Dijk Miranda van - The Hormone Factor

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Original title: De hormoonfactor

Published by CocoBooks, Amsterdam 2011

All rights reserved.

Overall design: Mischa Smit Kleine, Amsterdam

Editorial guidance: Pim Christiaans

Pictures: Melinda-lou van der Linden, and others

Recipes: Maya Frijn

Supplements advice: Ewoud van de Brug

Translation: Miranda van Dijk

ISBN/EAN: 978-90-79142-08-8

This publication has been compiled with the utmost care. Neither the author, nor the publisher shall be liable though for damages arising from possible inaccuracies and/or omissions in this publication.

In the scientific quest for possible causes of excess weight, the role of hormones is crucial. During recent years it has become apparent that hormones such as insulin, cortisol, testosterone and oestrogen define how fast and where fat is stored; and they also determine how quickly it is being burned and where it will go first. All it takes for you to gain weight is a slight disruption of your precarious hormonal balance. And when you succeed in restoring the hormonal balance, you will quickly reach your optimal weight again.

Ralph Moorman, MSc has united these revolutionary medical perspectives in a complete new approach to losing weight in a safe and healthy way. Whilst most existing diets and weight loss methods just have a temporary effect and could even potentially harm ones health, the hormone balance programme of Moorman has a lasting effect on your weight and will greatly improve ones health. In my capacity as physician specialised in hormones and health, I can assure you that Moormans method may even lead you to feeling more energetic and looking younger.

Many people associate the word hormones with sports doping, bodybuilding and with the risk of getting cancer. However, this relates to artificial, chemically modified hormones that are being administered in alarmingly high doses. This book is all about natural hormones produced by the body itself that serve to protect you against illness and overweight. Moormans advice on nutrition, fitness and relaxation will see to it that these hormones do their job more efficiently. His method is completely safe and very effective.

I perceive The Hormone Factor to be the most significant manual around when it comes to responsible weight management.

Paul Musarella, Physician

Finally, the weight loss method with a lasting effect!

Have you ever wondered why so many people try to lose weight and why so few ever succeed? And if they manage to do so, why their success is often short-lived? Do you also find it odd that there are so many different weight loss and diet strategies out there, whilst one single effective method should suffice though? Have you also noticed that some people can basically stuffthemselves without gaining any weight whereas others already gain weight just by looking at the food? Do you wonder why you gain weight more easily later in life, even though you eat exactly like before and exercise just like you used to, or even slightly more? Is it also a mystery to you that when losing weight, the fat on your tummy is the last to go, if at all?

The answer to all of these questions is surprising: scientists have discovered that the actual cause of excess weight stems from your hormones. Hormones dictate your appetite, your need for exercise and how fast your fat is being burnt. However, it is our modern lifestyle that causes your hormones to be out of balance. Because of this hormonal imbalance, you will start to eat more and exercise less whilst your fat burning slows down. And this in turn, results in you becoming overweight. It thus seems almost impossible to lose weight permanently, as none of the existing diets or weight loss programmes take these latest significant scientific perspectives into consideration.

You probably received various tips through the media, at the gym or during social gatherings on how to lose weight. Every time though, the same story emerges: if you burn more calories than you take in you will lose weight. This sounds logical, because chances are indeed that you will lose weight if you reduce your intake and start exercising like a madman, only to pile it back on again You see, a reduced intake combined with an increased level of exercise requires an unsurpassed discipline which only a few will be able to keep up with. And even if you were to keep up with it, then this approach would still lead to a hormonal imbalance, bringing you back to scratch. Did you know that ninety percent of the people that successfully lose weight are back to their original weight within two years? And that people who often follow a diet, gain more weight in the long run than people who eat their entire life whatever they want?

This is because the old school approach of eating less and exercising more is actually what causes your hormones to be out of balance. As a consequence, the long-term prospect is that you will only become more overweight and unhealthy!