Hormonal imbalance hampers weight loss process

December 1, 2005

Research findings suggest that our body weight is monitored by a complex network of hormonal and metabolic systems. After weight loss, the body may interpret a newly acquired physique as deficient in the hormone leptin and start working on processes to restore the body to its previous weight.

Leptin is a hormone commonly associated with obesity that plays a key role in regulating weight and appetite. The findings suggests that the metabolic and hormonal changes that normally works against weight gain starts restoring the lost weight once the leptin levels of the body is restored. The hormonal imbalance makes weight loss a distant affair.

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