Boost Your Weight Loss Efforts – Lose Weight While Preventing Menstrual Migraines, PMS, and PCOS
Do you diet and exercise but still can’t lose weight? Hormonal imbalance and insulin resistance could be to blame. Tackle the real problem and watch the pounds and body fat drop!
Health professionals often hear women complain that they exercise and try to watch their diet, but their weight loss is very slow or non-existent, and they even gain weight and body fat. How can this happen? The answer is like a car engine, the body is a complex machine and many systems can go wrong. If your car has poor gas mileage, a mechanic or car dealer may tell you to slow down to get better gas mileage, but if your spark plugs are dirty or out of time, you’ll never see the benefit of better mileage. despite your efforts to drive more slowly. Similarly, lack of weight loss or even weight gain after dieting and exercise can be explained and overcome once disruptive hormonal imbalances and blood sugar irregularities (insulin resistance) are corrected.
Most women are familiar with the many pounds that some women put on during the time of the month while experiencing PMS. This is an example of how a simple hormonal fluctuation can cause weight gain, without consuming an extra calorie. Similarly, many of you have seen the midlife weight gain and body fat gain of many middle-aged women approaching menopause. This is yet another example of how hormonal changes can cause significant changes in your weight and body composition, without consuming extra calories (which are normally thought to be the reason for weight gain).
Studies show that 90% of women gain weight between the ages of 35 and 55. Hormonal changes and weight gain are directly related, and hormonal balance is essential to prevent this weight gain. Weight gain during perimenopause is actually hormonal weight gain, and much of this weight can be located in the abdominal area. Cortisol is a hormone that we release when we are under stress. Fat cells contain more cortisol than other cells. Fat cells located deep in the abdominal area that surround our organs contain the highest amount of cortisol. Cortisol increases fat storage in these cells and INSULIN RESISTANCE also increases abdominal fat storage CAUSING SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT GAIN AND A SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH RISK! Estrogen, progesterone, and even testosterone levels can fluctuate significantly a few days before and after menstruation, leading to migraines and symptoms of PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) such as:
- PMS symptoms:
- Menstrual migraines|
- humor changes
- Irritability
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Tired
- insomnia
- changes in libido
- Eat excessively
- Cravings, especially for salty or sweet foods
- Acne
- Urticaria
- abdominal and pelvic cramps
- swelling
- weight gain
- Headaches
- Swelling and pain in the breasts
PCOS symptoms:
- Hair loss – similar to male pattern baldness
- Obesity and inability to lose weight.
- Acne
- Insulin resistance: The body does not respond well to insulin, which controls blood sugar levels and can lead to type II diabetes and abdominal weight gain.
High insulin levels due to insulin resistance increase the production of the male hormone testosterone. High testosterone levels cause symptoms like body hair growth, acne, irregular periods, and weight gain (all of these are symptoms of PCOS). Testosterone causes much of the weight women gain to be in the abdominal area, which is where men carry much of their excess weight. Thus, it can be seen that the “terrible couple” of hormonal fluctuations and insulin resistance can wreak havoc on a woman’s overall health, as well as her ability to prevent weight gain and lose weight . This “Twosome Terrible” is also directly related to the occurrence of migraines related to menstruation.
Headaches in women, particularly migraines, have been linked to changes in the levels of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone before, during, and after a woman’s menstrual cycle. The fluctuating hormones associated with menstrual migraines, premenstrual syndrome, and polycystic ovary syndrome can be controlled by specific doses of natural compounds.
A combination of natural compounds will not only control menstrual migraines, but will benefit women who:
1. You suffer from debilitating symptoms of PMS and PCOS.
2. Having a hard time losing weight even after dieting and exercising
These natural compounds are:
High dose Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2, 400 mg/day)
Puracol Feverfew (100mg/day)
Magnesium (citrate/oxide, 360 mg/day)
Chasteberry extract (175 mg/day)
L-Theanine (100mg/day)
D-biotin (15 mg/day)
Pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B-6, 100 mg/day)
For women who suffer from migraines around their period, the combination of natural compounds above may be the solution they have been looking for. But the real breakthrough is the ability to address not only migraines, but also the aforementioned accompanying symptoms and unwanted weight gain.