What hormones can cause weight gain?
Hormonal weight gain can be caused by the following conditions or issues:
- Thyroid hormone deficiency.
- Estrogen dominance.
- Androgen imbalance.
- Insulin resistance.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- PCOS.
- Growth hormone deficiency.
- Cortisol excess.
Can balancing your hormones make you gain weight?
When estrogen is balanced, the right amount of fat helps carry out female reproductive functions. However, when there’s too little or too much estrogen, weight gain often results.
Will HRT help me lose belly fat?
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can affect weight loss in women. In addition to having less abdominal fat, the same study found that women undergoing HRT were almost one whole point lower on the body mass index (BMI) scale, and they had nearly 3 pounds less of fat mass.
Can a hormonal imbalance cause you to gain weight?
Unbalanced hormones can ruin your mood, cause fatigue, lower your libido, and trigger weight gain. Don’t be too quick to blame your hormones if the scale isn’t budging.
What happens to your body when you have hormonal imbalance?
Hormones have a bigger impact on your body than you may realize. Unbalanced hormones can ruin your mood, cause fatigue, lower your libido, and trigger weight gain. Don’t be too quick to blame your hormones if the scale isn’t budging. Most people fail to lose weight due to overeating.
Can a lack of hormones slow down weight loss?
Even though calorie-counting and restrictive eating can sometimes help with weight loss, they also suck the fun out of life and are not sustainable! In fact, eating very few calories and cutting out entire food groups can actually slow down weight loss. This is particularly true when your hormones are out of whack.
What’s the hormone that makes you gain weight?
No contest: The monster hormone that causes weight gain, inflammation and chronic disease is excess insulin. Think of this hormone as your fat cell fertilizer! My new book, Eat Fat, Get Thin, discusses how to naturally regulate insulin so you can shift your body from fat storage mode to fat-burning mode.
