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Struggling to lose weight? STOP dieting like a man! - Daily Mail

Struggling to lose weight? STOP dieting like a man! - Daily Mail

Struggling to lose weight? STOP dieting like a man! - Daily Mail
Oct 17, 2021 2 mins, 30 secs

Few subjects are as misunderstood as women, food and hormones.

As a result, over the past 15 years I’ve been able to help so many women who came to me feeling overtired, cranky, frazzled and — inevitably — lamenting the extra pounds they had put on, despite their best efforts to exercise and eat correctly.

More often than not, these issues start when women enter midlife.

Dr Sara Gottfried (pictured) has devised a new hormone-focused diet, specially for midlife women, that promises to shift excess pounds.

After years of research, I have devised a new hormone-focused diet, tailored specially for midlife women, that promises not only to shift those excess pounds but to allow you finally to feel like yourself again.

They include the hormones involved in satiety (leptin, insulin); hunger (ghrelin, cortisol); female qualities (oestrogen); more masculine qualities (testosterone, which controls vitality and muscle mass); and fat-burning (insulin, growth hormone and cortisol).

Weight can start to pile on because levels of many hormones naturally start to fall in our 20s (testosterone, DHEA), 30s (growth hormone, progesterone) and 40s/50s (oestrogen).

At the same time, other key metabolic hormones — insulin and leptin (and its cousin ghrelin, the hunger hormone) — can rise.

But the relationship is a two-way one: food regulates those metabolic hormones, too.

Dr Sara Gottfried (pictured) said focusing on your hormones can help to improve metabolism, lose fat and maintain healthy body weight by burning rather than storing fat.

I have discovered that when you focus on your hormones, you can improve metabolism, lose fat and finally maintain a healthy body weight by burning rather than storing fat.

It decreases in midlife women — but studies have shown that a 30 to 60-minute sauna raises growth hormone by up to 140 per cent after one session. .

For instance, a ketogenic diet may not provide enough carbohydrates for midlife women.

Carbs help to mitigate the stress response, lower cortisol, boost growth hormone and support thyroid function.

Dr Sara Gottfried (pictured) said eating moderate amounts of protein can help to jump-start growth hormone, testosterone and other metabolic hormones.

You need moderate amounts of protein to help jump-start growth hormone, testosterone and other metabolic hormones.

This ensures that you get the fibre you need to beat your fat hormones and improve weight loss.

Women need to eat more fibre and non-starchy vegetables than men in order to keep them regular — and women need to go to the loo daily to detoxify and reset their hormones.

Your efforts will be rewarded with optimal levels of insulin and growth hormone (and other hormones), fat loss, increased energy and stamina, and other health benefits

One reason why many women struggle to lose weight during the menopause is because this is when your testosterone levels fall precipitously

It’s not just men who need testosterone — it is now recognised as a multi-tasking hormone in women, keeping metabolism strong and reviving flagging libidos

Foods that lower testosterone in women

Adapted by LOUISE ATKINSON from Women, Food And Hormones, by Dr Sara Gottfried (Little, Brown, £14.99), out now

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