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Relax and Slim provides advice, clinics, therapy and consultancy on how to lose weight whilst keeping relaxed and stress free.
It does not matter if you are already on a diet, going to weight watchers, slimming world, arriba or any other slimming club, Relax and Slim will help you become more effective at losing weight.
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Hormones
Hormones are powerful chemical messengers in the body, controlling everything from the reproductive system to mood, sleep, and even appearance. Many people are unaware that even minor hormonal imbalances can cause symptoms ranging from stress, an inability to lose weight to fatigue to uncontrollable sugar cravings.
These chemical messengers are responsible for many of those uncontrollable urges and desires we experience. Uncontrollable because hormones spark emotional responses which undermine rational conscious thought and reasoning.
5 Hormones That Influence Slimming
Many people have heard of Ghrelin and Leptin. Ghrelin is known as the hunger hormone which increases food intake and increases fat mass. Ghrelin also activates the reward link, reinforcing aspects of natural rewards, such as food, as well as of addictive drugs, such as ethanol.
The hormone Leptin acts to inhibit appetite. Leptin has traditionally been regarded as a link between fat mass, food intake, and energy expenditure, however recent studies have indicated a more complex role for Leptin, and discovered how Leptin resistance caused by obesity can develop. This Leptin resistance is similar to the Insulin resistance associated with type 2 diabetes, and means that where Leptin resistance occurs, appetite may remain uninhibited and a constant desire to eat may be experienced.
Poor sleep and stress are known to upset Ghrelin and Leptin hormone balance.
The hormone cholecystokinin (CCK), released when food enters the digestive tract, stimulates the gall bladder to release bile and the pancreas to release water and ions and stimulates the secretion of a juice rich in pancreatic digestive enzymes, thus aiding the digestion of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. CCK also mediates satiety, and decreases in the rate of gastric emptying.
The hormone Orexin increases the craving for food, and is claimed to be a very important link between metabolism and sleep regulation, and could promote wakefulness. Recent studies suggest a major role of the orexin/hypocretin system is to integrate metabolic, circadian and sleep debt influences to determine whether an animal should be asleep or awake and active.
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