Talk:Blood type diet

Criticism of the Criticism.

Having read and used information in the Blood Type Diet to positive result, I have observed a few faults in the criticisms of the material.

Critics falsely claim the diet suggests blood type is the primary or most important aspect of determining one's diet and nutritional needs. This is not correct, nor the claim of the material. The material claims that the biochemical interaction between different blood types and different nutritional sources is something that should be better researched and considered when attempting to improve or maximize one's health. Dr. D'Adamo assembled the results of a number of studies, read their methodology, and suggests conditions where there might be a problem caused by specific interactions.

As an example, I was in a vehicular accident the same day I changed my diet. Because of the accident, I was examined multiple times by doctors, scanned, x-rayed, etc. to find a cause for the migraines I was suffering following the accident. Instead, it turned out the migraines were caused by my eating oatmeal for breakfast everyday. Not everyone would have this problem, Dr. D'Adamo stated on NPR in interview that about 1 in 500 suffering from migraines were persons with a type O blood type eating oatmeal on a regular basis. He did not say persons with a type O could not have oatmeal or should never have oatmeal, etc. The position is, that there are things that may be related to the handling of food biochemically by the blood type which handles the distribution of nutrition throughout the body.

The statements here are negative based on a false expectation and false claims concerning Dr. D'Adamo's material. Obviously, no single consideration will be a panacea for all medical conditions. However, downplaying the principle distribution system for nutrition in the body to a factor not to be considered seems irrational. Nor, in "Cook Right 4 Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to Eat Right 4 Your Type" the recipes, developed with a nutritionist, put things together that are not consistent with the listed foods for the blood type for which they were designed. That is because he never considered the blood factor to be the only factor to be considered when determining one's dietary needs.

Kenneth Slayor (talk) 19:57, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thankfully, Wikipedia doesn't base article content on your personal anecdotes, but on what is reflected in reliable sources. Said sources state that the entire concept is woo, therefore so do we. It's that simple. 47.5.92.69 (talk) 23:36, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Good that Wiki sticks to attributed reliable sources. And yes, fad diets are merely different flavors of snake oil. In the future, we may see certain reliable sources find a way to measure and demonstrate some form of blood type correlation with dietary effectiveness. If so, it would be one of thousands of theories that were disbelieved and ridiculed, then later demonstrated and accepted as valid. For example, a full understanding of the human genome map may reveal genetic correlations with dietary effectiveness. For now, however, it is apparently too early to do so.24.1.67.182 (talk) 04:13, 22 March 2020 (UTC)