Yourwellness Magazine Investigates Health Benefits of Blood Type Diet
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 28 July 2013 -- According to a new study, “Blood type diets lack supporting evidence: a systematic review,” published May 22nd 2013 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, there is currently no evidence to validate the purported health benefits of blood type diets. The researchers looked for studies that grouped people according to blood type and studied whether adherence to a certain diet made a difference. However, they could not find one study showing an association between ABO blood type diets and health-related outcomes. (doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058693)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine looked at the weight loss benefits of the blood type diet, and asked readers to debate the issue. Yourwellness Magazine explained that the blood type diet works on the basis that eating foods tailored to one’s own blood type can have distinct health benefits, one of which being weight loss. However, the blood type diet received mixed responses from Yourwellness Magazine’s readers.
For reader Cally, the blood type diet made her a little sceptical at first, but reading a book on it helped her to realise why the diet makes sense.
“I suppose this explains why we all crave different foods – for instance, some people love red meat while others can’t stand it.”
According to Cally, there has been a lot of positive changes in her health since she started the blood type diet, including less bloating after eating and higher energy levels, but the main one is that she has lost weight without even trying.
However, reader Will argued that the blood type diet is just another fad with no real evidence to support it.
“People probably feel better when they start the diet because they are paying more attention to what they eat and are choosing healthy foods rather than processed snacks. In the short term, they may notice positive changes but in the long term, the blood type diet means restricting what you eat which cuts out crucial nutrients.”
He added that most medical experts would not recommend the blood type diet.
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Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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