Episode #011 - How Hormones Affect Your Body Shape

Hormones play a vital role in the health of our bodies and particular body shapes for that matter. It’s true, studies support hormones effect on body shape and how it can be a controlling factor in weight loss. Knowing your body and learning what it takes for a body to be healthy comes down to educating yourself. There’s nothing more important than staying healthy. Some may find it extremely hard to lose weight and this means they are unhealthy.Trista Polo and Dr. Raj Banerjee sit down in this podcast and discuss more about hormones effect on body shape and how it can effect weight loss. They will also talk about synthesized hormones found in foods and pesticides that mimic actions of natural hormones, causing a disruption in hormone signals.Glands are hormone receptors that send and receive signals or cellular instructions that tell cells how to function and what to do. These can become inactive or stop correctly receiving messages for a number of reasons. There are six fat burning hormones in the body that tell certain glands to activate the fat burning process. Raj Banerjee explains what glands and hormones are and their unique functions.Meet Your GlandsGlands work hand-in-hand with hormones in effectively sending and receiving messages from areas in the body detailing procedures for cells to follow. For example, the adrenal gland is responsible for the sending and receiving of the adrenaline hormone for stress.Glands are like governors for areas in the body and duties include effectively controlling their areas and properly sending and receiving messages for stimulated responses. Picture yourself in your car driving. For two blocks a police officer has been following you. When you make a turn onto a street, the officer turns his lights on. In most cases your adrenal gland will trigger a hormonal response and produce the stress or anxiety hormone during the situation for potential fear of getting a ticket or some other reprimand.In a healthy body, glands and hormones seamlessly communicate to keep the body in shape and healthy. Glands play a major role in regulating the areas of our body and if it cannot effectively receive and send messages, then hormones effect on body shape will show.Welcome To Hormone EducationHormones are the basically the chemical messengers in the body. Glands produce a message through the pituitary gland for instance. The message is sent through the bloodstream and with travel to a different region in the body and will cause some effect. Hormones are extremely beneficial and are key components in maintaining a healthy body.It is known that there are over 600 different hormones in the body the individually have unique functions in particular regions of the body. Hormones are triggered by different activities and conditions. For example, exercising creates a fat-burning effect that can hang around for 48 hours after the exercise activity. It is known as the after-burn effect.Imagine how you communicate with your peers. It’s generally by words, right? Well hormones are just like a language, except it is the language of the body. Hormones tell the body what to do and consists of millions of effects every day. Hormones tell your body to burn fat, store fat, when you’re hungry, when you’re sleepy, how fast hair and bones grow, and several other commands. Dr. Raj Banerjee takes the time to explain hormones effect on body shape.Trista Polo and Raj Banerjee do more the skim the surface. They dive deep into discussion on hormones effect on body shape and other variables that play a role on losing weight:- Health differences between hormone free meat and normal grocery store meat- Effects of toxins on how the body sends and receives hormonal messages- The communicable abilities the glands and hormones seamlessly shareLearn More on Supporting Healthy HormonesIf you want to educate yourself on how glands work with hormones to effectively keep the body healthy, then Dr. Raj Banerjee can clear the confusion as he shares his knowledge on losing weight and the role hormones play. Spend 20 minutes and listen to the entire podcast as Trista Polo and Dr. Raj Banerjee go into detail on everything you need to know about fat loss.Listen in each week as Trista Polo and Dr. Raj Banerjee discuss the health crisis we are in today and what you can do to reclaim your health and your life. Dr. Banerjee, a leading health expert is the creator of the “Take Control of Your Health Webinar”, a free webinar that concentrates on belly fat, hormones and stress. Register for the free seminar at www.getleantoday.com Integrative Health Care of St. Louis LLC1115 Olivette Executive Pkwy