The Obesogen Effect: Lose Weight Easily with One Simple Trick

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The good news? While they are everywhere, it is easy to reduce or eliminate our exposure to them and lose weight easily once we do so! Here's How Obesogens Mess with Your Body:

1. Increase the size of fat cells and encourage the storage of body fat

2. Decrease the calories you burn

3. Alters the hormone (leptin) that tell you when you are full, which leads to overeating

4. Promotes insulin resistance

5. The President's Cancer Panel annual report acknowledges that endocrine disrupters such as obesogens are directly linked to cancer

So how do you prevent these substances from getting into your body and wreaking havoc? A few simple changes are all you need.

The 7 Common Places That Obesogens Lurk & Their Simple Solutions:

1. Containers. Plastics and can linings contain BPA (bisphenol-A) that is a synthetic estrogen, which is linked to several forms of cancer as well as insulin resistance. Avoid plastics with the numbers 3 or 7 on the bottom, which contain BPA. THE SOLUTION: Use glass or metal bottles that do not have a lining. Glass bottles like Lifefactory make glass bottles with protective silicone sleeves (www.lifefactory.com). When grocery shopping, buy food items in glass or paper (Tetra-Pak) containers.

2. Tap Water. According to Dr. Oz, 'The main obesogen in tap water is atrazine. Banned in Europe, but found around the United States, atrazine slows thyroid hormone metabolism [leading to weight gain]. Another culprit found in tap water, tributylin, a fungicide...stimulates fat cell production.' THE SOLUTION: A high-quality water filtration system. Unfortunately, the majority of water filters available like carafes, pitchers, and faucet attachments are made to conform to bare-minimum standards, or only deal with taste and odor, and are not suitable for effectively removing contaminants. Your best choice is a highly-rated granular activated carbon (GAC) system designed specifically for removing chlorine, chloramine, VOCs, THMs, obesogens, and over 80,000 other unregulated, such as the USA-made filters by Environmental Water Systems (www.ewswater.com).

3. Nonstick Cookware. Nonstick surfaces like Teflon have long been known to cause problems in the human body, including slowing thyroid function and increasing weight gain. THE SOLUTION: Buy stainless steel or copper cookware. Many brands of all price levels offer cookware without nonstick.

4. Microwave Popcorn. All kinds of nasty chemicals hang out in conventional microwave popcorn. THE SOLUTION: Buy a bag of organic, non-GMO popcorn kernels and pop them yourself on the stovetop, which takes about 5 minutes. You can also buy ready-made non-GMO popcorn at most grocery stores.

5. Shower Curtains. Phthalates are chemicals found in plastics and vinyl, and are known to negatively effect testosterone and metabolism. THE SOLUTION: Buy a PEVA shower curtain, which do not smell or off-gas, and are non-vinyl.

6. Air Fresheners. Contains phthalates and other chemicals. THE SOLUTION: Buy a natural room spray, or make your own by mixing water with your favorite essential oils and storing it in a BPA-free or glass spray bottle.

7. Shrink Wrap. The shrink wrap used for pre-packaged meats at most grocery stores contain obesogens. THE SOLUTION: Go to your local butcher for quality, price-competitive meats, or go up to the meat counter at the store and get the meat fresh. Ask if they can package it in paper for you instead of plastic. If not, at least the plastic will not have a chance to leach into your meat for longer than the car ride home.

That's it! Those are the 7 simple, easy to implement steps to eliminating obesogens from your life and getting your body back.

About The Author:

Environmental Water Systems is the leader in whole home water filtration technology and is the pioneer in developing central water for the home.

About Author: The American Medical Association, National Institutes of Health, and White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity have been blowing open the issue of obesogens and how they drastically affect everyone's bodies, causing us to gain weight. Obesogens are endocrine disruptors, which can be either natural or man-made chemicals that alter your entire body. In short, they cause us to gain unnatural amounts of weight.

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