It is very common that individuals who are overweight have a majority of the symptoms associated with a sluggish thyroid function. This is especially true for those who have a history of yo-yo dieting or have difficulty losing weight by cutting back on calories and trying to exercise more. Leptin is known as the fat-hormone, as it is made in your white adipose tissue or stored fat. Following a meal leptin is released from your fat, enters your blood, and travels up to your brain delivering a message that you are full and also letting your subconscious brain know how much fuel you have on hand (like the gas gauge in your car).

One of the simple-case leptin problems encountered by any person who is overweight is that their leptin gas gauge is sticky, and leptin is not entering your brain correctly (leptin resistance). This produces a false state of perceived starvation, meaning you feel hungry and your subconscious brain thinks your fuel tank is near empty (even though you have plenty of stored fat on hand). When this happens, leptin sets your thyroid to a lower level so that you don't perish from the famine, and the famine doesn't even exist!

I designed Leptinal^® to enhance how fat burning is activated in your white adipose tissue, to reduce leptin resistance by enhancing triglyceride metabolism, to improve leptin signaling within your brain, while simultaneously turning down the inflammation that fuels leptin and thyroid problems. It is a unique combination of DHA, GLA, tocotrienols, pomegranate, and citrus-derived polymethoxylated flavones. Because the essential fatty acids of DHA and GLA are woefully lacking in the typical American diet, they are key basics that need to be supplemented to promote optimal leptin function that assists easier weight management.*

Another simple-case leptin issue involves problems relating to how insulin functions in your body, resulting in food cravings especially for sweets, and easy weight gain from eating carbohydrates. LeptiSlim^® is specially designed to knock down these sweet cravings, while at the same time supporting more optimal insulin function so that your body can process carbohydrates in a more efficient manner. It is a potent combination of metabolically-activating first milk colostrum, insulin supportive chromium and vanadium, and the sweet-tooth busting herbs gymnema sylvestre and inula racemosa.*

Covering your basic nutrient bases with Leptinal^® and LeptiSlim^®, while closely following the Five Rules of the Leptin Diet, is the best way to get started addressing body weight in relation to thyroid issues. Leptinal and LeptiSlim are designed to be taken with other thyroid support, as described in previous sections.