Blood Diets

dorookie

Has anyone heard or read up on this topic? There is a section that specifically talks about blood types and how they relate to different types of cancer. Here is the link if anyone is interested in reading it.

http://www.dadamo.com/science_ABO_cancer.htm

A Dr. Peter D'Adamo is the doctor behind all of this, he seems to be worldly known for his work.

I think its interesting and I will be doing more research on this topic, was just interested in if anyone else knew anything about this?

Thanks
Beth

luvmum

Dear Beth
I have also read something about this before but couldn't remember the detail of the content. With different types of blood type, people need to have different types of diet too. However, I'm not sure if they have any empirical findings to support their point of view.

Best,
Dora

idlehunters

Beth...
Great article...very interesting. We should take a poll on here to see who has what blood type. Might be surprised what we find out????

Jennie

lisa42

AB+ here
Very interesting article, Beth. I've read about blood type and how you should eat according to your type for best digestion and absorption, but never heard about any supposed tie to blood type and certain types of cancers. It would be interesting to find out everyone's blood type here. Sounds like the author is saying type O seems for fare pretty well against many of the major types of cancers (just Hodgken's disease seemed to be tied more to type O, but not the others listed).

On the "Eating for your type" book I read, it says type O people tend to be meat eaters & need the meat, type A's tend to be more vegetarians, & type AB's need a balanced combination of both. Somewhere in there they talked about the carb need- I think AB needed more carbs (breads, etc). Interesting also, since other findings have tied too much meat intake with colon cancer, yet this guy says studies show type O's have more resistance to colon cancer and/or if they do get it, it tends not to metastasize as often. If type A's tend to lean more towards vegetable intake, that's supposedly good against cancer, yet type A's in this study tended to have a more weakness to colon cancer and having it metastasize.


I guess interesting is all I have to say about it & again, I do think it would be interesting to find out blood types of people on this board just for a comparison.

Take care-
Lisa

dorookie

lisa42 said:

AB+ here
Very interesting article, Beth. I've read about blood type and how you should eat according to your type for best digestion and absorption, but never heard about any supposed tie to blood type and certain types of cancers. It would be interesting to find out everyone's blood type here. Sounds like the author is saying type O seems for fare pretty well against many of the major types of cancers (just Hodgken's disease seemed to be tied more to type O, but not the others listed).

On the "Eating for your type" book I read, it says type O people tend to be meat eaters & need the meat, type A's tend to be more vegetarians, & type AB's need a balanced combination of both. Somewhere in there they talked about the carb need- I think AB needed more carbs (breads, etc). Interesting also, since other findings have tied too much meat intake with colon cancer, yet this guy says studies show type O's have more resistance to colon cancer and/or if they do get it, it tends not to metastasize as often. If type A's tend to lean more towards vegetable intake, that's supposedly good against cancer, yet type A's in this study tended to have a more weakness to colon cancer and having it metastasize.


I guess interesting is all I have to say about it & again, I do think it would be interesting to find out blood types of people on this board just for a comparison.

Take care-
Lisa

I agree
Do you think I should start a new thread asking about blood types?

i am O, so so much for it not metastasizing, but I am and has always been a big meat eater and somewhat lazy other then work, but no family history at all, so who knows. I am interested in the diet he talks about though, from what little I read there are some things that can help either slow colon cancer growth or help it from metastizing. So I think I will do more research.

HUGS
Beth

Lovekitties

dorookie said:

I agree
Do you think I should start a new thread asking about blood types?

i am O, so so much for it not metastasizing, but I am and has always been a big meat eater and somewhat lazy other then work, but no family history at all, so who knows. I am interested in the diet he talks about though, from what little I read there are some things that can help either slow colon cancer growth or help it from metastizing. So I think I will do more research.

HUGS
Beth

The RH factor
"Colon cancer is actually one of the relatively few diseases with a significant association to an individual's Rh blood type. Although Rh+ and Rh- individuals are about equally likely to have colon cancer, Rh- individuals are more likely to have a localized disease, while Rh+ individuals are more likely to have metastatic disease. This suggests that Rh+ patients with colorectal cancer are less protected against tumour spread than Rh- patients, especially with regard to regional lymph node metastases. "

Interesting that they think the RH factor plays a part in metastatis.

Marie who loves kitties

idlehunters

Lovekitties said:

The RH factor
"Colon cancer is actually one of the relatively few diseases with a significant association to an individual's Rh blood type. Although Rh+ and Rh- individuals are about equally likely to have colon cancer, Rh- individuals are more likely to have a localized disease, while Rh+ individuals are more likely to have metastatic disease. This suggests that Rh+ patients with colorectal cancer are less protected against tumour spread than Rh- patients, especially with regard to regional lymph node metastases. "

Interesting that they think the RH factor plays a part in metastatis.

Marie who loves kitties

A-
That RH factor didn't mean anything in my case...I had/have mets to liver and lungs BUT no node involvement.

Jennie

scouty

Good stuff Beth
Having 0- pretty much makes me unique, once again! I will say his comments about 0 types and what exercise means to them is right on! I stopped all of mine when I was diagnosed and didn't really get back into it for any length of time for a couple of years for all the usual excuses. I look back now and think I was somewhere in between a "mental fog" and a touch of depression.

When I started walking in 2008 and them moved to running and cycling, my mental attitude really lifted and just gets better every year. I do really enjoy it now and my body isn't happy if I go more than a week without it.

I also think that in the next 10 years scientists will find out how important blood is regards to the non-genetic type cancers. Not only can it promote tumor growth but I think it can help heal after diagnosis too. I'm in a study with my teaching hospital where every 2 years I answer a bunch of questions and give blood. I just did again last month (my 3rd interview) and got to talk to the Dr. running it. He said they had 5 different research projects going about blood and it association with CRC! Some to help with earlier diagnosis but some to help with treatments.

Thanks for posting the link and MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS for CP9! There are only 5 rooms left at the rate Suzann negotiated.

Lisa P.

Erinb

scouty said:

Good stuff Beth
Having 0- pretty much makes me unique, once again! I will say his comments about 0 types and what exercise means to them is right on! I stopped all of mine when I was diagnosed and didn't really get back into it for any length of time for a couple of years for all the usual excuses. I look back now and think I was somewhere in between a "mental fog" and a touch of depression.

When I started walking in 2008 and them moved to running and cycling, my mental attitude really lifted and just gets better every year. I do really enjoy it now and my body isn't happy if I go more than a week without it.

I also think that in the next 10 years scientists will find out how important blood is regards to the non-genetic type cancers. Not only can it promote tumor growth but I think it can help heal after diagnosis too. I'm in a study with my teaching hospital where every 2 years I answer a bunch of questions and give blood. I just did again last month (my 3rd interview) and got to talk to the Dr. running it. He said they had 5 different research projects going about blood and it association with CRC! Some to help with earlier diagnosis but some to help with treatments.

Thanks for posting the link and MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS for CP9! There are only 5 rooms left at the rate Suzann negotiated.

Lisa P.

I read and posted something
I read and posted something about type A blood was more likely to get cancer, but someone simply stated there are more type A blood types than any other so statistically type A was more likely to have the most rates of cancer. (point taken) I didn't delve in the details and don't know the percentages, but I also found it interesting because my husband is type A. I also read most people with a chronic disease are most likely to have a lower body temp than the average of 98.6.
Erin
I haven't read the article yet, but will. Thanks.

tootsie1

Interesting
Interesting! I might have to start doing a little research on this.

*hugs*
Gail