I’m sure you’ve heard, many times, that the only way to avoid gaining weight is to burn more calories that you consume. “Calories in – calories out” is the familiar refrain.
Recent studies however have increasingly been revealing the effects that hormones play in controlling your metabolism, and ultimately your body’s ability to burn fat. Without having a good understanding of hormones, it might appear that all calories are the same and if you eat less you will of course weight less. But ultimately, accumulation of fat is the product of a failing endocrine system and the glands and hormones of which this system is composed.
Hormones are chemical messages produced by the glands. These hormones are the primary driving forces controlling your metabolism which, in turn regulates fat burning. You have six fat burning and three fat-making hormones, and each is ed by different things.
#1: The Absence of Sugar
Of all the things that have an impact on your metabolism, the most important one is sugar. Sugar creates the powerful fat making, fat storing hormone insulin. In fact, in the presence of insulin not only is fat blocked from being used as fuel BUT sugar is converted to fat.
#2: Vegetables
Vegetables have several qualities that aid in the healing process. Eaten raw, vegetables are one of the most concentrated sources of vitamins, minerals and plant chemicals. Vegetables are also high in fiber, which buffers the fat maker insulin.
#3: Protein
Protein is a powerful trigger HoneyBurn for fat burning hormones. Protein stimulates two hormones: glucagon and growth hormone.
#4: Fats
Fats typically do not influence fat-making hormones. They do however have the ability to stress the liver, which indirectly affects hormone flows through the liver. Fat has little effect on fat-storing hormones, though, and even though fats have the densest calories, they are neutral when it comes to making fat.
#5: Skipping Meals, Reducing Calories or Allowing Yourself To Get Hungry
When you skip meals your blood sugar decreases, stimulating several hormones. The stress hormone cortisol increases. This turns your body tissues into sugar fuel. If this sugar is not completely burned up, it will be turned to fat and specifically deposited around your vital organs in the abdomen.