In the early 90s Dr. Peter D'Adamo popularized the idea of eating right for your blood type. The research backing his ideas were mainly done by him and his father on blood cells and also based on clinical observation. There has not been a lot of strong research duplicating his work. For some people following the diet prescribed for their blood type worked very well for them, for others it made no difference. Now an interesting study has been done through the Harvard School of Public Health using data from 62,073 women from the Nurses' Health Study and 27,428 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and published in the September 2012 issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. They found that individuals with blood groups A, B, or AB were 5% to 23% more likely to develop coronary heart disease compared with subjects with O blood type individuals. Those with non-O blood have higher levels of factor VIII-von Willebrand factor (vWF), a factor involved with thrombosis and platelet adhesion, which has previously been identified as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Also, the A blood group generally has higher levels of LDL cholesterol.
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