Leptin

Q. What is leptin?
A. Leptin is a hormone produced by fat cells. Leptin is essential for survival, guiding the proper response to starvation. Problems with leptin are the cause of the obesity epidemic.

Q. How do leptin problems cause obesity?
A. The brain must properly sense the correct level of leptin in order to determine how much fat should be in storage. The brain determines how fast metabolism can go based on the proper perception of leptin. Obesity occurs when the brain fails to sense the leptin hormone correctly, in turn causing fat to accumulate and metabolism to run slow.

Q. What causes leptin problems?
A. Overeating, eating at night, snacking between meals, lack of exercise, and stress.

Q. Is there a leptin diet?
A. Byron Richards has laid out The Leptin Diet™ which includes follow the rules of eating in the book Mastering Leptin. They teach a person how to eat so as to maximize proper function of the leptin hormone. These rules facilitate healthy weight loss and maintaining an optimum weight.

Q. How is leptin involved with yo-yo dieting?
A. Leptin is the cause of yo-yo dieting. Leptin is designed to replenish the body’s store of fat after a period of deprivation. In evolutionary times, this was a survival necessity. In modern days, this is the genetic response to a low-calorie diet. The only way to avoid having this problem is to eat in such a way as to not upset leptin balance.

Q. Do overweight people have too much or too little leptin?
A. They have too much leptin in their blood and not enough leptin entering their brain. This problem is called leptin resistance. It means that fat cells are overproducing leptin but the brain does not know it.

Q. Does leptin cause other problems?
A. Malfunctioning leptin causes major health problems. These include insulin resistance, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, metabolic syndrome X, diabetes, heart disease, reproductive problems, sex hormone problems, thyroid problems, fibromyalgia, increased risk for cancer, and increased risk for cognitive decline. Leptin plays a primary role in these problems and is frequently the main cause of them.

Q. How can leptin cause so many problems?
A. There are three main ways leptin causes problems:

1) Leptin problems enforce starvation metabolism and slow metabolic rate, resulting in adverse consequences in using energy everywhere in the body, which affects everything in an adverse way.

2) Low leptin in the brain exposes brain cells to excess damage, resulting specifically in damage to NMDA receptors thus increasing the risk for Parkinson’s disease. It also provokes an inflammatory chain of events in the brain leading to the accumulation of plaques that cause Alzheimer’s disease.

3) Extra pounds of fat give off excess inflammatory signals that cause all diseases of aging.

Q. Why hasn’t my doctor told me about leptin?
A. Until now the critical information about how leptin works has been hidden away in complex scientific journals. This information has been used primarily in an effort to develop leptin drugs, which do not work for a variety of reasons. Mastering Leptin is the first book to clearly explain the subject to the public.

Q. Can leptin problems be solved, including obesity issues and the risks for disease?
A. Yes. This is fully explained in the book Mastering Leptin.

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Book Description: MASTERING LEPTIN

Mastering Leptin explains how we can conquer the obesity epidemic in America. Finally the mysteries of the hormone leptin have been unlocked, opening the door for permanent weight loss, resolution of low thyroid symptoms, and significantly improved energy. Learn why diets do not work and how weight loss can be easy, safe, and long-lasting. This is a book way ahead of its time, explaining over 700 of the most crucial and recent leptin-related scientific studies.

Leptin is a powerful hormone produced in fat cells, in control of ALL other hormones in the body. It is essential for survival, guiding the proper response to starvation. Problems with leptin enforce “starvation metabolism” on an individual, even when there is plenty of food around. Eating in harmony with leptin is essential for healthy metabolism, especially as a person grows older and begins to struggle with weight around the midsection.

Key signs of a leptin problem include: uncontrollable sugar and food cravings, late night eating, stress eating, weight gain around the middle, unable to reach a goal weight, yo-yo dieting, low thyroid symptoms. Left unhandled these problems cause obesity, fibromyalgia, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Mastering Leptin allows people to put an end to the confusion of countless ways to eat, maintain a healthy body weight without dieting, increase energy and metabolism, and unlock the mysteries of optimum health – read Mastering Leptin today!

About the Author
Byron J. Richards, a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist with 20 years experience helping thousands of individuals naturally improve their health, is the first to explain the meaning of over 7,000 studies on the hormone leptin and its link to solving obesity. Richards is a pioneer in the field of applied clinical nutrition and has an extensive understanding of nutritional bio-chemistry as it applies to all aspects of health, including integration with traditional medicine. He is an expert on the hormone leptin and its’ amazing relation to weight, thyroid, anti-aging, hormone balance, and disease.

