Blood Type A Diet

Blood Type A

Meats and Poultry
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
—	Chicken Cornish Hens Turkey	Bacon Beef Beef, ground Buffalo Duck Goose Ham Heart Liver Mutton Partridge Pheasant Pork Rabbit Veal Venison Quail
Seafood
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Carp Cod Grouper Mackerel Monkfish Pickerel Red Snapper Rainbow trout Salmon Sardine Sea Trout Silver perch Snail Whitefish Yellow perch	Abalone Albacore (Tuna) Mahi mahi Ocean perch Pike Porgy Sailfish Sea bass Shark Smelt Snapper Sturgeon Swordfish Weakfish White perch Yellowtail	Anchovy Barracuda Beluga Bluefish Bluegill bass Catfish Caviar Clam Conch Crab Crayfish Flounder Eel Frog Gray sole Haddock Hake Halibut Herring (fresh) Herring (pickled) Lobster Lox (smoked salmon) Mussels Octopus Oysters Scallop Shad Shrimp Sole Squid (calamari) Striped bass Tilefish Turtle
Dairy and Eggs
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Soya cheese Soy milk	Eggs Farmer Feta Goat cheese Goat milk Kefir Mozzarella, low fat Ricotta, low fat String cheese Yogurt Yogurt with fruit Yogurt, frozen	American cheese Blue cheese Brie Butter Buttermilk Camembert Casein Cheddar Colby Cottage Cream cheese Edam Emmenthal Guoda Gruyere Ice Cream Jarlsberg Monterey Jack Munster Parmesan Provolone Neufchatel Sherbet Skim or 2% milk Swiss Whey Whole milk
Oils and Fats
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Linseed (flaxseed) oil Olive Oil	Canola oil Cod liver oil	Corn oil Cottonseed oil Peanut oil Safflower oil Sesame oil
Nuts and Seeds
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Peanuts Peanut Butter Pumpkin Seeds	Almond butter Nuts, almonds Nuts, chestnuts Nuts, filberts Nuts, hickory Nuts, litchi Nuts, macadamia Nuts, pinole (pine) Poppy seeds Sesame seeds Sesame butter (tahini) Sunflower butter Sunflower seeds Walnuts	Brazil nuts Cashews Pistachios
Beans and Legumes
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Beans, aduke Beans, azuki Beans, black Beans, green Beans, pinto Beans, Red Soy Lentils, domestic Lentils, green Lentils, red Peas, black-eyed	Beans, broad Beans, cannelloni Beans, fava Beans, jicama Beans, snap Beans, string Beans, white Peas, green Peas, pod Peas, snow	Beans, copper Beans, garbanzo Beans, kidney Beans, lima Beans, navy Beans, red Beans, tamarind
Cereals
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Amaranth Barley Kasha	Barley Cornflakes Cornmeal Cream of rice Kamut Millet, puffed Oat bran Oatmeal Puffed Rice Rice bran Spelt	Cream of wheat Familia Farina Granola Grape nuts Wheat germ Seven-grain Shredded wheat Wheat bran
Breads and Muffins
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Essene Bread Ezekial Bread Rice cakes Soya flour bread Sprouted wheat bread	Bagels, wheat Brown rice bread Corn muffins Fin Crisp Gluten-free bread Ideal Flat bread Millet Oat bran muffins Rye bread, 100% Rye Crisps Rye Vita Spelt bread Wasa bread	Durum wheat English muffins High-protein bread Matzos, wheat Multi-grain bread Pumpernickel Wheat bran muffins Whole wheat bread
Grains and Pasta
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Flour, oat Flour, rice Flour, rye Noodles, soba Pasta, artichoke	Couscous Flour, barley Flour, bulgur wheat Flour, durum wheat Flour, gluten Flour, graham Flour, spelt Flour, sprouted wheat Noodles, spelt Quinoa Rice, basmati Rice, brown Rice, white Rice, wild	Flour, white Flour, whole wheat Pasta, semolina Pasta, spinach
Vegetables
