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Hormones that affect weight and well-being
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Sometimes we do not understand why we start to lose weight sharply or improve. We think that guilt overeating and the fact that we move little. In fact, the cause may be a hormonal imbalance in the body. What hormones can be to blame for this?
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Thyroid hormones are the culprits of excess weight
Thyroid hormones produce the thyroid gland. The main 2 of them are the hormone T3 and the hormone T4. They participate in metabolic processes. Thanks to these hormones, we can sense a rush of energy or, vice versa, its lack. These hormones are controlled by how our cells are saturated with nerve and how we spend it.
If thyroid hormones are deficient in the body, we can recover very quickly and unnoticeably, as the metabolism slows down considerably. In this case, even low-calorie diets can not help.
If thyroid hormones are more laid, a person can feel just brutal attacks of appetite. Then, of course, we are getting better again, and this process is very fast.
To avoid problems with excess weight, in time, contact the endocrinologist for hormonal tests on the level of thyroid hormones in the blood.
Cortisol - a hormone of stress and excess weight
This hormone immediately begins to produce in our body in high doses, once we have experienced irritation, anxiety or fear. No wonder it is called a hormone of stress. Once the level of cortisol in the body increases, we can gain weight. Why?
The fact is that with increasing the amount of cortisol, there is an automatic increase in adrenaline production. And this leads to acute attacks of hunger. Did you notice that many people who have experienced anxiety immediately begin to seize it? You can not blame them for this, because the hormonal background of the body leads to an unquenchable desire to eat more and more.
If you are constantly in a state of stress, then the level of "appetite hormones" in your blood is high. So, it will be increasingly difficult to control your hunger. It is better to see a doctor for hormonal control. This will help to avoid problems with being overweight.
Glucagon and insulin
These are hormones that can directly affect the level of glucose in the blood. Remember the so-called blood sugar tests? These are tests that show exactly the level of glucose. Hormones glucagon and insulin are also called hormones that resist the effects of glucose.
The more insulin, the more it can lower the level of glucose in the blood. That is why diabetics are being treated for them. When exposed to insulin, glucose from the blood moves into muscle cells. And this leads either to fatty deposits, from which we feel thicker and more solid, or to the development of the energy that we use for work, sex and recreation.
Remember that if the level of insulin in the blood is increased, the woman begins to thicken the waist. This is a symptom by which you can identify malfunctions in a hormonal background.
As for glucagon, this hormone acts quite differently from insulin. That is, it increases the level of glucose in the blood. Glucagon promotes that our liver, as it were, pushes glucose into the blood from fat, it enters the muscle cells and is burned there.
Come on time hormonal tests and be healthy.