According to some articles by Dr. Sharleen Sidhu, Tanvi Parikh and colleagues on the National Library of Medicine, the phenomenon of weight gain is closely related to hormonal changes. of body. Meanwhile, women's bodies are susceptible to hormonal changes for many different reasons, such as puberty, stress, pregnancy, menopause... To help women better understand their bodies, this article Our article below will explain this issue more clearly, please follow along!

Causes of weight gain in women's bodies

Weight gain is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. In particular, the energy intake through food is more than the amount consumed by the body, leading to cells creating more fat tissue. Over the past decades, there have been many in-depth studies showing that hormones have an extremely important relationship with weight, specifically the phenomenon of weight gain.

Mechanism of endocrine weight gain in women

For the female body, the hormones estrogen and progesterone greatly affect the production of serotonin - a neurotransmitter that creates a feeling of comfort and relaxation. This active ingredient, in addition to affecting mood, is also related to metabolism in the body. The hormone Serotonin causes the body to spend less energy, less calories are consumed and instead are stored in fat tissue.

On the other hand, estrogen is related to the formation of subcutaneous fat, testosterone increases muscle and visceral fat. An imbalance between estrogen and testosterone can increase excess fat in the abdominal area. Progesterone has the effect of reducing feelings of anxiety. When this hormone is lacking, the body is susceptible to depression, stress and increased appetite.

Endocrine disorders that affect weight do not naturally appear in women's bodies. Depending on each stage of development and reproduction, this disorder occurs, such as puberty, pregnancy, prolonged stress, pregnancy, postpartum, menopause...

Causes of endocrine disorders depend on each stage of a woman's life

Normally, in healthy adult women's bodies, endocrine failure does not occur frequently. However, some of the following stages or problems can affect the endocrine system, typically:

• Adolescent: Girls' bodies begin to produce reproductive hormones, so the regulation between estrogen and progesterone may not be as stable as adults.
• Prolonged nervous tension, insomnia: Prolonged mental stress makes the body need to eat more, especially foods containing sugar and fat.
• Pregnant: Pregnancy leads to reproductive hormones being imbalanced according to each stage of fetal development. Besides, other factors such as lifestyle and diet also contribute to weight gain during pregnancy. Some women gain weight during pregnancy that continues until after giving birth.
• After birth: Breastfeeding and caring for newborns often cause mothers to experience hormonal imbalance. Besides, postpartum stress can also be a combined factor that makes weight gain more serious. The mentality of eating a lot of nutritious foods to "good milk" for the baby also makes pregnant mothers easily lose weight control.
• Perimenopause and menopause: During menopause, the production of reproductive hormones is significantly reduced, which is also a signal that women's fertility is gradually ending.
• Other causes: Thyroid disease, birth control pills, and Cushing's syndrome are also causes of weight gain due to decreased hormones.

Other causes of weight gain in women

In addition to the cause of weight gain due to endocrine disorders mentioned above, women's bodies also gain weight due to a number of other reasons, including:

• Sitting in one place, sedentary: In modern life, many women have jobs as office workers and are sedentary. When the body has little need to consume calories but the amount of food consumed is still high, the excess calories will be stored in fat tissue.

• Fluid retention due to heart, kidney or liver disease: Rapid weight gain may be due to cells retaining water. This phenomenon is called edema and mainly occurs in the limbs, face or abdomen. This abnormal weight gain is often quite dangerous because it is related to diseases such as heart failure, kidney or liver disease or medication use. Therefore, you need to see a doctor for examination when your body shows signs of unusual weight gain.

• Use medicine: Some medications that cause fluid retention such as corticosteroids, antidepressants or antipsychotics can cause fluid retention, causing weight gain.

Expert advice on how to lose weight safely at home

Typically, there are three levels of weight control, including lifestyle changes, alternative medicine (as prescribed by your doctor), and pharmaceutical support combined with surgery. If women want to lose weight at home, choosing to adjust their lifestyle is always a top priority. In some cases, the combination of changing diet and exercise can be combined with supporting pharmaceuticals, specifically as follows:

Change to a healthier lifestyle

Changing lifestyle, eating and exercise to correct weight gain is the least risky way but requires a high level of self-discipline. However, the great benefits of a healthy lifestyle do not just stop at safe weight loss, but it also helps the body become healthier and less sick. Basically, women need to make adjustments around:

• Diet needs to be more reasonable: Reducing foods high in sugar, starch and fat is always the advice of nutrition experts. Eating properly isn't about how little you eat, it's about consuming fewer calories than you burn. Foods such as vegetables, white meat (like chicken breast), beans, mushrooms... are healthy sources of nutrition that are worth trying.

• Practice sports: Regular exercise habits can help women not only in losing weight but also in regulating their psychology and physiology. Exercises such as yoga, cardio, jogging, and jumping rope help consume energy and stimulate the body to secrete happy hormones. Every day, people who exercise only need to spend about 30 minutes doing sports activities to improve the amount of fat in their body.

• Go to bed early, get psychological treatment if you feel stressed for a long time: Reading books and exercising gently before bed can help you sleep deeper. For stress caused by studying or working, seeing a psychologist can be effective.

Use endocrine regulating pills

In some cases, women can use endocrine regulating pills to lose weight. However, this pill is usually only used if the main cause of weight gain is endocrine. The two main types of pills that many people use include phytoestrogen herbal supplements and hormone regulation pills:

• Phytoestrogen herbal supplements: This pill has plant estrogen as its main ingredient and is effective primarily in postmenopausal women who test for low estrogen levels. However, the disadvantage of this product is that it is not effective in other stages of endocrine disorders such as puberty.
• Hormone regulating herbal extract pills: Some active ingredients such as evening primrose oil, libifem, vitamin E, rose extract... can help the entire endocrine system work more effectively. This balance is not only on estrogen but also on progesterone. Besides, herbal pills are considered safe and have less potential risk than medication.

LadySavior endocrine improvement pill product

LadySavior endocrine improvement pills are produced from the VenusRoses brand - Europe on a closed production line, at a factory meeting GMP-EU standards specifically for women with hormone deficiency. The product extracted from fenugreek seeds contains libifem - a mixture of saponins with a structure similar to hormones.

According to research by Gencor Group - USA, clinically performed on 200 women, fenugreek extract has the ability to improve hormones. Specifically, symptoms due to decreased endocrine function such as hot flashes, sweating, decreased libido and weight gain are all improved during the use of this active ingredient. In another RCT study by Steels of Australia in 2017, 115 women 40 - 65 years old used fenugreek extract for 12 weeks, showing that this active ingredient helps reduce hot flashes and sweating. Women's quality of life is also improved in terms of psychology and physical activity.

Currently, LadySavior products are used to help improve hormone levels to reduce women's problems such as:

• Reduce abnormal weight gain due to endocrine failure.
• Menstrual conditioning.
• Enhance female physiological function.
• Reduces hot flashes, stress, dizziness, and prolonged insomnia.
• Helps reduce skin aging such as dark spots, wrinkles, sagging skin, and lack of vitality.

The pill not only has many functions to improve hormones but is also highly safe. Users can take the product at any time of the day and are not dependent on meals. With only 1 pill/day and the recommended usage time of 3 months, health conditions caused by decreased endocrine function are alleviated.

Phenomena weight gain Due to decreased hormones, many women can have low self-esteem. However, this is not a serious problem or cannot be improved. Therefore, we hope that our sharing above can help you better understand this issue and have a healthier, happier life.

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