Diet for hormonal imbalance

Almost any hormonal imbalance leads to an increase in the patient’s body weight, its decrease is extremely rare. Therefore, a special diet for hormonal failure plays an important role, and such patients must comply with the metabolic diet. It is aimed at synthesizing hormones that will help regulate fat burning – these are hormones such as norepinephrine, adrenaline and testosterone.

This will block hormones such as estrogen and insulin. This must be done in order to prevent the process of fat accumulation.

Stages of a diet for hormonal failure

There are several successive stages of hormonal dietary nutrition:

• The stage at which active fat burning occurs. It lasts for half a month.

• The next phase is aimed at maintaining a stable level of fat burning. It is difficult to determine its timing, it will last until the patient’s weight drops to the required level.

• The final stage is aimed at maintaining body weight at the proper level.

List of diet products, which is divided into 5 groups

It is important to focus when compiling a diet on those foods that will help burn fat. The proposed list will allow you to create a menu.

The higher the score of a product from the list, the less often it will need to be included in the menu:

• 0 points. Foods that do not have points, that is, those that contribute to the production of testosterone and other fat-burning hormones: white meat of turkey and chicken, taken from the breast of a bird, rabbit meat, lean fish, and mussels. Patients are allowed to eat eggs, various vegetables and mushrooms. From fruits, preference should be given to limes and lemons. It is possible to consume dairy products, but the percentage of their fat content should not exceed two. Greens will help in burning fat, namely parsley and dill, as well as mustard and peas (green)

• 1 point Foods that are somewhat less conducive to weight loss are vegetable juices, but they should be freshly squeezed. They can be assigned 1 point.

• 2 points. Products that are assigned 2 points should not be too often present on the patient’s menu. These include veal, chicken and beef, as well as feta cheese and dairy products, the fat content of which reaches the 4% mark. Boiled carrots and beets, as well as fruits, have low fat burning properties. Do not use too much vegetable oil for cooking. You can sometimes consume bread, which includes bran. From cereals, you can include oatmeal, rice, but not peeled, and buckwheat in the menu. This group of products includes olives and olives.

• 3 points.It is extremely rare that products with 3 points should be present on the patient’s table. These include absolutely all cheeses, muesli, freshly prepared fruit juices, millet and yoghurts with various additives. Dark chocolate is also in this group.

• 4 points. Under the ban are products that have 4 points in the first phase of the diet. This is processed meat in the form of sausages, pig meat, as well as birds such as goose and duck. You can not eat any confectionery, milk chocolate, sugar, dried fruits and honey. It is undesirable to consume semolina and canned oil. All dairy products with a fat content of more than four are prohibited.

The basic principles of diet

In addition, there are certain rules that a patient with overweight, gained as a result of hormonal dysfunction, must adhere to:

• The maximum interval between the next meal should not be more than 3 hours.

• Water in the amount of 2 liters must be drunk by the patient during the day.

• 300 ml of food is the maximum amount of food that can be eaten at one time. This portion is slightly larger than one glass.

• The time when the patient takes food is important. Breakfast must be eaten no later than 10 o’clock and then according to the schedule with an interval of no more than 3 hours. You can shift the schedule if the patient goes to bed early, since dinner should not be later than three hours before a night’s rest.

• The first phase of the diet involves poor nutrition, from the food group that has a zero score. You can season dishes with 1 tablespoon of oil, preference should be given to olive oil.

• A sick woman can have a fasting day once a week. At this time, it will be possible to eat only fruits and low-fat dairy products.

• Minimal physical activity should be a mandatory addition to the diet. However, it is not necessary to perform too complex exercises at the stage of recovery, which will only further weaken the body.

In general, with an existing hormonal disorder, it will be necessary to consume as much food as possible, which is of plant origin. It is in such products that phytoestrogens are contained, which have a certain similarity with female sex hormones. Useful in this regard are beans and peas, as well as germinated wheat grains.

Limit to the minimum value those products that are in the last group. They can be consumed no more than once a day and only in the final stages of the hormonal diet.

It should be understood that only a hormonal diet is not able to restore weight. It will continue to rise if the necessary treatment is not taken.

The nuances of nutrition in each phase

Nutrition in the first phase

At the initial stage, the most stringent restrictions apply, its duration should not exceed two weeks. It is permissible to use products indicated in the table with a zero score. Such poor nutrition contributes to rapid weight loss. It is necessary to monitor the state of health. If you feel worse, drink a cup of sweet tea and relax. Tinnitus, weakness, darkening of the eyes signal the transition to the next dietary phase.

When the patient’s weight begins to decline sharply, it is necessary to strictly control his condition. If a blackout appears in the eyes or an attack of sudden weakness occurs, it is necessary to lie down after drinking a glass of tea. Half a month is the maximum possible period that stage number one should last.

Nutrition in the second phase

The field of transition to the second stage should diversify the menu more. For breakfast, you can eat foods that have 4 points, a snack before lunch and lunch itself should consist of foods that have 2 points, a snack before dinner – 1 point, and for dinner itself, products from the first group with zero points are taken.

Power supply scheme of the second phase

• Breakfast – 4 points;

• 2nd breakfast – 2 points;

• Lunch – 2 points;

• Afternoon snack – 1 point;

• Dinner – 0 points.

Breakfast options with products for 4 points can be very different. You can choose and combine products from the list of one and three points, or, for example, try to combine two products from those that are assigned two points. Experimentation is allowed, but do not forget about the current restrictions regarding the total volume of the portion.

By the same principle, products are selected for any meal. Count the points, sum them up and try not to exceed the recommended norms. If for some reason a scheduled meal was missed, do not add points to the next meal.

The second stage of the diet has no restrictions on the duration. Weight loss is gradual. Once the desired result is achieved, you can proceed to the final stage.

Nutrition in the third phase

The third phase in case of hormonal failure is no less important than the two previous ones, since it is she who will be responsible for maintaining weight at the desired level. It is enough to choose one meal that is convenient for you and add one point to it. Weight is necessarily controlled, with a decrease it is permissible to add a point to the next reception. If weight loss stops, you can not continue adding. Further nutrition is built according to the received scheme.