There are many underlying metabolic imbalances that can prevent a person from losing weight. Some of them show obvious cause and effect, like an underactive thyroid that slows down the metabolism, making it very difficult to use food as fuel, which causes a person to pack o the pounds. Others, like neurotransmitter imbalances, exert their effects in more sinister and secretive ways. This often makes people feel they are powerless to do anything about them. Luckily, that isn’t the case.

Neurotransmitter imbalances sabotage weight loss

Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that act as chemical messengers in the body. Serotonin and dopamine are two powerful neurotransmitters that work together to control a wide range of functions in the body, including body temperature regulation, mood, focus, concentration, memory, sleep and behavior (click here to learn more about the far reaching effects of neurotransmitters). In regards to weight loss, these neurotransmitters also control appetite, cravings and binging behaviors. Any imbalance in neurotransmitter levels can lead to any number of states that can spell disaster from a weight loss perspective, including an insatiable appetite, strong cravings for certain foods (particularly sweets, carbohydrates and/or sugar and fat rich foods), strong cravings in the evening (when the metabolism is slowest), bingeing behaviors and emotional eating.

Any one of the effects of neurotransmitter imbalance listed above can sabotage even the most ardent weight loss efforts. The reason is that will power is no match for brain chemistry. If you have a neurotransmitter imbalance that is driving your eating behaviors, no amount of will power can stop you from listening to the messages your brain is sending you. You may be able to resist for a while (and you will probably drive yourself to the edges of sanity in the process) but eventually, you will have to give in because your brain will always win.

This can make a person feel out of control, helpless, frustrated and it drives many to the point of despair in regards to their ability to do anything about it. But there is something you can do about it, and it’s called amino acid therapy.

Amino acid therapy gives you control

Amino acid therapy is the therapeutic use of specific amino acids to reestablish proper neurotransmitter balance. Basically, we use amino acid therapy to determine and provide the exact mixture of amino acids each person needs to reestablish proper neurotransmitter function. Once any neurotransmitter imbalances have been corrected using amino acid therapy, any symptoms those imbalances were causing disappear. If you had a voracious appetite before, it will now be normalized. Severe cravings will diminish and be gone and binging behaviors will be brought back under your control.

Amino acid therapy gives you control over your appetite, cravings, mood and bingeing behavior, as well as any number of other symptoms associated with neurotransmitter imbalance. If you suspect that neurotransmitter imbalance(s) are adversely affecting your ability to lose weight, you owe it to yourself to learn more about amino acid therapy and how it can help you regain control and achieve the weight loss you are looking for.