Weight Loss Hormone

It is called Lepin and it tells your brain to suppress hunger.

Leptin is a chemical that could be the "master hormone" for your appetite. Produced in the body's fat cells, leptin travels to the brain after a meal to suppress hunger. As the meal is digested, leptin levels fall and appetite rebuilds.

This system can be easily disrupted. A major culprit?- Elevated triglycerides in the blood, which prevent leptin from reaching the brain, allowing hunger feelings to persist.

Here is how you can takes steps to bathe your brain in leptin

-Eat foods low in triglyceridws: be wary of foods high in dairy fat (like whole milk and ice cream) which is 95% triglycerides

-Get hooked on fish oil: It may lower triglycerides and also facilitate leptin's passage to the brain

-Exercise- regular activity lowers triglycerides and helps the brain absorb more leptin

-Sleep about 8 hours- anything less is associated with lower levels of leptin in the blood and brain


An additional bonus to maintaining robust levels of leptin in the brain is a flatter belly. When appetite (and thus food intake is suppressedby leptin, the body first turns to its most readily available source of body fat, which is stored around the belly, for fuel.