How Your Appetite Is Affected By Your Hormones

View the Show Notes For This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal Get Ad-free Episodes & Dr. Hyman+ Audio Exclusives Our hormones coordinate many different functions in our body and control everything from our metabolism to our sexual function, circadian rhythms, and mood. These chemical messengers also play a big role when it comes to our appetites. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking about two lesser-known hormones, leptin and ghrelin, which you may not have heard of before but that have a direct impact on our body and health.  This episode is brought to you by Mitopure, Rupa Health, and Seed. Support essential mitochondrial health and save 30% on Mitopure. Visit TimelineNutrition.com/Drhyman and use code DRHYMAN30. Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com today. Seed is offering my community 25% off to try DS-01® for themselves. Visit seed.com/hyman and use code HYMAN25 for 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. In this episode, I discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Why are so many people overweight? (3:29 / 1:36) What do leptin and ghrelin regulate in our bodies? (4:20 / 2:27) What happens when your leptin and ghrelin levels are out of whack? (6:27 / 4:35) Strategies to keep your leptin and ghrelin levels balanced and healthy (12:02 / 8:46) Mentioned in this episode The Fat Resistance Diet by Dr. Leo Galland Force of Nature FOOD: What the Heck Should I Eat?