THE ADRENAL TYPE WINDOW OF VULNERABILITY: OVERDOING IT ALL (PART2)

T-types may go home after work and be too tired to cook, but you A-types will go home hungry and with the energy to cook yet another heavy, meaty, salty meal. The result: you can get not only fat, but amazingly obese, and because you have the energy to carry it, you can fool yourself into thinking that there's nothing wrong with the way you are. On the contrary, an all-too-common sight in a doctor's office is the overweight,overtired adrenal type, whether man or woman, who is suffering from high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, and diabetes. Because one of the functions of adrenal hormones is to raise the blood pressure and the blood sugar, and because both your high-salt and high-fat diet and your generally high-pressure lifestyle encourages this response, you A-types are prone to get diseases of the cardiovascular and circulatory systems, and also diabetes- a serious combination. Picture, if you will, an A-type in his or her mid-thirties to forties. A solid frame carries what i call 'hard fat' in a 'beer belly' in front and another layer across the back and neck. From the inside the person is 'larded', like rich meat. The face is rather flushed-looking, perhaps with a few broken veins in the nose or cheeks. The energy is still high, but there's and an underlying sense of fatigue or strain, and a sense that the person is somehow about to burst. It even makes sense for you to be a vegetarian if you wish-for your body type this diet works beautifully. These dietary changes will immediately lighten up your excessive adrenal function, and you'll start to look and feel better right away.