Overcoming The Leptin Plateau with Dr. Anna Cabeca and Dr. Bindiya Gandhi

<p>Dr. Bindiya breaks down the impact of the hormone leptin and why so many people struggle with a weight loss plateau that they can’t breakthrough. Learn how dieting for too long can actually prevent you from losing weight, why the counterintuitive solution may be to eat more, why leptin might be the reason you’re always craving food and stressed out all the time, and what you can do to reset your metabolism.</p> <ul> <li>[0:20] Leptin is a largely unknown hormone but one of which everyone should be aware. Leptin is responsible for telling your brain that you have enough fat stored to fuel your body for calories at a normal rate. When leptin levels are high, that’s when you’re prone to food cravings, gaining weight, anxiety, and more.</li> <li>[3:00] We have been told for years that we should be snacking between meals, but when we do that it increases our insulin and blood sugar levels without much benefit. You should typically eat every 4 to 6 hours, and if your leptin resistance is off you need to reset your metabolism.</li> <li>[5:20] Leptin doesn’t impact everyone the same. It’s important to identify what is optimal for you and how your leptin levels are affecting your health goals.</li> <li>[6:45] Everybody eventually hits a weight loss plateau. Constant diets with rapid weight loss or weight gain mess up your metabolism. When you start restricting your calories your body can go into starvation mode and this can result in a pause in weight loss, even if you’re eating the same foods as before.</li> <li>[9:45] The majority of Dr. Bindiya’s patients have hit this weight loss plateau at some point, and when that happens they usually also experience constant fatigue and low energy. Tracking leptin levels is the first step to resetting their metabolism.</li> <li>[11:30] One of the first things Dr. Bindiya recommends is for her patients to eat more to shock their bodies out of starvation mode.</li> <li>[12:45] If you are leptin resistant, you have probably been in a starvation state for a long time and your thyroi