001. at bigthink.com, Matt Davis writes in "Is the Blood Type Diet Real?" (2019-03-31):
"it just takes a quick glance at some of the most popular blogs or The New York Times's bestseller list to realize that people have an enduring obsession with diets [...] as just one example of how the diet craze can go awry, consider the blood type diet [...] the blood type diet asserts that different lectins, a broad class of proteins commonly found in foods, affect people with the various blood types differently [...and possibly cause] skin problems, digestive issues, chronic fatigue, and many other ailments [...yet] there's no evidence that the different blood types experience symptoms like chronic fatigue from ingesting the 'wrong' lectins from a food source [...] is there any evidence for the blood type diet? [...] the investigations that have been conducted on the subject do not pass muster. There does not appear to be any supporting evidence that our optimal diets really do vary based on blood type [...] the qualifications of blood type diet proponents: [naturopath] Dr. D'Adamo became a doctor of naturopathy at Bastyr University, an alternative medicine university that has been the brunt of significant criticism for its incorporation of pseudoscience into its academic curriculum. Among its courses, it offers homeopathic medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, and acupuncture medicine, fields that have generally been found to be ineffective, inconsistent in their efficacy, potentially dangerous, or effective due to the placebo effect [...]":
hear, hear.
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