File: Estrogens and phytoestrogens
Do you want to gain weight by targeting only certain areas of your body (increasing the volume of the buttocks, hips or even the chest) but are unable to do so? Are you tired of not having any shape and want to obtain a silhouette that has a certain relief? You are in the right place ! Today we tell you all about estrogens and phytoestrogens. Let's go !
What is estrogen?
Before discussing how estrogen affects your weight gain, it is first necessary to define the term estrogen!
From puberty until the end of her life, a woman's life is strongly influenced by her ovarian hormones (estrogens and progesterones). These play a very important role in many physiological functions and, thus, make and break a woman's health. Often referred to as female hormones, they act throughout the body with substantial effects on the skin, bone protection, mammary glands, and also on the uterine lining.
What are phytoestrogens?
Phytoestrogens are plant compounds whose structure is reminiscent of female sex hormones (estradiol) and which may have estrogenic activity. In humans, these molecules would have both estrogenic and anti-estrogenic properties.
Estrogen and weight gain
Yes, it is possible to gain weight and shape thanks to estrogen! When secreted in sufficient quantity by the follicle in the ovary during the follicular phase, estrogens contribute to water retention and the production of fat, as well as its storage. This then causes weight gain.
But how can you induce and target weight gain with a natural process that cannot be controlled, and may even, in some cases, not occur at all? That’s what phytoestrogens are there for! Produced naturally by plants, these compounds are able to cause estrogenic or anti-estrogenic effects thanks to the similarity between their molecular structure and that of estradiol.
Thus, phytoestrogens can bind to estrogen receptors and stimulate their production in order to give volume to your chest, hips and buttocks through fat storage.
A diet rich in estrogen
Among them, you will find fruits and vegetables, such as:
- Soya,
- Fenugreek
- Tofu,
- The carrot,
- The pepper,
- Beet,
- Eggplant,
- Pumpkin,
- Potato,
- The cucumber...
You will also find seeds and cereals, such as:
- The sunflower,
- Oats,
- The corn,
- Wheat,
- Fennel…
But also :
- Rice,
- Olive oil,
- lentils,
- Dairy products…
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