in a fasted state so these two groups of men one were obese one was more average weight they gave
in a fasted state they gave them the oxytocin nasal spray and then they waited 45 minutes
to see what happened to their hunger and here's what they found
fast one day your blood sugar going up and down we're in it together
Dr. Mindy hair and on this video we're going to talk about my favorite hormone hopefully you know
it's my favorite which is oxytocin and how you can use oxytocin to kill hunger while you're fasting
so check this out I have some really interesting research it's not necessarily new research but
it's good research that we need to bring to light because it will help you with your fasting efforts
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my videos out super grateful for you and let's talk about oxytocin this is so fun so sit tight
I've talked about oxytocin when it comes to the hormonal hierarchy and if you're not familiar
with the hormonal hierarchy when oxytocin comes into your body it starts to bring cortisol down
and when cortisol comes down insulin is easier to regulate when you regulate insulin you are able to
regulate your sex hormones estrogen progesterone and testosterone so it is like the queen hormone
oxytocin and we want to get a lot of it but what oxytocin also does is when oxytocin comes on the
scene it regulates dopamine so a little bit like serotonin dopamine and serotonin work hand in hand
where when we get a dopamine rush we want to come behind that with a serotonin rush because dopamine
tells us that we want more it's the molecule of more and it's insatiable you can never get enough
so you just keep wanting more and more and more so you want to bring some serotonin in so that
serotonin tells you you're good you should just be joyful so they work in this not necessarily
inverse relationship but they work like a team and when you pair them together
you will feel not only that high that dopamine can give you but it can also make you feel satisfied
so oxytocin works with dopamine a little bit the same when oxytocin comes in it kind of takes some
pressure off of that more more more more more feeling which often shows up when we're looking at
hunger think about it like when you are overeating you like go to eat your favorite food and even
before you get to that favorite food the dopamine is hitting and your brain is like I'm going to eat
that's going to be amazing and you go to grab it and if it depends on what the food is
it can take some a while for that dopamine response to stop and you may have over eaten
for more than you would have actually preferred to eat so we want to use oxytocin to kind of
shut that dopamine response down so we don't overeat and here's what this study showed
is that when individuals were given oxytocin and they did it in a nasal spray it killed hunger now
this is really interesting and if you've been around to my channel for a while stick with
me because you know how I present science here and there's a lot of nuance that I want you to
know if you are new to my channel sit tight for a moment as I walk you through this train of thought
so when oxytocin they did an oxytocin spray in the nose of 38 men so there's a male study 20 of those
men were obese 18 of them were a normal weight that's how you know what it truly is a normal
weight but this is what this the study showed and what they did is in a fasted state so these two
groups of men one were obese one was more average weight they gave in a fasted state they gave them
the oxytocin nasal spray and then they waited 45 minutes to see what happened to their hunger
and here's what they found and I decided to elevate this because it's too good to highlight
this but this was the conclusion of the study that oxytocin exerts an inhibitory effect on food
intake so and it did it more in the obese men than the normal weight men so why is that well it turns
out that we have oxytocin receptor sites in our adipose tissue so the more adipose tissue you have
the more receptor sites you have to pull oxytocin in and kill hunger now let's stop and think about
this for a minute why did the brilliant body do that because oxytocin slows down that dopamine
response so let's go to an overeating moment for a for a brief moment you're eating the chocolate
cake you're excited about the chocolate cake you can't stop because dopamine's like go go go go go
well when we put the oxytocin get oxytocin in in that moment what it does is it shuts hunger down
so that you stop overeating so your fat tissue knows that it needs to be burned it knows that
accumulating more fat is not healthy so the intelligent body put extra oxytocin receptor sites
in there so that we can shut down the overeating response and shut down dopamine but you can still
feel good because nobody feels bad on oxytocin so how do we use this to our advantage follow
me here for a moment when we are opening up our eating window I hear this so much from you guys
where you have been fasting for a period of time and now it's time to eat and when you start to eat
you just start eating and you can't stop this is where we want to bring some oxytocin in okay how
would we do that something as simple as petting your dog petting your dog raises oxytocin hugging
a loved one or you're gonna hug a non-loved one if you want hugging will give you oxytocin
calling a friend and telling a friend how much you care about them telling somebody you're grateful
for them feeling gratitude for yourself laughing all of these are going to give you oxytocin
bursts so you could get on the phone with a friend while you're breaking your fast
and you're eating something you could hug you know if you have a teenager in your house I highly
recommend hugging those teens yeah it's good for them and good for your oxytocin boost you could
write a thank you note and send it off to somebody you could go into a state of gratitude
and just close your eyes and think of something you're grateful for and all of a sudden oxytocin
comes in dopamine goes down and your hunger stops we are neurochemical beings the body is
so flipping intelligent that it came with this oxytocin system embedded in not only your brain
but into your adipose tissue so that you don't keep getting more and more and more obese you
don't keep gaining more weight you don't keep overeating so use those receptor sites to your
advantage and it can be that simple of a switch so hopefully this is brand new information to you
I will put a link to this study down in the notes so you have it the inhibitory effect that
oxytocin had it isn't a new study it goes back to 2016 but it's so good I wanted to put it out there
and let's practice that you know if you're struggling with overeating
look at all the ways you can improve oxytocin to really kill hunger especially in the fasted state
or when you're breaking your fast so as always this was fast training week
let me know if that was helpful if you have a great way to make oxytocin that you love
go ahead and put it in the in the comments um if you are new to my channel you want the companion
guide go ahead and put the companion guide in uh in your comments and my team will send you a link
but you're a miracle you literally are a miracle and when i read studies like this and i dive into
why would the body do that I start to realize that it's really a brilliant system that we've been
living in we just haven't we're never given the user's manual we have never taught how to do it
how to use these neurochemicals to our advantage so studies like this really point us in the right
direction I hope that helps questions on it I know it's a total side twist on oxytocin and hunger
put your questions in the comments and I'll make sure that we answer it as always I hope that helps