Wellness Wednesday #1
There are many reasons why knowing your blood type is important
not only for the medical side, but also to know a little more about yourself
and how your body is preforming.
Knowing your blood type can explain things like the best foods
to fuel your body, how your body uses and absorbs certain nutrients, what
enzymes you process better than others, and what chemicals your body has a hard
time producing or may over produce, it can even go as far as to what type of
personality traits you can have.
Each blood type have different set of
characteristics. They are susceptible to different
illnesses, different diets may work better, and even down to the type of
exercise that’s better for their body as a whole.
I am A+ blood type, for years I have had issues with stress
and have found different ways to deal with it. That’s exactly what I was doing
“DEALING” with it, I didn’t know why I would get stressed or what caused me to
stress. After doing some studying I
found that A blood type has a high level of a stress hormone call Cortisol.
Cortisol is a hormone produces by the
adrenal gland, it helps the body use glucose and fat for energy. Keeping the
cortisol levels steady is key, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, laughing,
dancing, aerobic exercise, yoga all help to reduce the over production of
cortisol.
The type of diet that is most beneficiary to A blood type is
more of a low-fat and plant-based. Fresh
greens, fruits, whole grains, legumes, beans seafood. Should avoid meat and
high carb dairy products, kidney beans and lima beans. Also, greasy, processed
and junk food. [1]
The reason is, A blood type
produces low levels of hydrochloric acid and alkaline phosphatase but high
levels of intestinal disaccharide, a digestive enzyme, which in turns makes
digesting animal protein not as easy. [2]
Whereas O blood type benefit the most with a diet that
consists of vegetables, fruit and animal protein, they favor the production of hydrochloric
acid in excess which aids in the breakdown of animal protein. O blood type need
a good source of iodine, they tend to suffer from sluggish metabolism and low
thyroid.[3]
They should avoid drinking coffee because of the production of hydrochloric acid
in the stomach when mixed can cause peptic ulcers.
Now if you're B blood type, you're quite lucky, you can include
a variety of foods in your diet and is considered to have the most balanced and
wholesome diet. You have the potential to thrive in changeable conditions unlike
A and O. B type should avoid eating
chicken, because it contains agglutinating lectin. Lectin are diverse proteins
found in foods, the have agglutinating properties that affect your blood and
lining of your digestive tract. [4]
Some foods will cause fatigue, fluid retention, and hypoglycemia – drop in
blood sugar.
I encourage you to look into your blood type and see if you're feeding your body with the right fuel.
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