According to a Spanish study published recently in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), the levels of appetite hormones that a person has in the blood before undergoing a weight loss diet could help predict whether After stopping the regimen, you will regain weight.
Specifically, leptin and ghrelin determine whether, after losing weight, we maintain the new weight or regain part of the kilos lost during the diet. Thus, if the levels of leptin (from the Greek leptos , which means thin) are high before starting a regimen, it is more likely that we will suffer the dreaded "yo-yo effect" when eating normally again. At the same time, the lower the levels of ghrelin, a hormone that awakens the sensation of appetite, the greater the predisposition to regain weight when stopping the diet.
