Eating During Winter - Chemicals and Hormones can Fluctuate with Aliment Consumption

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Winters often causes us to gain weigt. Every winter we add a few pounds which can add to our appearance of being overweight. Most people really add those pounds that are hard to lose afterwards. It’s known that during the winter we are more likely to gain weigt, and then in the spring and summer we will want to try to lose those extra pounds that we have put on.

What causes this phenomenon?

There is no logical explanation to properly demonstrate the theory of gaining weigt in the Winter, but there are some potential causes that can inflict this.

It is possible for our genes to be programmed to consume more aliments high on fats and more alcohol during periods with low temperatures, causing a gain in our weight. A plausible explanation would be that our ancestors needed a significant quantity of fats in their organism just to survive through these periods and that quantity acted as “fuel” for fighting the cold. Scientists say that we inherited these genes, and along with them the need to consume aliments that are high on fats during winters.

The level of some hormones – the interaction of different chemicals and hormones inside the human brain can cause variations in appetite and aliment consumption. Some neuron-transmitters, substances that have the role to transmit information from a nervous cell to the other, can influence the way we eat. This is one possible cause of being overweight.