Hormonal Balance by Scott Isaacs, MD - - Endocrinologist. You already know fad diets don't work. In fact, studies have shown that about 9. If you've tried everything and are still overweight, it's easy to get discouraged. Scott Isaacs has great news for anyone longing to lose weight and keep it off forever, and it can be summed up in two words: hormonal balance . ![]() While it’s true that many women suffer from a variety of different thyroid conditions (such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Grave’s disease, and goiter), the vast. Achieve this state and you won't just slim down . Isaacs, author of Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones, Weight, and Your Metabolism, (Bull Publishing Company, 2. ISBN: 0- 9. 23. 52. Your body will be lean and efficient. Why is “the hypothyroidism solution” the best gift you can have right now. By Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP. Over the years, I’ve treated a number of women with unusual weight gain or difficulty losing weight. They often ask me, “Is it my. You won't have excessive hunger or cravings and your metabolism will work to keep your body at a healthy weight. You will feel more energetic but without stress or anxiety. Your mood will be elevated. You will have deep, restful, rejuvenating sleep every night. You will have a sharp mind. Hormonal balance means feeling better and living longer. Your thyroid, one of the largest endocrine glands, greatly influences almost every cell in your body. Aside from regulating your metabolism and weight by controlling. What are the symptoms of hypothyroidism? How do thyroid hormones work? Hormonal Balance revised and expanded information. Hormonal Balance pioneered the idea that hormones play a key role in weight loss control. The new edition incorporates recent medical breakthroughs about hormones and weight that have occurred over the past 5 years. Writing in clear, simple terms, Dr. Isaacs profiles each hormone system, discussing what can go wrong and explaining how imbalances can affect weight and perpetuate obesity. The book explains how to reverse symptoms of hormonal imbalance through diet changes and other remedies, and then expands the discussion, teaching readers how to deal with everything from menstrual cycles to diabetes by recognizing and remedying hormonal problems. Before you try a drastic series of extreme diets that either eliminate your fat intake or encourage you to avoid carbs, take a look at your hormonal health, says Dr. Sure, you can lose weight on these diets, but you won't be truly healthy, and you'll probably put all the weight back on when you go off the diet. The Hormonal Health Diet is a different type of diet. It is a balanced and nutritious way of eating that will help you balance your hormones and have permanent weight loss without hunger or cravings. What is hormonal balance? It depends on who you ask. ![]() ![]() If you ask a gynecologist, she'll tell you it's the female hormones- -estrogen, progesterone and prolactin. Ask a urologist and he'll tell you it's all about testosterone. Ask a diabetologist and he'll tell you it's about balancing your insulin, glucagon and blood sugar. An endocrinologist will tell you that it's about having all your hormones balanced. All your hormones affect one another, says Dr. When one hormone is out of balance, it has profound effects on all your hormones. They are all connected. Hormonal balance means having the perfect amount of every hormone. It means having a body that's healthy and resilient. As you read the book you'll learn how all your hormones work together to control your appetite, body weight and metabolism. You'll learn about the subtle or not so subtle signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalance and what you can do to get your body's system of communication back on track. And you'll learn the powerful influences food can have over your hormones. Below are insights from Hormonal Balance : Food isn't the only thing that affects your hormones. Medications, vitamins, and supplements can and do affect your hormonal balance. Often people don't even consider how a medication, vitamin or supplement is affecting other parts of their body as long as the substance is treating whatever they are taking it for. To clear up any confusion, Hormonal Balance has the most up- to- date listing of currently available medications, vitamins, and supplements and how they affect your hormones, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively. The comprehensive listing of medications and how they influence your hormones sets Hormonal Balance apart from all other diet books. Here are few examples from the book: Certain blood pressure medications help improve insulin resistance, while others can slow metabolism and worsen insulin resistance. If you take a blood pressure medication that is an ACE inhibitor or an Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB), not only are you lowering your blood pressure but these drug have also been shown to improve insulin resistance reducing the risk for diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. However, if you are taking a blood pressure medication that acts as a beta- blocker, the medicine could make insulin resistance worse. Most antidepressants affect your weight in one way or another. This is because the brain chemicals related to depression- -serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine- -are