Women over 40 go through severe hormone changes. If you want to lose weight permanently as a woman over 40 you should pay some attention to insulin. It can prevent your ability to lose weight permanen

Women over 40 go through severe hormone changes. If you are a woman over 40 and you want to lose weight permanently, an important hormone to look at is insulin. Insulin has a large impact on if you are capable to lose weight permanently- and might make you fat instead. Do you know why?

The pancreas is hugely involved in governing blood sugar levels and digestion. Insulin is emitted from the pancreas. Numerous hormones increase your blood sugar level- growth hormones, adrenalin, glucagon, just to mention a few. High blood sugar (hyperglycemia) is related to health hazards, such as diabetes. So all of these hormones are able to increase your blood sugar level what is not good for you.

Just one hormone assists you to have lower blood sugar levels- insulin. Insulin scales down blood sugar levels. Therefore it is important to balance your blood sugar.

After eating, sugar is entering the blood stream- for example as a consequence of digesting starchy foods. To deliver energy to your body, this blood sugar needs to go into the cells of your body. Insuline helps this process: Sugar goes from the blood into the cells where it can be burned.

Insulin has more tasks to do. To store fatty acids, it helps in getting the fat into the fat cells to store it. In addition, it prevents burning fat. Insulin helps the body to store fat as energy required for starving periods. Today, we do not face this threat any longer- but the fat storing mechanisms are still in place.

Too much insulin contributes to belly fat, being overweight and diabetes, disorder in fat metabolism, heart attacks and strokes.

The endocrine system in women over 40 can get out of balance much easier than in women of younger age. If you are a woman over 40, you need to look at your insulin level. There are two major errors in nutrition contributing to a high insulin level:

1. High glycemic index (GI). The easier sugar contained in food enters the blood, the faster and higher the insulin level rises. The gycemic index (GI) measures how easy sugar from digestion moves into the blood. Cakes, most sweets, white bread and rice or sweet fruits are popular foods with a high GI. In general, the more processed a food is, the higher it's GI is. Avoid foods containing syrup, fructose, saccharose etc.
   


2. Eating artificial sweeteners fools your mind into thinking sugar has entered the blood stream. The insulin level advances, and, as you know by now, you will burn less fat because of that. Diet sodas can not contribute to losing weight permanently because of this effect.
   

Additionally, if you're eating too much fat a high insulin level will cause the fat to be stored in fat cells- making it impossible to lose weight permanently over 40.

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