There was some chatter about my blog not being in my 'usual voice' - well we've still got some 'setting the scene' to do before I can let loose on you! However, here's a little taster...
*BAD TASTE JOKE ALERT* - you have been warned so no complaints!
What's a hormone?
The noises you hear from a prostitute when you refuse to pay her!
OK - it was bad I know! So back to business...
Hormone Definition (via google): A regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
The hormone we want to consider here specifically is, insulin and what it does, before looking at how it might, via the food you eat, be working against your weight loss goals tomorrow.
So what does it do then...
Well, before your first bite of food, if you even begin thinking about food your body will begin to secrete insulin it's getting ready to grab the sugars in what you eat and store them as fat if they can't immediately be used for energy.
You see sugar (glucose) in large quantities is actually toxic so the insulin is both protecting you from being poisoned and storing energy for later. Oh and all food is digested into it's basic components so we're not just talking added sugar but all sugars from all food sources.
This is a normal, natural process but when it goes wrong it can stop you losing fat even if you reduce your food intake substantially - like I was saying earlier, that expected in/out relationship with calories may not hold.
Tomorrow we'll look at both what goes wrong and why it might happen...
*BAD TASTE JOKE ALERT* - you have been warned so no complaints!
What's a hormone?
The noises you hear from a prostitute when you refuse to pay her!
OK - it was bad I know! So back to business...
Hormone Definition (via google): A regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
The hormone we want to consider here specifically is, insulin and what it does, before looking at how it might, via the food you eat, be working against your weight loss goals tomorrow.
So what does it do then...
Well, before your first bite of food, if you even begin thinking about food your body will begin to secrete insulin it's getting ready to grab the sugars in what you eat and store them as fat if they can't immediately be used for energy.
You see sugar (glucose) in large quantities is actually toxic so the insulin is both protecting you from being poisoned and storing energy for later. Oh and all food is digested into it's basic components so we're not just talking added sugar but all sugars from all food sources.
This is a normal, natural process but when it goes wrong it can stop you losing fat even if you reduce your food intake substantially - like I was saying earlier, that expected in/out relationship with calories may not hold.
Tomorrow we'll look at both what goes wrong and why it might happen...
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