Why Willpower Alone May Not Take the Weight Off

One Word…

“HORMONES!”

If you’ve ever had cravings that you just can’t keep under control, this new science is going to blow your mind and at the same time give you the biggest sense of self satisfaction you’ve ever experienced because you’ll finally understand why.

One common misconception about overweight or obese people is that they could lose weight ‘if they really wanted to.’

New studies show that gaining a lot of weight and then trying to take it back off is far more complex than simply not being able to control yourself, or being lazy or weak.

The process of gaining weight is just that, a process. There are hundreds and thousands of neurochemically mediated synapses that go a bit ‘haywire.’

There are ‘checks and balance’ systems in the body that get toppled. Organs and cells start struggling just to deal with the excess stress.

This is, in part, the start of many disease processes.

So I get a little defensive when the ‘gurus’ start blaming people for not eating right and exercising enough.

We all should, by now, understand the amazing life giving properties and benefits of exercising and eating right. But the fact is we don’t. There is no perfect diet and there is no perfect exercise program.

Thankfully, we are all unique.

Each one of us is a different combination of quantum energy.

For example, I might drink a few beers and want to reminisce and hug all over you. The guy next to me might have a few and want to brawl.

Same beer…but two different chemical bodies that they were poured in to.

In science, if you mix A with B in equal parts, every time you will get C. That’s reproducible science. Whenever humans are involved, you don’t know what B is, exactly.

So here’s my point- let me ask the ‘majority’ of people who have struggled with weight this one very important question in regards to eating right and exercising…

“How’s that worked out for you?”

What some of you may be very surprised to hear is that a lot of people will answer, ‘Not very well!”

You see for many people, losing weight has been a futile battle to fight powerful hormonal responses in the body gone awry. Even those with the best intentions were set up for failure to start with.

These processes are why willpower alone won’t take the weight off. And they are a big reason why people can’t ‘stick’ to diets or exercise routines.

Before I go on, let me fervently say that I am the biggest exercise and nutrition advocate around. Don’t misconstrue this into thinking that I discount those vital health needs.

So… if you are one of those people who can’t stick to a diet or if you have taken weight off and it comes right back on, I’m going to share some facts with you that you may have never heard. Basically, your weight problem is a hormone imbalance.

Introducing Leptin, the master fat burning hormone.

The way that we either burn calories for energy or store them as fat, is largely determined by a balance of hormones in our bodies. With a sub-par diet, too much stress, and not enough rest our hormones can get out of balance.

The hormone leptin is primarily responsible for the regulation of metabolism, and regulates weight by decreasing hunger and food consumption as well as being responsible for utilizing fat for energy.

How important are those functions in determining whether you can or can’t lose weight?

If leptin is prevented from doing its job in the body, the chemical signals to tell you to stop eating never reach the brain. Instead, the body is signaled that more calories are needed.

Therein lies the problem…

“Will Power Is No Match For Hormones”

People wonder why willpower alone won’t take the weight off. Willpower is no match for the brain’s hormonal signals that are telling you that you need more food.

Even the toughest among you can sustain it for only so long. And then what happens? I think you know… you’re right back to where you started.

Research shows that most people struggling with weight problems have high blood leptin levels. You may say to yourself, “If leptin is so powerful and it burns fat and controls cravings how could I have high levels?”

It’s called leptin resistance. It’s very similar to insulin resistance…and most overweight people suffer from it and don’t even know it. It is extremely common.

Leptin is prevented from getting into the brain where it needs to signal the body to
1) Stop eating and 2) Burn fat.

Without leptin working in the brain, it is all but impossible to regulate appetite, metabolism and weight, and that is why willpower alone may have fallen short.

So with bookstore shelves devoting entire sections to diet and exercise you would think America would have all the tools necessary to be in tip top shape, yet statistics on obesity and being overweight continue to rise.

How big of a problem is this ‘leptin resistance’ thing?

HUGE!

“I believe that the discovery of leptin resistance is the key to freeing millions of overweight Americans from the tyranny of yo-yo dieting, food cravings and a continual struggle with their weight.”

Leo Galland, M.D.,
Author, “The Fat Resistance Diet”

In fact, some new studies are pointing to the fact that insulin resistance happens because of leptin resistance. More studies need to be done, but the new science shows that the hormones insulin and leptin are literally intertwined in terms of their function.

Fact: 80% of all type II diabetics are overweight. Coincidence? I think not, as is backed by the newest research.

Brand New Science Gives Promise

Leptin resistance occurs, in part, when a protein in the body, called PTP1 B, interferes with leptins ability to cross into the hypothalamus of the brain and do its thing, burn fat, stop cravings.

Science and big pharma companies have been trying to isolate a way to potently ‘block’ PTP1B in order to restore the powerful fat burning effects of leptin.

Why?

Because it’s the NEXT BIG THING.

One of the most respected naturally minded doctors in the world, Dr. Joseph Mercola, owner of the worlds most popular natural health newsletter and website recently said that,

“Several pharmaceutical companies are already busy at work trying to identify drugs that would make good candidates for inhibition of PTP1B in people.”

Why?

Because it’s the next big thing. We are a nation overweight and getting worse. obesity, huge problem. Diabetes, huge problem.

When it comes to the research and development of leptin and insulin sensitizers there aren’t too many things bigger right now that medical and pharmaceutical research is trending towards.

If they could find an answer to this problem, it would be…you guessed it…huge.

In the labs right now, scientists have been able to block PTP1B in mice and guess what? There is a huge decease in overall body fat and as much as an 80% increased capability for the them to be resensitized to insulin and leptin. And those are THE two master hormones for controlling your weight and metabolism.

But, here’s the kicker… even when the mice were fed high fat diets, they still don’t gain weight.

I think you may be starting to see why this just may be the new ‘holy grail’ of weight loss science.

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