AB is for modern

AB is for Modern. Of the 4 blood groups, type AB blood is the rarest (less than 5% of the population), with the majority of us being type O (about 50%). Type AB is the newest of the blood types, evolutionary speaking. Type AB resulted from the intermingling of Type A with Type B (an A blood group person marries a B blood group person). Thus, they share both the benefits and the challenges of both Type A and Type B blood types. Type AB is sometimes A-like, sometimes B-like and sometimes a fusion of both.

Personality

Type AB often receives mixed messages about emotional health. While you tend to be drawn to other people and are friendly and trusting, there is a side of you that feels alienated from the larger community. At your best, you are intuitive and spiritual, with an ability to look beyond the rigid confines of society. You are passionate in your beliefs, but you also want to be liked by others and this can create conflicts. Type ABs often described themselves as emotional, passionate, friendly, trusting and empathetic.

Eat Right for Wellness

• Type ABs lack enough stomach acid (like type A) to metabolise meat efficiently and the meat you eat tends to get stored as fat.
• Type AB should avoid caffeine and alcohol, especially when you’re in stressful situations.
• Type AB should focus on foods such as tofu, seafood, dairy and green vegetables if you are trying to lose weight.
• Avoid all smoked or cured meats. These foods can cause stomach cancer in people with low levels of stomach acid.
• A few highly beneficial fish for type Abs are mahi-mahi, red snapper, salmon, sardines, and tuna.
• Some dairy is also beneficial for Type AB – especially cultured dairy such as yoghurt.
• Recommends smaller, more frequent meals, as they will counteract digestive problems caused by inadequate stomach acid and peptic enzymes.

Stress and Exercise

• For Type ABs, when it comes to stress hormones, you most resemble Type O in your tendency to overproduce catecholamines like adrenaline. Yet you also have the additional complexity of Type B’s rapid clearing of nitrous oxide, so you suffer the physical consequences of high emotions.
• Your greatest danger is the tendency to internalise your emotions, especially anger and hostility, which is much more damaging to your health than externalising it.
• Exercise plays a critical component in stress reduction and maintaining a healthy emotional balance for Type AB. A combination of both calming activities and more intense physical exercise to help maintain an optimal balance is advised. For example, three days of aerobic exercise such as running or biking and two days of calming exercise such as yoga or tai chi.

Live Right

• Cultivate your social nature in welcoming environments. Avoid situations that are highly competitive.
• Avoid ritualistic thinking and fixating on issues, especially those you can’t control or influence.
• Develop a clear plan for goals and tasks – annually, monthly, weekly, daily – to avoid rushing.
• Make lifestyle changes gradually, rather than trying to tackle everything at once.
• Engage in forty-five to sixty minutes of aerobic exercise at least twice a week. Balanced by daily stretching, meditation or yoga.
• Engage in a community, neighborhood or other group activity that gives you a meaningful connection to a group.
• Practice visualization techniques daily
• Also carve out time alone. Have at least one sport, hobby or activity that you perform independently of others.
• Break up your workday with some physical activity, especially if your job is sedentary. You’ll feel more energised.