Understanding Leptin
Leptin is a hormone that is involved in the long term regulation of body weight. Leptin is a peptide hormone secreted by adipose tissue (fat Cells) that has been associated with many processes. One of the target tissues of leptin is the hypothalamus where it can act to regulate feeding behavior and metabolism.
Leptin is believed to act centrally via neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus to regulate energy balance and inhibit adipogenesis or the development of fat cells. It does this by the body’s fat tissues signaling brain cells to reduce appetite and food intake and increase energy expenditures.
Learning from my own experience, once I had been told my blood sugar was way too high; I did some study on what diabetes was. My studies led me to leptin. Leptin needs to be very low in amount to signal the brain, otherwise it merely gets lost in the background noise of the brain likely caused by all the crud most of us eat. It cannot be used it as a supplement and the brain can not hear it because it speaks so softly, dinner continues. This means that the noise has to be turned down to get the signal through.
I found a great book titled “Mastering Leptin” by Bryon and Mary Richards. This helped me to understand how my diet was hurting me. It stays on the top of my book pile and gradually I get thinner and feel better, by learning to observe what I eat and make different choices.
Amazingly, one thing made a huge difference in my weight and energy. I simply looked at food labels and if the words high fructose corn syrup appeared, I simply put the product back on the shelf. The same with artificial sweeteners. After a short time I broke what seemed like a light addiction, my weight went down and I felt much better. Interestingly, my sweet and food cravings went down as well.
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