Hormone diet - the new American craze

If you haven't had enough of diets, here's the latest one for women, from researchers at the University of Minnesota. Women have been divided into three different hormone types, estrogen, gestagen and testosterone, based primarily on their physical characteristics and sex ratio, and the ideal diet for each type has been determined according to their classification. Be warned: don't take it too seriously...

From estrogenic type woman with curvaceous forms, wide hips, pelvis and slim waist indicating fertility. She is a favourite with men looking for a mate. Her connective tissues are strong and supple, her skin rosy and her hair lush. Their skin is soft and prone to watering, often showing bruises and bruises. They are small in stature, but their bones remain strong even in old age, with little risk of osteoporosis.

The ideal diet for estrogenic women, researchers say, is to eat plenty of vegetables, fresh pulses, soya products, mushrooms, poultry meat and sour dairy products.

A gestagen type woman with a thin waist, narrow chest and pelvis, slender thighs. Menstruation occurs 1-3 years later than average due to lower estrogen production, and tubular bones close later. They are tall, with a fragile build.

Avoiding carbohydrates in the diet of gestagen-type women is important because their pancreas is sensitive to them. Eat cereals and muesli for breakfast, and the main meal of the day should consist exclusively of protein, researchers recommend.

A testosterone type women with narrow hips, small buttocks, not pronounced waist, overall athletic, athletic appearance. They have more muscle mass due to the presence of testosterone, which can be easily worked into shape with less training. If they are overweight, fat stores appear first in the abdomen, while the legs and hips remain slim. They should eat mainly dairy products, cottage cheese, cheese, vegetables and poultry.

In my opinion, the above typology is not well established, so I'm sure it's just another short-lived nutritional fad that we're good to put away in the back of our minds, knowing that it exists.

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