Yes – leptin resistance = more with the hormones and how they affect us and our ability to lose or gain weight! How do you know if you are leptin resistant?
If you answered yes to any of these, there is a good chance that you are leptin resistant, and it’s causing you to keep gaining un wanted fat weight.
Estrogen + Insulin + Leptin = your 3 key metabolic hormones. Getting these hormones in check and balanced, not normal, but optimal, is the key to feeling better and reducing your overall bodyfat. Our 21-day detox focuses on resetting all 3 of these in detox’s 1, 2, and 3, because they are that important.
Leptin is the hormone in charge of HUNGER! That means, it is the hormone that tells the body when you have had enough to eat and feel satisfied. When this hormone is too high, you will continually be emotionally hungry. That’s right – you will keep going back to the fridge for more, even when you aren’t hungry.
When you overeat fructose – the sugar from fruit, your leptin levels rise to high levels, causing what is called leptin resistance – when the body no longer listens to the increase in leptin, because the amount circulating in your body is already too high. This resistance leads to weight gain. Unfortunately, most of the weight is in the form of bodyfat around your midsection – deep visceral fat. Visceral fat is known to increase your risk factors for the big 3: diabetes, coronary artery disease and obesity. To compound matters, fruit isn’t what is used to be 50 years ago, so the same apple that had 15 grams of fructose now has 30 grams of fructose thanks to modern science. This means our messed up freaky fruit is causing us many times, more harm than good.
Leptin resistance can also lead to immune and reproductive issues, inflammation and joint pain/damage. And, it messes with the gut/brain connection. When both leptin resistance and insulin resistance are prevalent the signal from the gut to slow down and eat less doesn’t reach the brain.
Science shows the restricting fructose can improve leptin resistance and also work together with estrogen and insulin to bring the body back to homeostasis and become the fat burning machine it is meant to be.
Want more information on reducing leptin resistance – check out our 21-Day Detox program.
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