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Each Body Type is beautiful in a unique way. And all types have the potential to be balanced and healthy at their best weight.
To learn about each Body Type, click on the squares above.
DR. ABRAVANEL’S BODY TYPE DIET AND LIFETIME NUTRITION PLAN
by Elliot D. Abravanel, M.D. and Elizabeth King Morrison
What is a Body Type?
A Body Type is a type of metabolism. We can recognize your Body Type based on your shape, because each Body Type has a its own special shape. But your Body Type has a more important reality. In fact, your shape is a signal of the type of metabolism you have.
Your Body Type comes from which of your four major glands is strongest in your metabolism. The body has four major glands: the thyroid gland, the adrenal glands, the pituitary gland and gonads or sex glands. According to which of these glands dominates your system, women can be either Thyroid Types, Adrenal Types, Gonadal Types or Pituitary Types.
Men have only three Body Types, because in men, the Adrenal and Gonadal Types are combined. So men can only be Thyroid Types, Adrenal Types or Pituitary Types.
You can get an idea of the way each Body Type looks from the picture. In addition, each type puts on weight in different places, craves different foods and has a different energy pattern.
Next: What cravings say about your Body Type.