Dr Abravanel Body Type Diet - anyone tried it?

jelleigh
jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey there,
So I'm reading up on this nutrition plan (not a diet really since it dosent end) and I'm wondering if anyone has tried it and what your experiences were with it? I have some friends who swear by it and have been following it for a decade and have no issues maintaining their ideal weight. A number of years ago I effectively lost weight (the only time in my life) by essentially accidentally following many of the program rules.

I read a lot of opinions here and they obviously are all based on something - expert advice, personal experience etc etc. What I find interesting is that some people seem to have great success with a specific diet (be it low fat, or low carb/high protein, or raw or whatever it is) but that same program doesn't necessarily work for everyone. This program addresses that issue and it seems to make sense to me. But I'd love to hear some real life experience!

I'm really hoping to hear from people that are educated about this plan and have some real life experience. Many people are very passionate about their particular diet advice and that's great but (no offense) I'm not looking for a rundown on why every program but one sucks and is wrong - just maybe some pros and cons?
Thanks all!!

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  • BridgetHarrington
    BridgetHarrington Posts: 41 Member
    I don't follow any "diet." I stay on the lower end where carbs and overly fatty things are concerned, because I crave them and overdo if I allow myself to eat them....so it's easier to stay away from them or budget calories for a known small quantity (like, if allow myself a small snack bag of chips and only have that on hand). But other than that, I just watch my portions and calories. If I am in the mood to snack, I choose something (like cauliflower dipped in salsa) that is not high in calories but filling.

    Occasionally, I find something that is on a diet plan that appeals to me. A friend of mine was doing South Beach, and a lot of those recipes are tasty - but low calorie and filling - so I steal her ideas. And the Cabbage Soup diet was getting trashed on here for a while. Well, I like cabbage, and the soup is tasty, too. There is nothing wacky in the actual recipe. I've made it to have around for snacking/quick comfort food, and it's good. You get great nutrients from that, it's low cal but dense, and if you pair a big bowl with some crackers or Joseph bread, it's a healthy meal.

    Kommodevaran is right: CICO. We're all the same with that.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    I have no personal experience with this particular plan.

    I have a lot of personal experience with 40 years of many different other plans though.

    I looked this up and it reminded me of a lot of the other types of things I've done in the past, and a lot of what I was looking at led to the same sort of confusion I used to face looking at those other plans I followed in the past (well, I'm blood type B, but I crave those things A types crave and don't particularly like these foods you're recommending).

    In the particular case here, my body is a mix of both "thyroid" and "gonad" types. I wouldn't even know what to pick. I crave both types of foods he says they crave and see no reason I should want to avoid them because there's nothing wrong with them.

    I'm confused.

    Then again, what I've learned on these forums has colored my opinion here.

    You don't need to spend money on anything to lose weight. Cravings for foods don't tell you that anything is wrong with you. Food is tasty. Eating too much of it is a problem, but if you count calories and eat in a deficit, you can eat the foods you crave and lose weight.

    As long as most of your diet is nutrient dense, you can fit in treats here and there and get foods you crave too. Hey, even going with what he says... he said the thyroid type craves starches and the gonad type craves creamy spicy foods... how about some curried lentils for that? Boom! Sorted. I make that often anyway.

    Move away from the idea of gimmicks, it'll be the best thing you do for yourself.
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  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited December 2016
    I'm not awake yet. There's no coffee in my time machine.

  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,040 Member
    edited December 2016
    I'll start off by saying there is NO DIET designed for a specific BODY TYPE. There are for HEALTH ISSUES, but not body types. The bodies of anyone in the general population basically do one thing: take in energy and expend it or store it.
    The diet and fitness industry just can't rely on a simple program and sustain making BILLIIONS and BILLIONS of dollars a year. They have to come up with all this new fangled hokey approaches that sound cool. What they try to do is APPEAL to a person based on emotion and feeling of struggle. I get it. It's makes money.
    As a professional in the business, I'll tell you that there isn't ANY DIET that doesn't work without being somewhat aware of your calorie intake from the foods/drinks one takes in. That's whether you're trying to gain/lose/maintain weight.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I'm not awake yet. There's no coffee in my time machine.

    Omg. No. That sounds horrendous.
  • jelleigh
    jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
    Ya it's an old post but I appreciate people weighing in all the same.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I'm not awake yet. There's no coffee in my time machine.

    Omg. No. That sounds horrendous.

    All the best time machines serve infusions of free radicals and tannins.

    Which helps you grow a new hand if a Sycorax cuts one off.

    (so you would lose some weight for a very short time)
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