Monday, July 22, 2013

lose weight and hormones

Are you ask yourself that day what's the relationship between hormone and lose weight ?

lose weightBefore I go the various aspects of how to lose weight, I think it is helpful to have an understanding of the factors involved when someone becomes overweight. Weight gain typically occurs from a combination of interacting physical, emotional / psychological, and sometimes “energetic” factors. The vast majority of these factors exert their effects on weight gain or loss through their stimulation or inhibition of certain
hormones, so let’s begin there.

First, what is a hormone and what's the relationship between it and lose weight ?

A hormone is often described as a “chemical messenger”. A hormone is a chemical released by a gland that is
typically released into the bloodstream to tell certain cells and tissues to
take some action that the body needs to have
performed. The release
of hormones is controlled by the central nervous system (specifically the
brain), as well as by feedback systems that are triggered by certain
sensors in the body that monitor the hormone levels in the blood, or
monitor the effects of the hormones.

Under normal circumstances, diet, exercise, sleep, stress levels, and
exposure to certain chemicals will determine hormone levels and
function and the function of certain hormones in turn determines
whether the body burns sugar, lose weight, breaks down muscle, or stores
sugar, stores fat, or builds muscle.

There are three primary hormones that promote fat storage: insulin, cortisol, and estrogen.

There are six hormones that promote lose weight: 

thyroid hormone, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor, glucagon, testosterone, and adrenaline. Even though there are more lose weight hormones, the fat storing hormones are stronger in their effects. First let’s look at the fat storing hormones and what stimulates them.

Insulin is the strongest of the fat storing hormones. Insulin is released
by the pancreas for the purpose of regulating blood sugar levels. When
you eat a meal that is high in carbohydrates, the carbohydrates are
digested and absorbed into the blood as glucose (blood sugar). When
there is a large amount of blood sugar present, large amounts of insulin
are released. So, here’s the first clue on how to lose weight: if insulin is
the strongest of the fat storing hormones and carbohydrates cause the
release of insulin, what type of food should you limit your intake of if you
want to get rid of fat? (Hint: It’s carbs!) Insulin will first store excess
sugar (more than what is necessary for immediate use by the brain and
other tissues) as a compound called glycogen.

Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles and can be quickly converted to blood sugar for
fuel when needed, such as during brief periods of heavy exertion.
There is pretty limited space for glycogen storage, so if there’s more
blood sugar that needs to be stored, the remaining amount will be
converted and stored as fat.

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