【Video】Why can’t I lose weight? It turns out that eating these things messes up hormones

The reason why you can’t lose weight may be that there is something wrong with your hormones, causing your metabolism to go haywire! A well-known American fitness coach pointed out that hormones are one of the factors that affect metabolism, and there are 12 hormones in the endocrine system that affect weight. If you eat the wrong food, it will affect some of the hormones. For example, additives such as glutamate (MSG), high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated fats added to processed foods can cause the hormones insulin, leptin, and ghrelin to go out of control, causing excess calories to be directly converted into fat accumulation, or causing your appetite to get out of control, resulting in no weight loss no matter how hard you try.

Insulin, leptin, and ghrelin are out of control and you can’t lose weight

Jillian Michaels, a well-known American fitness coach, pointed out in her book "Master Metabolism, 90% of Fat Will Disappear On Its Own" that metabolism is the combination of all molecules, hormones, brain, intestines, and messaging substances in fat cells in the body, which is responsible for regulating the burning rate of calories. How the food you eat is metabolized and utilized is all determined by hormones, which are one of the functions that affect metabolism. When the body's weight-control hormones are out of balance, the following problems arise.

If insulin is out of control, excess calories will be directly converted into fat, and as long as there is a large amount of insulin in the blood, the body will not burn any fat. When there is too little or too much leptin in the body, you will always feel hungry and your metabolism will slow down. As for ghrelin, it is a hormone released when the stomach is empty. Once ghrelin is out of balance, you will uncontrollably eat too much food.

How do hormones get out of control? Food additives are one of the culprits

What causes these hormones to go haywire? Jillian Michaels said that bad eating habits and toxins in the environment will cause hormone imbalance during weight loss, and delicious processed foods are one of the culprits that cause hormonal imbalance. Whether it is canned, frozen, dehydrated, or has chemicals added to make the food last longer, taste better, or stay on the shelf forever, it is all processed food.

These processed foods contain hidden hormone-disrupting additives that quietly disrupt your metabolism, making it impossible for you to lose weight no matter how hard you try. What's more serious is that some additives may cause permanent brain damage and cause you to suffer from heart disease.

Food additives are so terrible, so why don’t you open your food cupboard and throw away the processed foods that disrupt your hormones? If you don’t clear out the garbage you put into your mouth, it will be useless no matter how much healthy food you eat. Let’s take a look at what additives affect the body’s endocrine system?

Additive 1: Glutamic acid (MSG), an excitotoxin

Although glutamate (MSG) can make food more delicious, consuming large amounts of glutamate can cause problems with brain chemistry. Glutamate can easily enter the brain and quickly cause permanent damage. The part of the brain that is particularly vulnerable is the hypothalamus, which is the birthplace of ghrelin. In addition, glutamate also destroys leptin receptors, causing the body to produce more leptin while causing leptin resistance in the brain, leading to uncontrolled appetite and obesity.

Additive 2: High fructose corn syrup, the most evil refined grain

As one of the cheapest sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup is different from ordinary sugars. It not only deceives the body into not releasing insulin and leptin, but also inhibits the endocrine system from secreting ghrelin. When ghrelin increases, it will make you lose your mind and eat more food and absorb more calories. Even after 24 hours, the effect still exists. In addition, high fructose corn syrup also increases triglycerides, which prevent leptin from working on the brain, so the brain cannot tell you to stop eating.

Additive 3: Hydrogenated fats disrupt metabolism and cause heart disease

Hydrogenated fats, created for the food processing industry, are trans fats that keep foods like potato chips, soda crackers, and bread fresh even when they are left on the shelf for a long time. People who eat more trans fats have higher levels of interleukin in their blood. The inflammatory symptoms caused by interleukin will cause the liver to stop responding to growth hormones, causing muscle degeneration and metabolism to stagnate. Once the metabolism stagnates, the calories consumed will be stored in the body as fat.