abc.net.au on ND's Blood Type Diet: No Science, Expensive, Orthorexic

here, more bad news for a blood type diet that never delivered its promised scientific trials to show its claimed efficacy:

001. at abc.net.au, Pamela Wilson writes in "What is the Blood Type Diet and Does It Work?" [2020 archived]:

"the Blood Type Diet is based on the theory that the body interacts with foods differently according to your blood type. Naturopath Peter D'Adamo created the diet in the mid-1990s, claiming many foods have sugar-binding proteins called lectins [...] Peter D'Adamo created a brand of expensive supplements around his specialty diet. However, since scientific evidence does not support the claims of this diet, you are likely wasting your money. There are no studies backing up the claimed link between weight and blood type and no research that shows lectins react differently with various blood types. There are also no clinical trials — studies where humans are assigned into groups with the aim of testing the effect of the diet [...] there are cheaper, safer and more evidence-based ways to change your diet to lose weight and improve health [...]";

here's the Amazon page, with, of course, lots of fans.  WebMD has zilch science to offer as well: "If the Blood Type Diet intrigues you, consider this: The science is stacked behind traditional recommendations for healthy eating for weight loss -- not restrictions based on the type of your blood."