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Podcast: Empowering Midlife Wellness with Dr. Susan
Episode: How Hormones and Gut Bacteria Cause Weight Gain | Empowering Midlife Wellness
Description: We all know that some people struggle more with weight loss than others, and losing weight is certainly not as easy as just dieting and exercising. Hormones including leptin, ghrelin, glucagon-like peptides and others control our brain's desire to eat or to feel full. And while we may have a genetic predisposition to have certain levels of these hormones, there are things we can do to modify them in a positive way. Other emerging science suggests that the bacterial makeup of our gut can also determine how easily we store fat. Today I’ll be talking about this new understanding of...