Eat right for your body type (2/5): Learn your dominant hormone and how it affects your eating

3 May 2013
lauren
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EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR BODY TYPE (Part 2): Similar Body Structures share similar characteristics.

Each body structure differs in hormones dominance, metabolic rate, nervous system activity, and carbohydrate tolerance.

There are fundamental characteristics that coincide with each body structure:

Ectomorphs

  • Thyroid dominant in hormone production
  • Fast metabolic rate
  • High Sympathetic nervous system activity
  • Higher tolerance to carbohydrates

Mesomorphs

  • Testosterone and growth hormone-dominant in hormone production
  • Moderate-high sympathetic nervous system activity
  • Moderate carbohydrate tolerance

Endomorphs

  • Insulin-dominant in hormone production
  • Slow metabolic rate
  • Low sympathetic nervous system activity
  • Low carbohydrate tolerance

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