The Role of Leptin

 

Have you ever wondered why some people can eat anything they want without gaining weight? They usually have a high LEPTIN level in their body. (See research done at the Rockefeller Institute and the University of Philadelphia).

 

LEPTIN IS - A PROTEIN HORMONE THAT:

 

• prevents the body from storing FAT.
• controls hunger and cravings.
• is formed in the fat cells
• regulates food intake and expenditure
• provides the body with an index of nutritional status.
• controls the whole FAT-metabolism.
• If your LEPTIN level is LOW your body tends to store food as fat and you don’t feel satisfied easily.

LEPTIN CAN BE LOWERED BY:

• HORMONAL CHANGES (in women)
• PREGNANCY
• HYSTERECTOMY
• MENOPAUSE
• HORMONAL MEDICATION (birth control pills, HRT, cortisone, etc..)
• ANTIDEPRESSANTS
• STRESS AND ANXIETY
• CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS
• LONG OPERATIONS (the anaesthetics)
• EMOTIONAL TRAUMA
• PHYSICAL SHOCK (car accident)
• CERTAIN VIRAL INFECTIONS
• UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS
• GENETIC FACTORS

YOUR LEPTIN LEVEL CAN BE RESTORED BY:

 

A combination of the RIGHT SUPPLEMENTS and a nutritionally BALANCED EATING ‘PLAN’ – this takes a ‘load’ off the body which enables it to form it’s own fresh LEPTIN again and/or utilize its existing LEPTIN properly (see supplements).

 

This will give you much better control over your eating habits.