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What to eat when taking hormonal hormones to avoid enlargement (a lot of things)
What to eat when taking hormonal hormones to avoid enlargement (a lot of things)
nutritionist, co-organizer and curator of the “School of Proper Nutrition” project in the Republic of Moldova, presenter of the “Expert Advice” column on STS, expert in the “Quality Control” program on Ren TV and TNT
Hormonal medications may increase appetite, which leads to excess food consumption, especially carbohydrates
The risk group is women who tend to be overweight. As they consume more donuts, they gain weight and blame it all on unfortunate hormones.
Do not succumb to the “provocation” of hormonal drugs and follow the basic rules of a healthy diet:
Some hormonal contraceptives tend to retain water in tissues
Because of this, up to 2 liters of “excess” fluid accumulates in the body, which also affects weight (+2 kg). If you have edema, the frequency and quantity of urination are not proportional to the amount of water consumed (approximately ¾ of the volume of consumed fluid should come out with urine per day) - you have exactly this problem.
Consume your water norm, you can calculate it here. Water in the right amount will regulate the water balance and the body will stop retaining fluid. Even if the swelling does not completely disappear, water will still help eliminate stagnation in the lymph and improve metabolism.
Strengthen the effect with herbs that affect the functioning of lymph and kidneys - raspberry leaves, licorice, red clover, corn silk, rose hips. If, nevertheless, the issue of swelling is acute and obvious, contact your doctor, and he will select a more suitable drug for you.
Blood lipid disorders
This phenomenon is rarely observed, but is still observed.
Consume more of the right fats, which are essential for the body when taking oral contraceptives. They are found in avocados, nuts, oils, and red fish. Also take omega-3 and lecithin supplements.
The drug contains a large amount of hormones
They provoke changes in the functioning of the liver, whose task is to regulate protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
Eliminate frankly harmful foods from your diet - alcohol, oxidized fats (fried foods, margarine, crackers and other industrial products). Use hepatoprotectors, especially those based on selemarin. B vitamins, vitamin C and minerals also support liver metabolism and metabolism well.
Medicine does not stand still. At the moment, it offers a huge selection of drugs with the lowest possible hormone content. Consult your doctor for the correct selection of tablets.
Let's summarize. As it turns out, weight gain is not a direct consequence of taking hormonal drugs. Weight always increases from excess food or stagnation of water. You just need to follow simple rules, and everything will be fine with both your weight and your mood.
Eliminate from your diet:
- 1Fast food and all semi-finished products
- 2Fried, smoked products
- 3 Products with a high glycemic index: sugar, white flour products, beer.
- 4Limit your consumption of semolina, potatoes, and white rice.
- 5Reduce your consumption of foods rich in fat: hard and processed cheeses, full-fat dairy products, fatty meats, sausages and sausages.
Add to your diet:
- 1Vegetables and vegetable soups (preferably fresh vegetables, the reason is here)
- 2Fruits and berries
- 3Lean meat: skinless chicken, beef, veal
- 4Seafood and low-fat fish
- 5 Steamed omelette and boiled eggs
- 6Cereals
- 7 Bran bread, rye bread, whole grain flour.
- 8Dairy products
- 9Healthy fats
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Do outdated hormonal hormones make you gain weight, and new ones make you lose weight?
Also, we must not forget that the drug is different from the drug. The first artificially synthesized female sex hormones - estrogen and progesterone - were obtained in 1929 and 1934, and the first contraceptive pill appeared on the market in the 60s of the last century. Since then, the doses of hormones in the drugs have been significantly reduced, and the active ingredients themselves have become bioidentical. For example, the latest generation of contraceptives uses estradiol valerate, which is converted in the intestine into estradiol, identical to its own.
Varieties of gestagens have appeared that are part of contraceptives and drugs for hormone replacement therapy. These substances, for example, drospirenone, have the property of removing excess fluid from the body. Also, to reduce the risk of side effects, you can ask your doctor to prescribe progressive contraceptives: for example, a gel applied to the skin that minimally participates in metabolic processes “inside” the body.
Studies of the latest drugs containing female sex hormones demonstrate that the latest generation of drugs not only does not contribute to weight gain, but also reduces fasting glucose levels and insulin resistance, and also improves the lipid profile, reducing the level of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipids.
It is important for women of any age to know about this: correctly selected drugs for hormone replacement therapy during menopause will help avoid the sad and unpleasant manifestations of the metabolic syndrome characteristic of this period, including not only weight gain and the appearance of fat deposits in the abdominal area, but also “hot flashes.” ", thinning hair on the head and growth on the face, the risk of osteoporosis, vascular pathology, atrophic processes in organs.
But! With all the advantages of properly prescribed hormonal therapy, it is necessary to remember that you cannot start taking hormones of your own free will just because wonderful pills helped someone from your environment. All, even the most modern drugs, have contraindications. Hormonal medications are prescribed by a doctor strictly individually, and for long-term treatment, you must visit the doctor at least twice a year. This is the only way you can achieve safe medication use and avoid unwanted consequences.