Mary Guignon Richards, Women’s Health Educator, has inspired many women to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life for over 20 years. Mary has a nursing background, has raised 4 healthy children, and continues to help many individuals with nutrition. She also hosts "Ask Mary", an online resource to help women educate themselves about health and nutrition. Mary has driven the concept of "taking charge of your own health" throughout Mastering Leptin.

Publisher's comments:
Our feedback from readers has been astounding! Many individuals agree that the 5 Key Rules for eating in Mastering Leptin make so much sense and are easy to follow as a lifestyle, not a diet. Thousands of people have healthily lost weight and kept it off by following the guidelines and getting the leptin hormone into balance.

We are excited to present this breakthrough in weight management and successfully contribute to resolving the obesity epidemic, which claims 400,000 lives per year. Be among the first to find out about leptin and its immense importance to your health!

Author comments:
The obesity epidemic is preventable, especially if enough people know what to do. Most diets rely on calorie manipulation of one type or another, a technique that usually results in weight loss in the short term and even more weight gain in the future.

The big breakthrough is in understanding the hormone leptin. It becomes obvious that when a person eats is actually more important than what they eat. Snacking turns out to be one of the most harmful eating habits. Those individuals who make a habit of eating late at night are on a fast track to accelerated aging, poor sleep, and poor health. This is not a fad diet, this is the new science – and every person needs to understand what it is all about.

Mastering Leptin brings clarity to a lifestyle of healthy eating, with the consequence of better energy and a higher quality of health. It is the first time it has been possible for individuals to eat in a pattern that actually resolves the symptoms of low thyroid and prevents the onset of many diseases of aging that are currently plaguing our society.

- Byron J. Richards, CCN

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: The Scope of Leptin

1. The Most Powerful Hormone in the Human Body

2. Be a Health Asset Manager

3. What is Natural Balance?

4. Fat and Leptin - The New Reality

5. How Fat Communicates

6. Why Dieting Does Not Work

7. Addiction, Alcohol and Leptin

8. Drugs and Leptin

9. The Importance of Mastering Leptin

Part 2 – The Five Key Dietary Rules FOR Mastering Leptin

10. The Five Rules

11. Maximize Primary Fat-Burning Time

12. Leptin and Insulin - Birds of a Feather

13. Space Meals for Maximal Benefit

14. Inheriting Leptin Problems - Are Your Parents Overweight?

15. Preventing the Super-Sized Waistline

16. Getting Off to a Good Start - The Importance of Protein

17. Eat like a Pyramid, Look like a Pyramid

18. The Secrets to Accessing Fat-Burning Mode

19. Taking Steps to Conquer Stress Eating

20. Is Caffeine Good or Bad?

21. Brain Cravings

22. Ghrelin, the Stomach’s Cry for Food

23. Dangerous Weight Loss

24. The Foundation of Natural Balance

Part 3 – Solving the Hormone Puzzle

25. Timing, Inflammation, and Aging

26. Stress and A Fat Stomach

27. Solving Weight Gain Around the Midsection

28. Resolving Eating Disorders

29. Exercise to Solve Leptin Problems

30. Proper Sleep; A Key to Needed Repair

31. Increasing Growth Hormone, Naturally

32. Male Hormone Fitness

33. Female Hormone Balance

34. The Estrogen Confusion

35. Menopausal Weight Gain

36. Thyroid Problems Finally Resolved

37. Solving Fibromyalgia; Is Your Metabolism Worn Out or Clogged?

38. Rapid Weight Gain and Yo-Yo Diets

39. Solving Stubborn Weight-Loss Problems

40. Leptin, NF kappa B, and the Cause of Cancer

41. Leptin, NF kappa B, and the Cause of Disease

42. A Major Breakthrough for Bones

43. Leptin, NF kappa B, and Prostate Cancer

44. Leptin, NF kappa B, and Breast Cancer

45. The Anti-Aging Skills of the Health Asset Manager

Index

References

Review Citations

“Mastering Leptin contains truly cutting-edge information, very timely in light of today’s obesity epidemic. It raises the standard for managing weight.”

Review by Linda Dobberstein, DC, March 1, 2003

“Richards presents a technical subject through analogies, examples, diagrams and detail in forty-five chapters organized by topic.”

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association of Minnesota, April 12, 2003

“With over 700 scientific references, but written in an easy-to-understand format, this gem of a book can lead you to optimum health, vitality, and wellness.”

Review in Marriage Magazine, March 2003

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