when the body cannot handle the food its it's given a u J variety of results can occur depending on how bad the food is for Jor their particular body chemistry The most common effect of this is weight gain When food isn't used for fuel the body stores it as fat People who dont don't eat cat much yet continue to 10 gain weight are suffering from an impaired metabolism notes It all starts in our childhood I We grow up in families where we are given food our mothers and fathers believed were good for us or tasted good We can change almost everything about ourselves we cannot change our blood type students who want to change their health forthe forthe for forthe the better can go to Health and Wellness Services to receive information on diet nutrition and weight management |
