Spare tire got you feeling deflated? A functional medicine specialist says a hormonal imbalance could be to blame for your weight troubles. Dr. Pranav Vyas, a chiropractor and acupuncturist in the Chicago suburbs, is sharing five signs that your weight loss struggles may be hormone-related.
“If you have any one of these or a combination of some of these, well, then it makes sense to look at your hormones as the source of your weight problems,” Vyas said on TikTok . You’ve put in the effort — with nothing to show for it “The first sign is that you’re having trouble losing the weight,” Vyas said. “You know, you’ve tried all the fad diets and the influencer workouts, and you’re still having trouble losing the weight.
” Hormones are chemicals produced by the body that regulate metabolism, growth, reproduction and other processes. Heathline reports that nine hormones significantly affect weight — insulin, leptin, ghrelin , cortisol , estrogen, neuropeptide Y, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), cholecystokinin (CCK) and peptide YY (PYY). For its part, cortisol is the primary stress hormone.
Cortisol can slow your metabolism and trigger cravings, so you may not see weight loss results when stressed out . You’ve got a beer belly or muffin top Vyas warns of a “midsection fat pouch” that’s tough to shed. For men, this could be due to a decrease in testosterone.
Testosterone is key to maintaining muscle mass — muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tis.
