I have done quite a bit of research into blood type and diet.  I do find
it makes a good basic "blueprint" for appropriate foods.  About 44% of
the population is Type "O," while almost 40% is Type "A."  Type "B"
accounts for about 9% while the remaining population is accounted for in
the rarest group. Type "AB."

Type O is the older serotype and represents, according to the theory,
the true hunter-gatherers.  Type A developed 5-10000 years ago as man
learned to cultivate grains and is consequently more suited to digest
carbohydrates.  Type B is rather eclectic in dietary needs and handles
dairy products better than the prior types.  Type AB is a great deal
like Type B.  Much more detailed information is available from the book,
"Eat Right 4 Your Type" by John D'Adamo, a naturopath.  He also has an
excellent website at:  http://www.dadamo.com/

Unaddressed in the theory is short time that humankind has been eating
grains and dairy products( a few thousand years) compared to the the
tens of thousands of years that man was a hunter-gatherer.  Have man's
dietary needs really changed that much in a few thousand years?

Still, I do find that among my friends and acquaintances, the
vegetarians are loosely differentiated from the meat eaters by
dichotomizing the group into Type O (meat eaters) versus all other types
(often vegetarians of some ilk).  A finding often noted in the diet by
serology literature is the Type O who has been (or attempted to be) a
vegetarian without success or with numerous health problems that derive
from overeating of carbohydrates (diabetes, celiac sprue, etc.).
Sometimes Type O's prosper most healthfully when at least some flesh is
added to the diet and carbs are reduced.

I personally feel the entire story has yet to be written on blood type
and diet.  The subject needs much more research, it is an interesting
theory and does explain certain relations between man and diet.

Sincerely,

Thomas Martin

Yancey wrote:

> if you polled any group of people, you'd get lots of o's.  it's the
> most
> prevalent blood type by quite a large margin.
> ----------
> .  I bet if we polleds this list, we would find many O s.
> >