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Ovary Body Type Symptoms
Weight gain in hips, thighs and buttocks, with a lower stomach bulge
History of PMS
Weight gain or bloating around that time of the month
Ovarian cysts
Cyclic fatigue
Cyclic brain fog
Cyclic pain in the lower back or hips
Cyclic pain in the knee
Cyclic lack of libido
Infertility
Hot flashes
Night sweats
Vaginal dryness
Cyclic acne
Cyclic mood swings
Extra painful cramps
Excessive menstrual bleeding
Cyclic constipation
Cyclic thinning of the hair
Depression during menstrual cycle
Cravings at certain times of the month
There Are Four Different Body Shapes, Each Influenced by Hormones. Many people think that the shape of the body is purely genetic and …
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The Menopause Backup Organ
During menopause the ovaries shut down. When this occurs the adrenal glands kick in and begin producing hormones similar to those the ovaries once produced, only in smaller quantities because the woman will not be giving birth. This fact is rarely known by the layperson. If the adrenal glands are weak or sluggish during menopause, they cannot act as the ovaries’ backup organ and a person will usually start to have problems such as weight gain, hot flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness.
A small part of the …
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Causes of the Ovary Body Type
Ovaries are very sensitive to environmental hormones. Environmental hormones are those that come from birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and other external supplies of hormones that enter the body. Growth hormones fed to beef, poultry and farm-raised fish are in this category. Chemicals that mimic hormones, such as pesticides and DDT, also affect the ovaries, uterus and breasts. Because the ovaries produce estrogen, when these external estrogens not produced by the body enter the system, the ovaries’ own production becomes disrupted.
This can create …
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More Essential Rules and Examples of Eating for Hormone Health:
Avoid gland blockers
Avoid caffeinated beverages and foods (coffee, soda, sports drinks, diet pills, energy drinks and chocolate).
Eat at least 50 percent organic and hormone-free foods. Avoid packaged or boxed foods with lots of chemicals. Avoid soy products, which are usually genetically modified. If you are on medications, you need to compensate and eat even more raw vegetables (cruciferous and beets are best).
Avoid water retainers
Avoid anything with MSG, including hidden sources under other names. Monosodium glutamate is abundant in many restaurant foods, …
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Essential Rules and Examples
Avoid sugar, sweet fruits, grains and starches
Avoid sweeteners, candy, juice, and sugar in yogurt (vanilla too). The only acceptable sweeteners in very small amounts are stevia, raw honey, Tupelo honey or agave nectar but it’s recommended to avoid these until you achieve significant weight loss.
Avoid sweet fruits bananas, dates, figs, raisins, mangoes, canned fruits and dried fruits. You can have higher fiber fruits and berries but only one-third of the amount of vegetables you eat.
Avoid grains breads, pasta, crackers, cereal and others. Oatmeal and brown rice are …
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The first one is growth hormone. Remember that this is the antiaging, fat-burning, lean-body-mass-producing hormone, which also helps prevent the breakdown of proteins like your bones, muscles, hair, skin and nails. It is stimulated by intense exercise (anaerobic) only. This hormone works through the liver.
The second one is glucagon. This is the opposing hormone to insulin, which gives the cells fuel between meals and is also fat burning. It too works through the liver and is stimulated only by intense exercise.
The third one is testosterone. This hormone is made by …
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To use exercise to trigger fat-burning hormones, it is important to discuss the variables of exercise:
1) Intensity (the power behind the exercise) and difficulty
2) Frequency
3) Duration (total time of exercise)
4) Type
5) Rest (The goal is to use exercise strategically to maximize and keep your body in fat burning and minimize fat-making stress hormones.)
Today we will discuss 3 -5: Duration, Type, and Rest.
Duration
The actual duration of exercise is also key. If you are being intense and doing it for a long time, you will automatically nullify fat-burning …
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Principle #5: (from the 7 Principles of Fat Burning Dr. Eric Berg)
The aim is to change your viewpoint of the primary goal from losing weight to complete healing of your weak gland achieving stable weight loss. Let’s focus on the real problem!
The key to keeping the weight off is achieving full rejuvenation of your glands and hormones in other words, doing the program long enough for your body to fully heal. Not completely fixing the true problem (unstable glands) causes the problem to …
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Principle #4: (from the 7 Principles of Fat Burning Dr. Eric Berg)
If you want to know why your weight problem is becoming worse, you don’t have to look far. You are presently being exposed to synthetic environmental hormones on a daily basis. The meats and meat products we eat come from animals that have been given hormones chickens, turkeys, cattle and fish. Certain groups will tell you there is no proof that these man-made hormones administered to animals have any effect on our bodies. Yet …
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A hormone can be defined simply as a chemical message produced by a gland in the body and sent through the bloodstream to another area where it causes some effect. For example, exercising can create fat-burning effects that last for 48 hours after the workout. There are over 600 different hormones in the body, each with a unique function. Fat burning, fat storing, appetite, sleep, hair and fingernail growth, fluid levels and joint repair are just a few examples of direct effects that hormones have on the …



