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The Blood Type Diet

Fad diets come and go as assuredly as the seasons. But when a nutritional approach persists for more than several years, chances are it has dietary merit—or, at the very least, warrants a little investigating.

The Blood Type Diet (BTD) debuted in 1996 in the book by Peter J. D’Adamo, ND, Eat Right 4 Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution for Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight (Putnam, 1996). Fourteen years later, the title is still one of the best-selling diet books on Amazon. But can a nutritional approach based on ABO blood designation work?

My story
Growing up, I was the no-meat kid. While my schoolmates devoured hamburgers and hot dogs, I grazed on tofu stir-fries and whole-wheat PB&J sandwiches. I loved being vegetarian. My diet, not to mention my funny first name (hippie parents), was a defining part of what made me different and special, what made me me...

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