Reasons for weight gain when taking hormones
Hormones are biologically active substances that the human body synthesizes independently by the organs of the endocrine system. They influence the state of health and the body’s reactions: behavior, mood, manifestations of feelings.
With dysfunction of the organs of the hormonal system - pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal glands and glands of the reproductive system - some disruptions may occur in the body. Metabolic processes slow down, appetite increases, fluid begins to accumulate in the body, as a result of which a fat layer forms under the skin and around internal organs.
Weight increases when taking hormonal drugs for the following reasons:
- Excess fluid accumulates in the body, causing swelling. The culprit of fluid retention is the hormone progesterone, which is included in almost all oral contraceptives for women and some medications for the treatment of infertility.
An increase in blood sugar levels has an adverse effect on metabolic processes in the body; they slow down significantly. Carbohydrates supplied with food are not completely absorbed, but are deposited, forming energy reserves. Patients owe an increase in body fat to drugs containing cortisol - they are used to treat atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma, endocrine disorders and systemic connective tissue diseases, which include lupus erythematosus and scleroderma.
A slowdown in metabolic processes immediately leads to an increase in body fat. To treat allergies or eliminate inflammatory reactions of the body, Prednisolone or Betaspan are most often used. With a course of use of these medications, weight quickly increases.
Increased appetite. Insulin is responsible for the function of appetite, and if taking medications for diseases of the endocrine system reduces its production, the brain gives the command: “Increase the intake of carbohydrates into the body.”
- Lactation disorders in women. In this case, drugs with prolactin are recommended. This hormone suppresses the effects of estradiol, a hormone that is responsible for the speed of metabolic processes. Increased prolactin levels cause significant weight gain.
Treatment with hormonal drugs always affects metabolic processes.
Endocrine disorders can be caused not only by the entry of individual hormones into the body, but also by an individual reaction to therapeutic effects.
To whom and why are hormonal drugs prescribed?
Professor Alexey Kovalkov
There are seven major endocrine glands in the human endocrine system, and there are many cells scattered throughout the gastrointestinal tract, for example, that also have the ability to produce hormones. There are several dozen hormones themselves, natural biologically active substances produced by the human body.
There are many hormonal medications that can be prescribed to women for one reason or another. And it is wrong to combine them into one frightening whole, overgrown with myths and superstitions. If the drug is prescribed by a doctor and the patient takes it correctly, there is no point in raising the question of the advisability of treatment. There are situations when hormonal therapy is irreplaceable.
As a rule, hormonal drugs are prescribed in order to compensate for the insufficient formation of some hormones in the body, or in order to suppress their excess production. Some types of hormonal drugs, such as glucocorticoids, are prescribed for diseases that are not directly related to the endocrine system - for example, bronchial asthma, severe allergic reactions, rheumatoid arthritis, and so on.
One of the diseases for which hormones, in particular the hormone insulin, can be prescribed is diabetes mellitus. The most commonly prescribed groups of hormonal drugs are synthetic thyroid hormones in the form of levothyroxine sodium alone (for example, L-thyroxine and Eutyrox), in the form of a combination of levothyroxine and liothyronine, that is, T4 and T3 (Thyreotom, Novotiral) or in combination with iodine ( Yodtyrox, Thyreocomb). These drugs are used to treat hypothyroidism or underfunction of the thyroid gland.
How to lose weight after hormone treatment
Taking corticosteroids, steroids and anabolic steroids helps to quickly restore the body's condition, but often treatment leads to weight gain. Sometimes a doctor has the opportunity to prescribe a similar drug to a patient without a similar effect, but in most cases this is impossible. How to lose weight after hormones, can this be done without harm to your own health, or will you have to come to terms with new parameters?
How to quickly lose weight after taking hormones by adjusting your diet
When thinking about losing weight, the first thing you start to do is choose the optimal diet. It must be borne in mind that rapid weight loss can lead to a worsening of the condition and the continuation of the treatment course; you should lose weight slowly and gradually.
Hormonal drugs have a significant effect on metabolic processes - they speed up or slow down them, so that the metabolism in the body normalizes, it takes 6-8 months, no less.
The new diet should include a place for all products that provide the body with the nutrients necessary for its functioning. Some nutritionists advise taking as a basis the Pevzner diet - table number 15, which is prescribed to patients in the absence of disorders in the digestive system after treatment of general diseases that require temporary dietary restriction. The only condition is to reduce the energy value of the daily diet from 2000-2300 kcal to 1700-1800 kcal.
You should stick to fractional meals. It is advisable to divide the daily diet into 5-6 meals, and eat small portions every 3 hours.
Cooking technology needs to be adjusted: when preparing dishes, you now need to limit yourself to steaming, boiling, and stewing. If you want to treat yourself to baking, the food should be wrapped in foil to avoid the appearance of a golden brown crust.
Foods that stimulate appetite are excluded from the diet: hot seasonings, spices, fatty, smoked, too salty and too sweet.
It is advisable to limit the amount of white bread, muffins, semolina, refined rice, instant cereals, fatty cheeses and other dairy products, potatoes, grapes and bananas.
