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Gaining Weight Even Without Eating Much? Look at Your Hormones

Gaining weight even without eating much? Look at your hormones.

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An English translation from the clinic’s original journal. References to treatments and products reflect the original publication date.

Introduction

Gaining weight even without eating much? Look at your hormones. When someone says “diet,” many different names and methods come to mind. Starvation and single-food diets—even successful diets can leave you caught in the trap of weight rebound.

If you say, “I really only eat a little, but I gain weight,” people around you may doubt it: “What do you mean, a little? Aren’t you eating a lot when you get home?” But you can gain weight even while eating little. It can happen. Even if you do not eat much, weight that is going to accumulate can still do so. Then we need to find out why.

Original viewing instruction: click the images and swipe left. Regardless of your willpower, disrupted hormonal balance can trap you in a vicious cycle of obesity.

For more details, see the linked article: http://www.kormedi.com/news/article/1217359_2892.html. In the next post, we will explore this same topic again in more detail. Gaining weight even without eating much? Look at your hormones.

Original illustrations & English text

The original artwork is preserved below, with English translations of the text in each illustration.

Can you gain weight even from drinking water?

Can you gain weight even from drinking water?

You can gain weight even without eating much.

You can gain weight even without eating much.

If your constitution changed and you gained weight after taking herbal medicine as a child, or your weight increased after your thyroid deteriorated, what could be the reason?

If your constitution changed and you gained weight after taking herbal medicine as a child, or your weight increased after your thyroid deteriorated, what could be the reason?

It is hormones.

It is hormones.

Well-known American diet experts also point to hormones as a cause of obesity.

Well-known American diet experts also point to hormones as a cause of obesity.

Regardless of willpower, disrupted hormonal balance can trap you in a vicious cycle of obesity.

Regardless of willpower, disrupted hormonal balance can trap you in a vicious cycle of obesity.

Overcoming the causes of hormonal imbalance is presented as a way to prevent weight rebound

Overcoming the causes of hormonal imbalance is presented as a way to prevent weight rebound. For more detail, see http://www.kormedi.com/news/article/1217359_2892.html. Provided by hormone-clinic doctor and trainer Dr. Chae, Yong-Hyun.

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