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A diet high in simple, refined carbohydrates and saturated fats over stimulates oestrogenic activity and fat cells. When deficient in vitamin B6, these fat laden cells swell up with fluid. The fatter you get, the more oestrogen you make out of androgenic hormones like testosterone. Often men fall prey to excess oestrogen and have only their eating habits to blame. Excessive oestrogen shuts down thyroid activity and your system becomes sluggish and more resistant to exercise or any form of fuel burning. Hormones can make you fat! It gets worse when insulin resistance sets in due to an excessive and almost continuous intake of sugar and refined starches. When cortisol activity increases as a reaction to prolonged stress signals your waistline expands. Inflammatory responses and systemic acidity take their toll. By eating comfort foods like chocolate and craving more sugar in search of elusive "energy" you become morbidly obese. When insulin; the sugar processing hormone, cannot pump glucose into hungry cells it converts glucose into triglycerides to reduce blood sugar levels. Up goes the blood pressure, but do you really think this is from hardened arteries? Not yet. But blood vessels that are damaged due to vitamin deficiencies do make use cholesterol for repair work. It is odd to be asked: "I am on blood pressure and cholesterol medication and I take Glucophage for my blood sugar. I am overweight so would your slimming product conflict with my prescription?" These are the classic 4 symptoms of insulin resistance known as syndrome X. How funny, then to think that the first warning signal is usually elevated blood pressure and one expects a heart medication instead of hormonal investigation. At this stage caloric restriction, low fat and whole grains will not get the hormonal cavalcade back into line. Stress starvation also sets in and reactive weight gain is the result, especially if you take appetite suppressants. The most popular letters I receive come from frustrated people who have "tried every diet and slimming product". There is no diet that will work for everybody. Don't be fooled by claims! When suffering from an allergenic addiction to soft drinks, chocolates and cookies full of wheat can any of us really eat the foods we love? To seriously slim down requires a firm mind set and commitment to continue the discipline regardless of excuses. You also have to undertake detoxification protocols prior to embarking on a diet. An eating plan that really suits your body type as well as blood type, hormonal requirements and lifestyle is a specialised undertaking. If you are serious about your condition then it is best to consult with a registered Dietician or Naturopath to do the fine tuning. Medications begin to clash with dietary improvements or supplements that lower blood sugar or blood pressure naturally. Experts need to wean you off the drugs instead of dismissing the natural solutions to syndrome X. Regular monitoring of your progress will give you courage as well as confidence. Doctors are not supposed to prescribe medications or hormones if the patient's kidneys or liver are not healthy or there is a history of heart disease. But do they? Are you warned about the side effects - weight gain, bloating or blood thickening? This is why your food needs to become your medicine and that includes the way it affects your hormones. The more your selection suits you, the better you will look and feel. After detoxification we can begin to load the correct food and micronutrients into a clean body with a healthy liver, digestive system and kidneys. Author: Sue Visser Sue Visser is a health researcher and product developer for Nature Fresh Health Products. She developed MEGASLIM, a herbal treatment to deal with hormonal issues that cause weight gain. The three ladies used for the trials lost a shared toltal of over 50kg in less than 12 weeks. Sue also recommends the use of Coleus Forskholii to speed up the metabolism. By eating food that suits your blood type people also notice a steady weight loss. Sue is author of the book: HEALTHY HAPPT EATING for all blood types. For more information and access to email Q & A sessions with Sue visit the website below. View Count: 83
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