When compiling a daily menu, you need to give preference to protein products - lean meat and fish, low-fat cheese, protein omelet.
A nutritious cocktail can be safely included in the daily menu, completely replacing lunch with it for 2 weeks. It helps not only to lose weight, but also to normalize the supply of nutrients that may have been lost during hormonal treatment. You can prepare a nutritious cocktail in a few minutes: add honey to 2/3 cup of 1.5% kefir - 1 tablespoon, the same amount of crushed hazel; complement it with raisins - a handful, half a grated apple and chopped dried apricots - 2 berries are enough. They eat lunch this way for 2 weeks.
These high-calorie contraceptives!
Contraceptives can be called the most “massive” of all hormonal drugs; accordingly, the lion’s share of the discussion of the problem of losing weight “due to hormones” is associated with their use.
There are three main reasons why women who use hormonal birth control for a long time may gain weight:
- Progesterone, one of the hormones contained in contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy, contributes to some fluid retention in the body.
- Taking hormonal pills can affect changes in eating behavior, namely, increase appetite.
- Relatively new data: if a woman gains weight when prescribed contraceptives, then most likely at the time of prescription she had subclinical hypothyroidism, which “worsened” with changes in hormonal levels. When thyroid function decreases, weight gain is common.
No hormonal drugs have their own calorie content. Accordingly, they themselves are not incapable of causing weight gain. If this happens, the reason lies deeper, and one should get rid of the consequences of its manifestation under the supervision of a specialist, without rash experiments and haste.
Authorized Products
A diet for hormonal imbalance in women should contain mainly foods with a low glycemic index. These foods do not cause a sharp increase in blood sugar and insulin release:
- Eggs - can be eaten boiled and in the form of omelettes with vegetables.
- Seafood includes shrimp, squid, mussels, and octopus. They are prepared baked or boiled.
- Chicken breast, turkey fillet and rabbit meat are cooked boiled or baked, but without oil, you can immediately with vegetables. Adding oil increases the points.
- Green peas, mushrooms, onions, fresh vegetables, garlic, lettuce, herbs and different types of seaweed.
- Lean fish is baked or boiled with a minimum amount of salt, or with vegetables to get a complete dish.
- Fiber - a finished product can be purchased at any health food department. You can use it by adding it to dishes, as a separate dish with kefir or yogurt.
- Spices are allowed, but you need to remember that they stimulate the appetite, which is not advisable in weight loss programs - you can use mustard, horseradish, natural grape and apple cider vinegar.
- Low-fat dairy products (up to 2%) are used for second breakfast and afternoon snack.
- Lemon and lime juice can be used to dress salads, add to juices and tea.
The following products already have a “greater weight”, but are allowed:
- The berries are consumed in an amount of 100 g - as an independent dish or as an additive to cottage cheese.
- Boiled beans can be used as a dish or added to salads and stews.
- Vegetable oils should be alternated (sunflower, flaxseed, olive, walnuts, grape seeds) and use no more than 1 tablespoon per day for dressing salads and other dishes, as well as for baking.
- Boiled carrots and beets are consumed sparingly due to their high glycemic index.
- Nuts, seeds, olives, olives are used in salads and on their own.
- Dishes made from veal, beef, lean lamb and various parts of chicken - boiled, their calorie content is higher than that of chicken breast.
- It is better to consume by-products sparingly due to their high cholesterol content.
- From cereals, choose buckwheat, brown rice and oatmeal (all the others are possible, but they are a level higher).
- Give preference to low-calorie cheeses (less than 30%).
- Please note that dairy products with 4% fat content, sweet cheeses and yoghurts with additives have a higher point system.
Cozy magazine Women's style
For whatever reason you take hormonal drugs: contraception or to treat any disease, it causes stress in the body. And stress, as we know, leads to excess weight gain.
The 20th century presented us with many surprises, both political and scientific. One of the discoveries was the term “hormone”, used in the works of English physiologists E. Starling and W. Bayliss. Although it was started by T. Addison, an English doctor back in 1855 who first began studying the endocrine glands.
Some terminology
Hormonal drugs are medications containing hormones or their synthetic analogues.
Hormones (from the Greek word hormáo - I set in motion, encourage) - hormones, biologically active substances produced by the endocrine glands
Hormones (from the Latin word in - inside and (se)cretus - secreted, secreted inside), secretions of the endocrine glands, secreted into the blood and lymph.
7-day menu for the metabolic diet
All products are divided into groups according to their calorie and carbohydrate content - the lower it is, the lower the score. There are many tables for the metabolic diet, where you can familiarize yourself with the carbohydrate content of each product. The number of points per day depends on the stage of the diet, of which there are only three.
When creating a menu yourself, points are calculated in this way: for example, 5 points are allowed for meals. They can be obtained by selecting one product indicated in the table as a five-point product and supplementing it with a product with 0 points. You can select several products with different points to make a total of 5. The total volume in any case should not exceed a glass. It is recommended to choose different products with lower points and combine them with each other.
