Leptin Resistance
Triglycerides are the chemical form in which most fat exists in
food as well as in the body. They're also transported in blood plasma like
cholesterol.
Triglycerides in blood plasma come from fats eaten in foods or
are made in the body from other energy sources like carbohydrates, especially
sugars. When you eat food and it isn’t needed immediately for energy, it is
converted to triglycerides and transported to fat cells to be stored. If the
body needs energy between meals, it releases hormones that trigger the release
of triglycerides from fat tissue.
Higher than necessary levels of triglycerides cause many
health problems, including causing fat storage. This is because triglycerides
bind to leptin making the leptin invisible to the brain by preventing it from
crossing the blood-brain barrier
The leptin receptors are found in the brain and when leptin
binds to the receptor, it sends signals into the brain. The first signal is to
stop hunger and suppress appetite and the next signal is to trigger an increase
in metabolism to burn calories and fat from the food that was just eaten. But
if the receptors can’t bind to the leptin then these signals won’t happen, and
one of the things that interferes with this binding is triglycerides. This is
one of the causes of Leptin Resistance.
When a person has a resistance to leptin, it takes more food to
satisfy their appetite and their metabolism slows down and doesn’t burn the fat
and calories quickly enough, which of course causes weight gain.
This would make people think that the best course of action
then would be to follow a low carbohydrate diet, but unfortunately, most of the
low carbohydrate diets on the market are too high in “bad” fats, which in turn
triggers a resistance to leptin. So although eating less processed carbohydrates is
your best plan of action, you have to make sure that you are eating a high level
of nutrient-rich food and eliminate processed foods and high “bad” fat foods
totally from your diet.
Research has shown that leptin resistance can develop without you
knowing it by eating lots of sugar and then when you start to eat a high fat,
high calorie diet, the leptin resistance results in weight and fat gain. This
Liver Detox Diet program solves this problem because it focuses on eating highly
nutritious food that includes lots of healthy essential fatty acids. This not
only stops food cravings, but leaves you feeling fuller for longer.
Insulin resistance is when your body produces enough insulin
to control blood glucose levels, but the body has developed a resistance to it
and the insulin cannot bind to the insulin receptor properly. This causes the
body to excrete more and more insulin until finally the body can clear out the
excess blood glucose. If this goes on for too long, eventually insulin
resistance will turn into diabetes.
Insulin resistance triggers a vicious cycle that looks
something like this:
Insulin resistance
--> causes high blood sugar
levels --> which causes high cortisol levels --> which promotes fat storage -->
which triggers inflammation --> which triggers leptin resistance -->
which causes more weight gain … and on and on and on.
The “Diet Free … At Last!” e-book goes into extensive
explanations about insulin resistance and diabetes, and yes, you get it free
with this Liver Detox Diet program!
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