Insulin
Insulin is made by the pancreas; its function is to lower blood sugar after meals. It will cause the cells to absorb sugar as fuel and will convert the rest to fat and cholesterol. Insulin works with IGF and glucagon to keep fuel constant in the blood; so when IGF and glucagon go down, insulin must go up and vice versa. In the presence of insulin, you will not be able to burn fat. Sugar triggers insulin. Large amounts of protein can trigger insulin. The more lean or low-fat a protein is, the more insulin is released. And lastly, eating triggers insulin. This is why “two to three meals without snacking” is very good advice if you want to not only lose weight but also improve diabetes.
Estrogen
(From the Greek word oistros, meaning “mad desire,” + genēs, “ born”) Estrogen is responsible for the female characteristics, menstrual cycle and changes of the uterus and breasts. It provides the fat layer around a female body, especially around the outer thighs. The reason women tend to have more fat than men lies in the fact that women have over a thousand times the concentration of estrogen receptors that men have.
Cortisol
This is an important hormone produced by the adrenal glands, which is activated by stress of all kinds. It is anti-inflammatory and releases sugar from the liver and muscles into the blood as an instant fuel source for stressful events. Cortisol is classified as a fat burner; however, it also has an indirect fat-storing effect when it turns body-muscle proteins into sugar fuel, since this forces insulin to deal with the excess sugar in the bloodstream, producing weight gain in the midsection.
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