Low Libido Causes Weight Gain Making Weight Loss Slow
natural treatment for low libido that works
For many women there are often very good reasons why their desire may be low, including underlying neurotransmitter weakness, hormone imbalance, relationship disturbance, physical and emotional issues and stressful life circumstances. All of these factors contribute to low libido, and directly affect your metabolism making weight gain easy and weight loss difficult.
According to clinical research
- More than 72% of women suffer from neuro transmitter imbalance making weight loss slow
- As many as 75% percent of women have a hormone disturbances contributing to low libido directly affecting their metabolism making weight loss difficult
- Up to 62% of women may have emotional issues contributing to lowered sexual desire, cravings, binge and emotional eating. These sabotage weight loss efforts.
- 89% of women find their life far too stressful and stress causes weight gain.
The number of women with low sex drive is staggering. Hormone imbalance caused by Menopause, Fibroids, Endometriosis, PCOS and Thyroid imbalance can lead to problems with libido and cause weight gain.
Salivary Hormone Testing for Low Libido
By completing my full online naturopathic health and hormone test, I will invest no less than 45 minutes piecing together your symptoms and really pinpoint what hormones are causing your weight gain and other health complaints. If I feel that further salivary or blood testing via you GP is required, I will make those recommendations.
For example, as part of the process of compiling a natural weight loss program for you, I may suggest measuring hormone levels by using salivary hormone test kits, available from my clinic. Salivary hormone test kits can assist in the proper diagnoses of hormonal imbalances contributing to weight gain and conditions such as Fatigue, PCOS, Fibroids, Endometriosis, Cyst, Menopause and Thyroid imbalance. To find out more about salivary hormone testing please click here.
Not sure if your hormones are lowering your libido and making weight loss difficult?
Some women never experience much sexual desire from puberty onwards. This may be caused by neurotransmitter weakness, hormonal imbalance or a combination of both. So let’s take a quick glance at what these two areas are and how they impact your libido.
Neuro transmitter weakness and its affect on libido and weight gain
Even though this sounds complicated in its basic form, it simply means you are exhausted and just too darn tired to engage in anything remotely energetic.
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers released from nerve cells that communicate to other nerve cells to control major body functions including movement, emotional response and libido.
The most commonly known neurotransmitters are serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, acetylcholine, and GABA and histamine.
Great you say, I'll pop down to the pharmacy and ask for a kilo of it on the way to the grocery store ... it is a little more involved than that!
First of all let's establish if this is where your libido’s lagging ...
Typical signs and symptoms of neuro transmitter weakness are:
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It's uncommon for a woman to have all of these symptoms. But two or more symptoms suggest that a lab test for blood histamine is in order.
So what can cause low levels?
- Binge drinking
- Dried fruits
- High copper levels - foods such as smoked fish, Soy flour, refined flour, dried.
- Stress
Most importantly high levels of stress and the daily responsibilities and demands of juggling work and family, financial worries will deplete these important brain chemicals and make it hard enough to smile happily, much less to get in the mood for sex.
What tests are available for establishing exact levels?
Tests are available through registered practitioners and are designed to establish neurotransmitter imbalances. The great benefit of this is that once deficiencies are established, supplementation to balance the deficiencies becomes easy and your practitioner will be able to dispense a formulation specific to your individual requirements.
So now let's explore the second major influence ...
What hormones affect your libido and cause weight gain?
Hormones carry messages from glands to cells to maintain chemical levels in the bloodstream that achieve balance or “homeostasis”. Testosterone is an hormone and is one of the key players in your sex drive: it affects interest, arousal, sexual response, lubrication and orgasm. And many women just don’t have enough testosterone.
So why is this so ...?
Firstly, before menopause, our testosterone comes primarily from our ovaries, via their production of progesterone. If your body levels of oestrogen (another hormone) are too high, your body’s production of progresterone will slow down causing testosterone levels to drop.
According to research, high levels of oestrogen may be caused from genetics diet and environmental pollutants. Many common prescription medications, including birth control pills can alter oestrogen levels and influence sexual desire.
Secondly, after menopause testosterone is sourced from the adrenals via the production of a hormone called DHEA.
If we're under too much stress, though, the adrenals work overtime, favoring cortisol instead of DHEA production. This can lead to low testosterone levels and resultant low libido. Unfortunately to make things a little more depressing, elevated cortisol levels contribute to weight gain around the middle … something we can all do without!
Major contributors to hormonal imbalance are:
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What tests are available for establishing exact levels?
Salivary hormone test kits are a non-invasive way to assess hormone levels and function within the body - via analysis of a saliva sample and are available through registered practitioners.
The hormones tested provide information about the levels of the bio-available hormones that are active within your body. This information when considered in conjunction with other diagnosis techniques provides valuable information to evaluate the underlying causes of your low libido.
Here Are My 5 Steps to Improving Your Libido making weight loss easier
Step 1. Identify what factors are causing your lowered libido and weight gain.
Step 2. Learn what foods you should be avoiding or consuming more of according to your hormonal profile
Step 3. Implement a targeted nutritional treatment plan specifically tailored to your biochemical profile to balance hormones.
Step 4. Switch your libido and metabolism back on by introducing targeted natural remedies.
Step 5. Join a professional support network that will guide and help you to change unhealthy lifestyle choices contributing to lowered libido and weight gain.
While individual results will vary, most women will report significant weight loss in 6 to 8 weeks, with improvement in their symptoms in the first 2 to 4 weeks.
If you want to take action we're here to give you everything you need to make these small improvements in the right places that will improve your libido and shed those kilos!
We can guide, help and support, you to overcome any obstacles that come your way. So why suffer with the constant struggle when you can follow the practical step-by-step techniques that took me years to develop?
The best approach for you:
- Book in your FREE Naturopathic Review.
- Commit yourself to a comprehensive program with me that will include vitamins, herbs and minerals specifically chosen for you to balance your hormones.
- Make use of our support network made up of fully registered and accredited health professionals.
So many women have joined MassAttack and been successful. The key is to learn the truth about hormones and the truth about the foods that can work against your weight loss efforts.
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