7 Interesting Facts You Definitely NEED To Know About Your Blood Type!

By Sumaika Ghani in Facts On 28th July 2016
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#1. Your Blood Type Has An Effect On Your Diet

Based on your blood type, you react differently to substances called lectins, which are present on the surface of most foods. If you eat foods to which you react adversely, the negative response (which includes inflammation) can trigger different diseases based on your blood type as well as fatigue, poor digestion and weight gain.

#2. Your Blood Type Determines Your Personality

Type O's are outgoing, and very social. They are initiators, although they don't always finish what they start.

While outwardly calm, type A's they have such high standards (perfectionists) that they tend to be balls of nerves on the inside. Type A's are the most artistic of the blood groups. They can be shy, are conscientious, trustworthy, and sensitive.

Type B's will start a task and continue it until completed, and completed well. Type B's are the individualists of the blood group categories and find their own way in life.

Type AB's are the split personalities of the blood groups. They can be both outgoing and shy, confident and timid

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#3. Blood Type Affects Your Fertility

A woman's chances of conceiving in her 30s or 40s may not be decided by age alone - her blood type could also affect her fertility, a­ccording to research published ­recently.

Women with blood type O - the most common type - have a lower egg count and poorer egg quality in their 30s than those with blood type A.

#4. Stressed All The Time? Check Your Blood Type!

Since people with Type A blood produce more cortisol than normal, therefore their stress levels also tend to be higher than average whereas people with Type O blood are more susceptible to outbursts of anger.

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#5. Your Blood Type Has An Effect On The Amount Of Belly Fat You Have.

Type A blood causes the body to react badly to specific foods like dairy, meat and shellfish. That reaction makes it difficult to lose belly fat. It also causes acid reflux, an increase in diabetes risk, bloating and indigestion.

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#6. Knowing Your Blood Type Can Save Your Life!

Just because sexy movie vampires don't seem to care about blood typing as they guzzle, doesn't mean that you shouldn't. If you remember testing your blood in high school (where at least one person was sure to pass out) then you know there are only four major blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Guess what? Knowing your blood type could save your life.

Your blood is an individual ID kit. Knowing your blood type can help you determine your susceptibility to certain diseases and ailments. It can let you know how medication will affect you or whether you're a carrier of a less than desirable genetic trait.

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#7. Blood type also affects your pool of ideal mates.

Most people about 85% are Rh positive. But if a woman who is Rh negative and a man who is Rh positive conceive a baby, there is the potential for a baby to have a health problem. The baby growing inside the Rh-negative mother may have Rh-positive blood, inherited from the father. Approximately half of the children born to an Rh-negative mother and Rh-positive father will be Rh positive.