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In order to have an attractive appearance, body weight is certainly an important indicator that you will pay more attention to, right? A naturopath, Natasha Turner, believes that an imbalance of certain hormones in the body can lead to being overweight. These hormones have become known as dietary hormones. What hormones are included in these dietary hormones? Check out the following explanation.
Hormones are messages in the form of chemicals that can move your body and mind that are produced by glands in the endocrine system. Hormones control most of the functions that occur in the human body, from the simplest conditions such as feelings of hunger, to complex ones such as the reproductive system, emotions and moods.
Types of dietary hormones
As mentioned above, hormones also play a role in hunger to make you feel full. In other words, the ups and downs of dietary hormones in your body can affect your weight. Correct management of dietary hormone levels can certainly accelerate the success of your weight loss program. These hormones include:
1. Leptin
Leptin is a dietary hormone that is produced by fat cells and has the ability to control hunger. A study reveals that, excessive body fat can cause a condition in which your brain is no longer sensitive to leptin even though the leptin levels in your body are high (leptin resistance). This condition then causes your brain to continue sending hunger signals. According to an endocrinologist, Scott Isaacs, you can overcome this leptin resistant condition by getting used to consuming a number of vegetables before 10 am, in order to delay hunger.
2. Cortisol and Serotonin
The release of the hormone cortisol by the adrenal glands, is often the reason why you immediately want to find a food with a high sugar content when under stress. This reaction occurs because the body needs more energy to cope with these stressful conditions. But this reaction can also have an impact on increasing levels of fat in your stomach.
Contrary to cortisol, serotonin plays a role in calming your stress. So, to overcome the way cortisol works, you can consume asparagus and spinach which are rich in B vitamins to increase serotonin levels in the body. Having an adequate night's sleep can also be done to control cortisol levels in the body.
3. Insulin
Insulin is a dietary hormone that is released every time you finish consuming a food containing sugar. Excess sugar content in the body will then be stored in the form of fat by insulin. Eating frequent meals but small portions can be done to maintain the consistency of sugar and insulin levels in the body.
4. Irisin
Fat cells consist of cells that function to store fat (white fat cells) and cells that function to burn fat to warm the body (brown fat cells). Recent studies have shown that irisin, a dietary hormone produced during exercise, is believed to be able to overcome insulin resistance and can convert white fat cells into brown fat cells. So, to increase irisin levels in the body, the study suggests that you exercise, cycling for example, four to five times a week, with a length of about 20 to 35 minutes per session.
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