View 0 Blood Type Diet Recipes Pics. The blood type diet is one system that attempts to do that. Supporters of the diet suggest that people with type o blood may experience unwanted weight gain when they eat particular food groups, such as dairy.

D'adamo says that protein components in food called lectins bind with antigens on blood cells and lead to blood cell clumping, or agglutination.

As a result of this efficiency, the optimal diet for those with type o blood features a lot of meat, poultry, and seafood. The theory has since then attracted enough criticism and fanfare. These diets are based on the notion that blood type. D'adamo first propagated his theory that an individual's diet should be based on his/her blood type in his 1996 best seller eat right 4 your type.