Nutrition and Weight loss
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Nutrition and Weightloss
Do you struggle with your weight?
When it comes to losing weight and getting in shape, people put a lot of thought into the goal they're working towards. It may come as no surprise that one of the most important things you can do for weight management is figure out what a healthy diet looks like for you—plus how to keep up with it over time. In addition to your diet there are also other factors that need to be considered in weightloss. Stress and nervous system, thyroid function, gut function, sex hormones and liver function are also important factors that need to be considered. Weight loss will become a by-product of becoming healthy.
Holistically these are what we need to consider for weight loss.
The calorie equation is the food consumed compared to the energy used.
The macro nutrients including protein, fats and carbohydrates (fibre) and the portion sizes need to be observed
Your thyroid health, do you have an under active thyroid?
Is You liver functioning optimally?
Are your sex hormones in balanced?
How is your gut health?
Are you managing your stress levels or is your cortisol high and potentially affecting your weight?
Are you sleeping for 8 hours? Yes this can affect how your metabolism?
Do you have nutrient deficiency’s??
Are you building enough muscle to burn fat?
Are you consuming enough protein?
With weight loss this is why holistic nutrition consultations are essential. We look at every aspect of your health? Lets dive into the above more.
Hypothyroid
Your thyroid does need to be supported and investigated if you struggle to loose weight. Many women experience an under active thyroid. The hormones your thyroid gland releases help regulate your metabolism, or how efficiently your body burns food for energy. When your thyroid makes less of its hormones as it does in hypothyroidism and your metabolism slows down.
Liver function
Most people don’t think about liver health in terms of weight loss, but the liver is responsible for helping metabolize fat. It produces bile, which breaks down fat while also working like a filter to clean toxins out of our blood, helping us feel energized. Optimizing your liver health can help you lose weight and meet your athletic goals. Supporting your liver is important to consider in weight loss
Sex hormones
Some forms of estrogen are linked with how the body controls weight gain. As such, any changes in their levels could then lead to changes in body weight.
Gut Health
Gut bacteria play several important roles in your health, such as communicating with your immune system and producing certain vitamins. Your gut bacteria can also affect how different foods are digested and produce chemicals that help make you feel full. As a result, they can affect your weight. Two gut bacteria are associated with lean body weight. Akkermansia muciniphila and Christensenella minuta are good gut bacteria for weight loss because they are linked with preventing weight gain and are often found in slim individuals.
Nervous System -Stress and cortisol
Cortisol is actually beneficial for us in the short-term; it gives us a burst of strength, energy, focus, and even temporarily boosts our immune system. However, our daily fast-paced lives means that cortisol is being released all day long, day after day. This bulid up of daily stress and the stimulation of cortisol throws our blood sugar level out of whack, interrupts our sleep (ever had that “tired but wired” feeling?!), leads to feelings of anxiety and depression, and affects wound healing.
Cortisol also increases our blood sugar level temporarily, giving us quick energy to “fight-or-flight” the stressor at hand. Unfortunately, this rise is quickly followed by a blood sugar drop, which leaves us feeling tired, hangry (hungry and angry), craving sugar, and more stress. Reducing our daily stress through daily practices of meditation, yoga, time in nature and yes reducing that coffee will help you nervous system in feeling calmer but also assist you with your weightloss.
Sleep
Cutting back on sleep can affect how you loose fat, according to a new study. When dieters got a full night's sleep, more than half of the weight they lost was fat. When they cut back on their sleep, only one-fourth of their weight loss came from fat. Sleep-deprived dieters also felt hungrier, producing higher levels of ghrelin, a hormone that triggers hunger and reduces energy expenditure.
With weight loss this is why holistic nutrition consultations are essential. We look at every aspect of your health? Weight loss will become a by-product of becoming healthy.
Please dont take nutrition advice from online influences, peoples personal perspective and personal trainers. Nutrition is not a one size fits all approach. Nutritionist have extensive training in health biology and nutritional biochemistry.
If you struggle with weight inquire with Vanessa for a clinical nutrition consultation.