Flora Jennings - Leptin Resistance: A Complete Read On Leptin Diet With Leptin Recipes

Introduction

Chapter 1: About Leptin and Leptin Resistance

Chapter 2: About the Leptin Diet

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Snacks:

Chapter 3: Recipes for a Leptin Diet

Spinach and berry smoothie

Quinoa and lentil salad

Berry and banana smoothie

Overnight oatmeal

Kale salad

Green tea smoothie

Kale chips

Cauliflower and sweet potato soup

Brussels sprouts

Tropical smoothie

Conclusion

M ost people are going through each day struggling to get ahead. They want to do better than others or just somehow get better themselves. This applies to just about every part of their life and it can get too much at some point. And the worst mistake that you can make at this point is to focus on other things and completely disregard the thing that you should pay the most attention to.

You couldnt possibly enjoy the benefits of the good life you are working towards if you dont have a healthy body. As more and more people have started becoming conscious of their health, the more they have realized how hard it can be to get into shape. This is where we will make the struggle easier for you. If you want to get your body into shape and lose any unwanted weight, this book has just the right tips for you.

To be precise we will tell you about the hormone leptin that plays a major role on your body. As you learn more about it, you can then learn how to control it to a proper balance. Along with the recipes that will help you, you can get your health on track much faster than a lot of other fad diets that havent really worked. So read on and take a look at the effect of leptin resistance on your body.

W hile some of you might be familiar with the term, some of you might have heard of leptin for the first time. Let us first take a look into what leptin exactly is and then learn more about leptin resistance. Getting to know more about the substance itself will also help to a large extent.

Firstly, leptin is a hormone that is produced by the adipose cells in your body. It helps in the balancing of energy by inhibiting hunger. By this function it counteracts against the hunger hormone, ghrelin. The balance between these two will affect the balance of energy in your body. The problem arises when your brain becomes less sensitive to the action of leptin and this is called leptin resistance. This decreased sensitivity is seen commonly in people with excessive weight or obesity. Even though there is a lot of energy that should be sufficient for the body, it is not detected and you will still feel hungry. This is why you dont feel sated with the proper quantity of food and this is what leads to weight gain due to overeating.

The actual problem is that people who are overweight usually have a lot of leptin but they are suffering from leptin resistance, which is similar to insulin resistance. The hormone is present but their body isnt responding to it like it should. If your body has low levels of leptin, you will enjoy your eating process more. However when it is high, your body is somehow supposed to find the idea of eating food unappealing. However, this fails to happen in leptin resistance. Your brain is supposed to get the signal that your leptin level is high but this doesnt happen and you tend to get obese because of the lack of this stop signal. However, the point of what we will tell you is that when you can identify the problem, it is easier to solve or deal with it.

The specific cause for leptin resistance cannot be identified yet but there are certain factors that can. Firstly the leptin is not reaching the targets that it should in order to have control on your appetite. The other reason could be that the receptors themselves are not functioning properly even though leptin is reaching them. Because of all this, leptin resistant people feel hungry more often and eat more than usual. This is why you need to learn how to control such cravings and prevent obesity or excessive weight gain.

Following certain steps and a good diet meant for this will go a long way. Being more conscious about what, how and when you eat will help you in gaining back good health and losing unwanted weight from your body. However you also need to understand that obese people are not usually deficient in leptin because the more fat you have, the more leptin is also produced. The problem is the resistance to this leptin that your body has developed. While some people might be deficient and get better with more leptin, others usually cant get treated this way. Instead, deal with your leptin resistance in other ways.

For instance, if you reduce the insulin resistance in your body, your leptin resistance is also lower. This can be done by eating less sugar and reducing the insulin levels in your body. Insulin resistance will get lowered by this method. You also need to reduce the triglyceride levels in your body if they are high. Even high levels of this can interfere with the action of leptin. Thus, lowering your triglyceride level will help leptin reach and work on the appropriate receptors.

Leptin is not just important for weight loss though it can help a great deal. The hormone is shown to have a positive role in heart health as well as bone issues. Inflammation is an issue in cardiovascular diseases and is affected by leptin resistance.

If the leptin does its work, your bones are also stronger and healthier. Your immune system will also work better if the leptin hormone works properly. There is more research being done on how leptin works and can affect your body. However, the main point to be noted is that you need to start getting more conscious about leptin and leptin resistance in your body. Making the right changes in your diet and lifestyle can help you overcome any such issues quite successfully in a short time.

N ow that you are more familiar with leptin and how it works, you can move on to the rest. You now have a good grasp on how leptin works and how leptin resistance affects your body. Keeping this is mind; it is time to d something about it. Controlling the leptin in your body will help you in losing a lot of the unwanted weight that leptin resistance causes you to gain. Instead of struggling with diets that dont work and starving yourself, you can now actually see some results. You will soon see yourself lose weight, get back in shape and feel much more energetic. While you are on a leptin diet, it is important to be conscious of what you eat, how much and also when you eat. Controlling these three things is what is going to make a lot of difference.

Factors that lead to leptin resistance:

• High levels of fructose in your diet like high fructose corn syrup.
• High levels of stress.
• Inadequate sleep or sleep deprivation.
• Excessive simple carbohydrates in your diet.
• Spike in insulin levels.
• Excessive leptin consumption.
• High levels of grain consumption.
• More exercise than your body can withstand.

Making certain things a habit and improving your diet will help you improve the leptin response in your body.

Avoid or stop eating after dinner. Those midnight cravings are something to be curbed and not given in to. They might have been your favourite way to distress but it really isnt doing your body any good. The later you eat, the higher the chances are of your body storing those calories as fat. This one step will reduce your weight gain a lot.