The Hunger Hormones - How They Mess Up Your Body Weight

Your Creator has give you body hunger hormones to tell you when to eat and when not to eat.

Leptin is the anti-hunger hormone that makes you sleep throughout the night without any desire for food. Ghrelin is the hunger hormone that makes you want to eat to get the nutrients your body needs.

Those who are obese have developed resistance to the anti-hunger leptin hormone, such that they may feel hunger despite having plenty of fat reserves and head towards the fridge for a midnight snack.

In ordinary individuals, the ghrelin hormone will be switched off once their stomachs are full. However, this is not the case with those who are obese. They have a problem switching off their ghrelin hunger hormone.

Why is that so?

The reason is that their hunger hormones have been messed up. There are many reasons for that:

1. They may have switched from one fad diet to another, and in the process have repeatedly messed up their body's metabolism.

2. They may have been on starvation mode for some time. As a result, they have neither the calories nor the nutrients that their body needs.

3. They may have under stress for an extended period of time, and stress can play havoc with their hormone imbalance.

4. They may have emotional problems, which can impair their hormonal functioning. In addition, hormonal change associated with premenstrual syndrome may also be the culprit.

5. Their eating habits may have also played a part, such as eating too fast, or drinking too much fluid during meals. A dysfunctional gastrointestinal tract can upset their body's hormones.

6. An unhealthy diet is a source of body toxins. Eating too much sugar, processed food, or a diet high in animal fat can create toxicity in the body that may impair hormonal functioning.

Weight loss is a very complex matter. Once the body's metabolism is messed up, it is not so easy to fix it. Eating Right is important.

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