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Leptin and Weight Loss

Leptin is one of nature’s appetite suppressants.

When it’s functioning properly, it tells your brain to stop eating when you’ve had enough. It’s the “put down your fork” hormone that helps regulate energy storage and expenditure - and it’s made by your fat cells.

But more leptin isn’t necessarily better.

In fact, when your brain is bombarded with leptin signals from your fat cells, over time it becomes desensitized to the satiety signal.

Keep reading to learn how about 5 Functional Medicine strategies you can use to calm cravings and lose fat by improving your sensitivity to leptin...