Why The Weight Won’t Come Off?

By Dr. Justin Marchegiani

There are many people out there who are on a gradual course of adding 1-2 pounds of weight every year, with no real end in site.  When you're in your early 20's  the average persons metabolism is in good shape but as they enter their 30's and 40's the bad habits of their teens and 20's starts to catch up with them.  Just like compound interest works in your favor when it comes to investing and saving, the compounding off bad health habits will affect our metabolism negatively as well.

The underlying cause of abnormal weight gain is a sluggish metabolism. So over time your body's ability to metabolize fat for energy becomes impaired and metabolically our body tends to burn carbohydrate for fuel instead.  So if a sluggish metabolism causes weight gain, then the so called “cure” would be to address the underlying factors that have weaken our metabolism slowly over time.

A strong underlying factor that affects metabolic activity is toxin exposure and it's effect on our hormonal system.  It has been shown the thyroid and adrenal glands work together to help regulate metabolism and energy.  When the body is exposed to excess toxins the adrenal glands becomes stressed and an increase in adrenaline and cortisol is secreted to help buffer the inflammation and stress.  Excess cortisol over the long term will eventually results in fatigue, belly fat, and decreased muscle mass.   And as you notice many people are walking around carrying the majority of their excess weight around the hips and tummy with very little muscle to show for it.

There are many other interconnected causes of weight gain as you can so by the graphic below, but the focus of today's post is mainly on the thyroid, adrenal and toxin connection.

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The bottom picture demonstrates the connection between toxins and an increase fat mass.  It was apparent that people with the most fat mass had the highest level of organochlorines.  Organochlorines are the chemicals used commonly in pesticides and herbicides.  These chemical are used in conventional and GMO produce as well.  These organochlorine compounds are know to mimic estrogen and excess estrogen helps promote fat growth as well as tumor growth and cancer.

It's also interesting to note that one of the proposed mechanisms how these pesticides increase weight gain is through decreasing our active thyroid hormones, T3, which helps keep our metabolism active.  As you see in the graphic below, as T3 function reduces, this increase the chance of weight gain in the future.

Mycotoxins are toxins produced from fungus and commonly cause abnormal weight gain and infertility.  Mycotoxins like zearalenone are compounded into pellets and placed into cattle's ears to increase weight gain before going to slaughter.  The interesting thing about zearalenone is farmers can decrease the cows feed and weight gain still occurs.  How many people do you know who continue to cut calories and still can't lose weight?  If so, mycotoxins could play a role.

Did you know fungal overgrowth in our intestine can also secrete mycotoxins as well?  I personally lost 15 pounds by going on an anti-fungal protocol as well as cutting peanuts out of my diet, too.  The amazing thing with this weight loss story was there was no real fundamental change in the diet or the amount of calories either.

Avoiding common mycotoxins that was see in grains, organochlorines, peanuts and conventional coffee can be a great way to super charge your metabolism and help you lose weight effortlessly.

My favorite kind of coffee is BulletProof Coffee, it is mycotoxin free and can be found here.

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