CONDUCTOR OF OUR ORCHESTRA: HORMONES

Good health to our valued readers.

There are five critical hormones that ensure our survival and maintain our quality of life: cortisol, estrogen, growth hormones, insulin, and testosterone. I call these hormones “life hormones.” Some of these hormones are released during activities like walking, jumping rope, and cycling, while others are released during sleep at night. Life hormones are especially critical for our children’s physical and mental development, as well as their biological and psychological health, and even their academic success.

In my article a week ago, due to popular demand, I introduced goji berries, a very special food, and their effects on both the mental and emotional capacities of our children. We are grateful for the great interest you have shown in the topic of goji berries since last week. I will try to answer all your emails as soon as possible.

This week, considering the rapidly spreading definitions of adult and childhood obesity worldwide, we wanted to address a vitally important topic: hormones and new fat-burning methods.

Our bodies are like an orchestra. Our hormones are the conductors of this orchestra. All biological functions are in harmony and balance. However, a wrongly given command, or a note played by mistake, can disrupt the entire harmony. The same applies to our hormonal functioning. It directs our lives. This is why we are overweight or stay fit. The sayings “some people benefit from drinking water, others burn calories even from eating stones” have only one scientific source: our hormones. Sometimes you are tired, full of negative energy, and unwilling to do anything. Other times, you are very energetic, active, dynamic, and overflowing with endless motivational feelings. The difference lies in whether this orchestra is working in harmony and balance. If there is harmony and balance, fat burning occurs, and you stay fit and athletic. If not, despite diet and exercise, you will gain weight instead of losing it. What happens to overweight people is the reason you can’t get rid of belly fat. But what if I told you there’s something sabotaging your fight against fat? For many of you, this is the case, and your hormones are to blame. That’s why today I’m going to show you ways to burn fat quickly. By balancing your fat-burning hormones, you can become as energetic as me, or even more. Being overweight might not be your fault. Shocking new research has discovered five fat-burning hormones that can prevent you from losing weight. Produced in the glands and released into the bloodstream, these hormones are the body’s messengers. They carry signals between cells and affect many things, from your mood to your metabolism. You know about thyroid and stress hormones that cause weight gain. Today I’ll show you five different hormones that will help you burn fat. Ghrelin makes you feel hungry. Leptin suppresses appetite. Cholecystokinin, or CCK, makes you feel full. Insulin helps burn fat. Irisin converts fat from white to brown, which burns better. If these hormones don’t work together, they will prevent you from losing weight. So today, I’ll show you how to activate your hidden fat-burning hormones. The first requirement is plenty of oxygen and exercise. We have neighborhood parks readily available. Let’s start the fight by using the sports areas in these parks. When you combine exercise and scientific nutrition to ensure that these magical hormones I just mentioned work together, your fat will melt away. Most people don’t realize that hormones are what prevent them from losing weight. Hormones control the body’s response to diet, where fat is stored, appetite, everything. Everything depends on hormones. If you have even one symptom of hormonal imbalance, your metabolism won’t function properly.

I think this is a groundbreaking development for living a healthy life, both mentally and physically. For example, it’s no longer about consuming fewer calories than you burn. If you don’t add hormonal balance to that equation, you won’t lose weight no matter how much you diet and exercise. Thyroid hormone controls the metabolism of all cells in the body. No matter how much you diet and exercise, if you have an underactive thyroid, you will gain weight. You exercise more, reduce your calorie intake even more, and gain even more weight. This is because you increase stress hormones. These stress hormones suppress thyroid hormones, and that’s why you get fat. You’re trying to lose weight, but the scale isn’t moving. It’s not your fault.

So how can you tell if you have a hormonal imbalance before seeing a doctor? How can we overcome this? What’s the right way? Next week, we’re embarking on a fun adventure to find the answers to these questions.

Stay healthy and with love.

Uğur Uğural