the same brain chemicals that help regulate appetite. There are also certain medications out there that may be increasing your growth hormone (GH) secretion levels without your knowledge. These include drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease, blood pressure problems, and seizures. Several vitamins such as folic acid, Vitamin B7, and Niacin can be used to treat insulin resistance. These are only a few examples of how substances other than food can affect your hormones, says Dr. Being educated in these areas is a huge benefit to anyone trying to balance their hormones. When it comes to hormones, you are what you eat. An important focus of the Hormonal Health Diet is helping you choose foods that will influence your hormones in a positive way. The book gives an in- depth look at how different foods affect different hormones both negatively and positively. Sometimes the results can be surprising. Here are a few examples taken from the book: Uncooked vegetables from the Brassica family, known as goitrogens can cause hypothyroidism or an underproduction of the thyroid hormone. These vegetables include broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, mustard, kale, radishes, and turnips. These vegetables do not cause problems if cooked or if consumed raw in small quantities. Hypothyroidism can result in a number of symptoms including weight gain, loss of appetite, fatigue, premature, loss of memory, and depression. Sometimes the foods you know are bad for you are also bad for your hormones. Often these foods include trans fats which can lower good- cholesterol levels and increase bad cholesterol levels. Trans fats almost always come from one of three sources animal products, tropical oils (like palm oil or coconut oil), and processed oils (like margarine or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil). There are also good fats that play an important part in the Hormonal Health Diet. These fats are unsaturated fats, and they help the body produce hormones such as cholecystokinin, leptin, and glucagon- like peptide- 1. These hormones tell your brain that it's time to stop eating and make you feel full. Unsaturated fats are found in nuts, olives, seeds, and avocados. Of course there are plenty of other foods that play an important part in the Hormonal Health Diet and plenty of foods that you should avoid, says Dr. The book lays everything out for you, and even provides a set of menus and recipes for those just starting the diet. The glycemic index and glycemic load: what you don't know will hurt you. While the glycemic index measures the amount of glucose in your blood, what you should really be interested in is insulin. Scientists take a giant leap of faith and assume that the response of insulin parallels that of glucose. Many experts and professional organizations do not support the use of the glycemic index. The criticisms include variability in testing as well as the fact that we have no idea what these foods do in a real- life meal situation. The glycemic index is based not on a typical serving, but on the amount required to get those 5. For some foods, the portion is so huge that it is not a realistic serving size. On the other hand the portion of another food may be unrealistically small. Therefore, the glycemic load was created to correct for the serving size problem with the glycemic index. The glycemic load measurement gives a rating of the blood glucose response to the amount of carbohydrate in a typical serving of food. A glycemic load of 2. The experts do agree on some things. The bottom line: slowly digested carbs are more beneficial than quickly digested carbs: beans and lentils are far better for you than mashed potatoes and white rice. Stress throws your hormones out of whack. We are living in stressful times. Certainly, many generations have uttered those words, but think of what our generation faces: instantaneous communication, constant availability, just- in- time production methods. Our lives have sped up in ways previous generations never could have imagined. And all this speeding around creates- -you guessed it- -stress. When your body is under stress two things usually happen: First, it goes into conservation mode. Metabolism slows, and even your normal diet leads to weight gain. Second, you look to one of the most familiar items in your life for consolation: food. Any kind of stress- -whether mental, physical, or emotional- -can disrupt the hormonal balance in our bodies in ways that make us gain weight, says Dr. It causes the brain, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands to pump out stress hormones. These hormones cause the biological reactions we associate with stress, from rapid heartbeat to a rise in blood sugar to slowed digestion. They prepare us for the fight or flight' response. Too much stress and longer- term elevations of stress hormones cause weight gain. Many diets make you lose weight in a way that puts a tremendous stress on your body. This is why most diets ultimately fail. We have enough stress in our lives without adding more to the body by going on a harmful diet! Fat cells are hormone culprits, not victims. You probably already know that hormones can make you hungry. Insulin, thyroid hormone, estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol- -all have potent effects on appetite.
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