Nutrition & Exercise Tips for Type A Individuals

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People with Blood Type A were the original farmers and grain gatherers.

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  • Fragile digestive systems
  • Cannot tolerate animal protein
  • Classic “vegetarian”
  • Do not absorb Vitamin B12 properly
  • Prone to pernicious anemia
  • Usually lactose intolerant
  • Feel good after calming, centering exercises

[/tie_list]They have fragile digestive systems. These people cannot tolerate animal protein well, and should be the proverbial, classic “vegetarian” of the human species.

They also are usually lactose intolerant, as well. Persons with Blood Type A should avoid animal protein and dairy products, and would do well with whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables.

Tofu and Hawaiian Spirulina should become the Blood Type A person’s best friends.

Tofu and Hawaiian Spirulina contains high-quality vegetable protein. Persons with Blood Type A do not produce enough hydrochloric acid in their stomachs, and that is why they have a difficult time digesting animal protein well.

This also gives them a predisposition toward getting stomach cancer, and should never eat smoked or cured meats due to the sodium nitrites in them. Animal protein and dairy products tend to rot and ferment in their digestive tracts, and the toxic bacteria backs up into their tissues and muscles, thereby causing digestive distress.

A lack of sufficient hydrochloric acid in their stomachs is another reason that persons with Blood Type A do not absorb Vitamin B12 properly from the foods they eat. Vitamin B12 is normally found in red meat, although B12 is also found in superior vegetable protein foods such as Hawaiian Spirulina, soy products and sea kelp.

Supplementing Blood Type A diet with Vitamin B12 and iron is critical.

This inability to absorb Vitamin B12 sufficiently from food tends to make the person with Blood Type A prone to pernicious anemia. Therefore, supplementing the diet with Vitamin B12 is critical.

Also recommended is supplementation with digestive enzymes such as betaine, bromelain and papain. Bromelain is derived from pineapple, and assists with the digestion of animal protein. Betaine will help to increase the amount of hydrochloric acid in their stomachs.

The best exercise for these persons is not the heavy, vigorous workouts, but more calming, centering exercises like Tai Chi, Hatha Yoga and golfing. These soothing types of exercises will relieve the Blood Type A person’s stress in a more beneficial way.

Foods that encourage weight gain Foods that encourage weight loss
  • Meat
  • Dairy food
  • Kidney beans
  • Lima beans
  • Wheat (in excess)
  • Sugar
  • White flour
  • Vegetable oils, such as olive and flaxseed
  • Soy foods
  • Spirulina
  • Vegetables
  • Pineapple

Other foods to avoid:

Meat & Poultry bacon, beef, ground beef, buffalo, duck, goose, ham, hart, lamb, liver, mutton, partridge, pheasant, pork, rabbit, veal, venison, quail.
Seafood anchovy, barracuda, beluga, bluefish, bluegill bass, catfish, caviar, clam, conch, crab, crayfish, eel, flounder, frog, gray sole, haddock, hake, halibut, herring (fresh & pickled), lobster, lox (smoked salmon), mussels, octopus, oysters, scallop, shad, shrimp, sole, squid (calamari), striped bass, tilefish, turtle.
Cheeses & Dairy American, blue cheese, brie, butter, buttermilk, Camembert, casein, cheddar, colby cheese, cottage, cream cheese, edam, emmental cheese, gouda, gruyere, ice cream, Jarlsberg, Monterey Jack cheese, Muenster cheese, Parmesan, provolone, Neufchatel, sherbet, skim or 2% milk, Swiss, whey, whole milk.
Oils corn, cottonseed oil, peanut, safflower, sesame.
Nuts & Seeds brazil, cashews, pistachios.
Beans & Legumes copper, garbanzo, kidney, lima, navy, red beans, tamarind beans.
Cereals cream of wheat, familia, farina, granola, grape nuts, wheat germ, seven grain, shredded wheat, wheat bran.
Breads & Muffins English muffins, high-protein bread, matzos wheat, multi-grain bread, pumpernickel, wheat bran muffins, whole wheat bread.
Grains & Pastas white & whole wheat flour, semolina & spinach pasta.
Vegetables cabbage (Chinese, red, white), eggplant, lima beans, mushroom (domestic), olives (black, Greek, Spanish), peppers (green, jalapeño, red, yellow), potatoes (sweet, red, white), tomatoes, yams.
Fruits bananas, coconuts, mangoes, melon (cantaloupe & honeydew), oranges, papayas, plantains, rhubarb, tangerines.
Juices orange, papaya, tomato.
Spices capers, plain gelatin, pepper (black, cayenne, peppercorns, red pepper flakes, white), vinegar (apple cider, balsamic, red wine, white), wintergreen.
Condiments ketchup, mayonnaise, pickles, pickle relish, Worcestershire sauce.
Herbal Teas catnip, cayenne, corn silk, red clover, rhubarb, yellow dock.
Beverages beer, distilled liquor, seltzer water, all sodas, black teas.
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