Blood Type A – Overview
Blood Type A Strengths, Weaknesses, Medical Risks, Diet Profile and Weight Loss Key
Type A—The cultivator › settled, co-operative, orderly, classic “vegetarian,” first immigrants, adapted to more agrarian diet/lifestyle
Strengths
- Adapts well to dietary, environmental changes
- Immune system preserves, metabolizes nutrients more easily
Weaknesses
- Sensitive digestive tract
- Vulnerable immune system, open to microbial invasion
Medical Risks
- Heart disease, cancer, anemia, type 1 diabetes
Diet Profile
- Vegetarian—vegetables, tofu, seafood, grains, legumes, fruit
Weight Loss Key
- AVOID meat, dairy, kidney beans, lima beans, wheat
- Consume more vegetable oil, soya foods, vegetables, pineapple
Supplements
- Vitamins C, B12, E, iron, folic acid
Exercise
- Calming, centering exercise, such as yoga and tai chi
Type A’s unique traits
- Low stomach acid production
- Digests carbohydrates efficiently
- Usually lactose intolerant
Supplementing the type A diet with Vitamin B12 and iron is critical. Insufficient hydrochloric acid in type A’s stomachs can disturb the absorption of Vitamin B12, leaving type A’s prone to pernicious anemia. Vitamin B12 is normally found in red meat but also is found in high-quality vegetable protein foods such as Hawaiian Spirulina, soy products, and sea kelp.
Supplement with digestive enzymes—betaine, bromelain, papain. Bromelain—derived from pineapple—assists with digestion of animal protein. Betaine helps increase hydrochloric acid.
Calming, centering exercises like ai-chi , tai chi, yoga/yoga in water, Pilates/Pilates in water, and swimming will relieve Type A’s stress in a more beneficial way.