Weight Loss In North Portland

New solutions to weight loss in North Portland OR

What causes weight gain in North Portland? Is it your adrenal glands, thyroid gland, general metabolism or your gut health? The answer is all of the above. The key to success in weight loss is finding the root causes of weight gain.

Many of our patients at North Portland Wellness Group state that it doesn’t matter if they eat something small or large, everything goes into storage mode. This usually means there is a major underlying cause that needs to be addressed.

Common cause:

Adrenal malfunction:

Your adrenal glands are tiny glands that sit on top of your kidneys and control metabolism by secreting hormones. When stress is high your adrenals secrete cortisol, and when cortisol is in your bloodstream, it is very hard to lose weight due to adrenal fatigue. When stress is high, and your body goes into the fight or flight mode, your body tries to conserve all stores because it physically thinks something is wrong in the environment. Therefore, handling stress plays a key role with weight loss

Thyroid issues:

The thyroid gland indirectly controls metabolism by secreting hormones into the blood stream that help with fatty acid mobilization and overall metabolism. Therefore, inflammation or irritation to the thyroid gland can create weight gain issues. Specifically, hypothyroidism is the condition that causes weight gain

Hypothyroidism is also associated with coldness, lack of hair growth, fatigue and skin issues

Gut impermeability:

Gut impermeability is also known as leaky gut. This is a condition characterized by inflammation within the small intestine that creates gap junctions. These gap junctions allow food to leave the gut and cause an immune reaction. Once immune reaction is elicited it can affect any aspect of your body from your joints, brain, skin, thyroid and adrenal glands. Therefore, having proper gut health is directly correlated with weight loss.

The key to a healthy gut is avoiding inflammatory foods such as sugar, dairy and wheat.

Foods that are beneficial for your gut are fruits and vegetables, healthy proteins and probiotics such as kimchi, plain yogurt, sauerkraut.

Liver metabolism:

When we use the word metabolism, we are specifically talking about one organ, it’s the liver.

What does the liver do:

• • Turn fat to muscle
  • Turn sugar to fat
  • Turn fat to sugar
  • Turn muscle to fat
  • Turn sugar to muscle

Your liver controls if you lose or gain weight. Other organs such as the gallbladder, thyroid, adrenal gland, pancreas secretes hormones or neurotransmitters that control metabolism, but all the work is done in the liver.

Toxins and a poor diet affect the liver and cause inflammation. Therefore, the foods with eat do matter in terms of overall function.

If you would like a free consult on weight loss, call North Portland Wellness Group to set up your complementary consultation with Dr. Amy

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