Type A thrives on a vegetarian diet with some wild-caught fish. If youâre accustomed to eating meat, youâll lose weight and feel energized after eliminating the toxic foods from your diet. Type As have naturally high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which makes stress reduction an essential part of the Type A lifestyle.
Leptin Resistance Symptoms: 1  Being overweight. 2  High levels of stress. 3  Irritability. 4  Mood swings. 5  Carbohydrate cravings especially at night. 6  Big appetite. 7  Over eating. 8  High triglycerides. 9  High cholesterol.
Leptin acts on receptors in the lateral hypothalamus to inhibit hunger and the medial hypothalamus to stimulate satiety. 1  In the lateral hypothalamus, leptin inhibits hunger by counteracting the effects of neuropeptide Y, a potent hunger promoter secreted by cells in the gut and in the hypothalamus.