Most replayed moment: The hormone that controls your weight | Dr Andrew Jenkinson
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Most replayed moment: The hormone that controls your weight | Dr Andrew Jenkinson

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 8, 202612 min

Floating through all of our bodies is a complex network of hormones. You can think of it as an internal postal service, delivering vital messages and instructions to different organs and systems. But what happens if these messages get intercepted, mixed up, or worse, not delivered at all? In this episode, Dr Andrew Jenkinson tells us about a hormone that plays a crucial role in weight regulation and the undesirable consequences when it isn’t functioning properly. He also shares three simple tips you can do tomorrow to make sure your hormones support yo...

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Hello and welcome to Zoe recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Floating through all of our bodies is a complex network of hormones. You can think of it as an internal postal service, delivering vital messages and instructions to different organs and systems. But what happens if these messages get intercepted, mixed up, or worse, not delivered at all?

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In this episode, Andrew Jenkinson tells us about a hormone that plays a crucial role in weight regulation and the undesirable consequences when it isn't functioning properly. He also shares three simple tips you can do tomorrow to make sure your hormones support your health. So there's one hormone, the master controller, leptin.

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Skimmed over in medical school, not too many doctors really understand it too much, but it's absolutely crucial in human weight regulation and mammalian weight regulation. If we're in an environment where there's no food,

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