Is A Hormone Imbalance Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Efforts?By Louise O'Connor One thing's for sure, a hormone imbalance will make it IMPOSSIBLE to lose weight. Your hormones have a powerful impact on your metabolism, appetite, blood sugar control, even your ability to lose body fat. If you exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and still struggle to lose weight...it could be your hormones! A hormone imbalance may be setting you up for an ongoing cycle of weight gain. Making sense of your hormones will not only help you finally take control of your health but will also help you lose the stubborn weight. Women, Weight & Hormone Balance Problems Overweight women usually have a hormone imbalance. It is linked to high estrogen and low progesterone and testosterone. you could say that weight gain is an estrogen overload problem. The Oral Contraceptive Pill and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) contain synthetic hormone substitutes that are not natural to your body, and will further disrupt your hormone balance. What About The Men? If you are an overweight man, you may suffer from a male hormone imbalance. This results in greater conversion of testosterone (the male hormone) to estrogen, leading to greater ‘female type’ weight gain, particularly around the abdomen, chest and butt. This is the last thing you want happening in your body! This is due to greater activity of an enzyme called aromatase, which is found in fat tissue. This enzyme is responsible for converting testosterone into estrogen, thus altering an ideal ratio of estrogen to testosterone.
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