The third installment of the video series, The Skinny on Obesity is here. Hunger and Hormones – A vicious cycle.
Big take aways:
- Biochemical reasons why you can’t eat less and then exercise more
- Hormone Leptin, limits what you eat by going from fat cell to brain to indicate that you have had what you NEED which gives you just the right amount of energy for exercise (movement).
- Obesity creates high levels of Leptin, because it comes from fat cells.
- If leptin is doing its job you shouldn’t be obese.
- Obesity = LEPTIN Resistance.
- Insulin causes the problem
- Insulin reduces blood sugar by moving sugar to fat storage – (that’s what it’s supposed to do)
- Insulin drives weight gain.
- Insulin blocks leptin at the brain so you continue to feel hungry = eat more.
- The higher the insulin, the more energy you store as fat and the hungrier you get.
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This series is great. I can hardly wait for the next installment.
You can see the episode guide at UC Health.
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Amy F. White, MSN, BCHN, FNLP, is a board-certified holistic nutritionist and life coach who helps women over 40 lose weight and feel energized again — without extremes, restriction, or rebound. Through her science-backed, hormone-smart approach, Amy teaches women how to work with their bodies for lasting change. She’s the owner of The Simplicity of Wellness and the creator of the Metabolic Jump Start method and Hangry to Healthy Transformation program.