Certain hormones contribute to weight balance. How to lose weight according to your hormonal profile? Here are the tips from our experts to restore harmonious hormonal functioning and get rid of stubborn pounds.
Many factors affect weight. Among them, there are some that we forget. This is the case with hormones. “These molecules are messengers for different functions of the body, explains Dr. Jean-Michel Borys, an endocrinologist. Produced by certain organs, they are then transported by blood to other organs and give orders. Each hormone has a specific role, and there are dozens of them, affecting sleep, reproduction… and weight. “This is the case for thyroid and sex hormones, insulin, cortisol…, notes Dr. Vincent Renaud, nutritionist. They act on metabolism, storage, appetite, water retention or the distribution of fat reserves.
Sometimes treatment is necessary. But often, the lifestyle, especially the content of the plate, plays a fundamental role in the fight against hormonal dysfunctions. “In the medium or long term, the absence or lack of certain nutrients can cause hormonal production to drop or disrupt their use,” notes Véronique Liesse, dietician-nutritionist. So, rather than chaining unbalanced diets that aggravate weight gain, it is better to adopt a targeted diet. Here is, on a case-by-case basis, the anti-hormonal kilogram food prescription and according to its hormonal profile.
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Several hormones come into play, promoting storage, snacking, attraction to sweet foods, water retention and cellulites Firstly, cortisol, secreted by the adrenal glands: “Intended to make energy reserves to resist, it has a function of increasing appetite, storing and gaining weight”, explains Dr. Borys .
“Stress also disrupts aldosterone regulation,” says Dr. Renaud. However, its main function is to retain sodium and excrete potassium, hence a tendency to swell. It usually leads to a crash in serotonin and disruptions in dopamine, “with a search for cuddly foods intended to comfort and reward ourselves,” notes the nutritionist. Finally, it disrupts sleep, with the effect of increasing the secretion of gherlin, the hunger hormone.