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Artichoke, domestic Artichoke, Jerusalem Beet leaves Broccoli Carrots Chicory Collard greens Dandelion Escarole Garlic Horseradish Kale Kohlrabi Leek Lettuce, romaine Okra Onions, red Onions, Spanish Onions, yellow Parsley Parsnips Pumpkin Spinach Spouts, alfalfa Swiss chard Tempeh Tofu Turnips	Arugula Asparagus Avocado Bamboo shoots Beets Bok choy Caraway Celery Chervil Coriander Corn, white Corn, yellow Cucumber Daikon radish Endive Fennel Fiddlehead ferns Lettuce, Bibb Lettuce, Boston Lettuce, Iceberg Lettuce, mesclun Mushrooms, abalone Mushrooms, enoki Mushrooms, Portobello Mushrooms, tree oyster Mustard greens Olives, green Onions, green Radicchio Radishes Rappini Rutabaga Scallion Seaweed Shallots Sprouts, Brussels Sprouts, mung Sprouts, radish Squash, all types Water chestnut Watercress Zucchini	Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, red Cabbage, white Eggplant Lima Beans Mushroom, domestic Mushroom, shiitake Olives, black Olives, Greek Olives, Spanish Peppers, green Peppers, jalapeno Peppers, red Peppers, yellow Potatoes, sweet Potatoes, red Potatoes, white Tomato Yams
Fruits
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Apricots Blackberries Blueberries Boysenberries Cherries Cranberries Figs, dried Figs, fresh Grapefruit Lemons Pineapple Plums, dark Plums, green Plums, red Prunes Raisins	Apples Currants, black Currants, red Dates Elderberries Gooseberries Grapes, black Grapes, Concord Grapes, green Grapes red Guava Kiwi Kumquat Limes Loganberries Melon, canang Melon, casab Melon, Christmas Melon, Crenshaw Melon, musk Melon, Watermelon Nectarines Peaches Pears Persimmons Pomegranates Prickly pears Raspberries Star fruit, carambola Strawberries	Bananas Coconuts Mangoes Melon, cantaloupe Melon, honeydew Oranges Papayas Plantains Rhubarb Tangerines
Juices and Fluids
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Apricot Carrot Celery Cherry, black Grapefruit Pineapple Prune Water (with lemon)	Apple Apple Cider Cabbage Cucumber Cranberry Grape Vegetable juice (corresponding with highlighted vegetables)	Orange Papaya Tomato
Spices
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Barley Malt Blackstrap molasses Garlic Ginger Miso Soy Sauce Tamari	Agar Allspice Almond Extract Anise Arrowroot Basil Bay leaf Bergamot Brown rice syrup Cardamom Carob Chervil Chives Chocolate Cinnamon Clove Coriander Cornstarch Corn syrup Cream of tarter Cumin Curry Dill Dulse Honey Horseradish Kelp Maple syrup Marjoram Mint Mustard (dry) Nutmeg Oregano Paprika Parsley Peppermint Pimiento Rice syrup Rosemary Saffron Sage Salt Savory Spearmint Sugar, brown Sugar, white Tamarind Tapioca Tarragon Thyme Tumeric Vanilla	Capers Gelatin, plain Pepper, black ground Pepper, cayenne Pepper, peppercorn Pepper, red flakes Pepper, white Vinegar, apple cider Vinegar, balsamic Vinegar, red wine Vinegar, white Wintergreen
Condiments
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Mustard	Jam (from acceptable fruits) Jelly (from acceptable fruits) Pickles, dill Pickles, kosher Pickles, sour Pickles, sweet Relish Salad dressing (lowfat from acceptable ingredients)	Ketchup Mayonnaise Worcestershire sauce
Herbal Teas
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Alfalfa Aloe Burdock Chamomile Echinacea Fenugreek Ginger Ginseng Green tea Hawthorn Milk Thistle Rose Hips Saint John's Wort Slippery Elm Valerian	Chickweed Coltsfoot Dandelion Dong quai Elder Gentian Goldenseal Hops Horehound Licorice root Linden Mulberry Mullein Parsley Peppermint Raspberry leaf Sage Sarsaparilla Senna Shepherd's purse Skullcap Spearmint Strawberry leaf Thyme Vervain White birch White oak bark Yarrow	Catnip Cayenne Corn silk Red clover Rhubarb Yellow dock
Miscellaneous Beverages
Highly Beneficial	Neutral	Avoid
Coffee, decaf Coffee, regular Tea, green Water Wine, red	Wine, white	Beer Liquor, distilled Seltzer water Soda, club Soda, cola Soda, diet Soda, other Tea, black decaf Tea, black regular

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Blood Type A

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