September 2009

Throughout my childhood and most of my earlier adulthood, I had bad posture. As soon as I sit down, my knees and hip slipped forward, my back concaved, and my shoulder blades rested on the backrest of the chair or sofa. Sometimes a leg would be flung over an armrest. But whatever the position, now I would cringe to see myself compressing and contorting my body that way.

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This post is a discussion on the leptin hormone and how it impacts our weight loss goals.

Besides being a great insulator, our fat cells produce a number of hormones in our bodies. When our fat cells perceive there is enough nourishment in our bodies, it releases leptin into our blood stream.

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