
The Skinny on How Hormones Affect Your Weight
Reading Time: 3 minutes While diet and exercise are integral to successful weight loss, our Hormones strongly impact how easy it is to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. Hormone Imbalance is a major barrier to successful weight loss for millions. In this article we discuss how nine hormones influence your ability to control your metabolism, hunger, and digestive function. Cortisol and Overeating Stress and hunger are strongly related. Anyone that's had a deadline approaching or felt the crunch of procrastination has likely succumbed to stress-related eating of junk food. Cortisol is the primary hormonal component of stress response. Cortisol puts your body...