Fighting Obesity One Meal At A Time

The biggest problem to overcome is the fact that eating causes the pleasure center of our brains to become stimulated, telling us that eating is a very good thing, especially when it comes to carbohydrates. Because carbohydrates are the primary source of energy for the body it is the one the brain craves the most. The second problem we face is the release of certain hormones known as hunger hormones. Released in the gastric-intestinal tract these hormones tell us when to eat and when to stop. the most important of these is ghrelin. It is this hormone that tells our bodies when we are hungry. When this hormone is out of balance our bodies feel hungry more often and in greater quantity. Other hormones regulate when we feel full and the conversion of the food into sugar. These challenges combine need to be overcome in order to lose excess pounds and stay at a healthy level.