You won’t lose weight even if you eat the top 20 hormone positive foods if you’re doing these top 5 metabolism busters. These destroyers increase fat-storing hormones and cause you to STORE fat!

1- Sugar
Sugar is a bad fat storer. Insulin is a hormone that helps us use calories for energy… but it also stores excess glucose as fat… and sugar makes excess insulin and glucose! PLUS, as long as there is insulin in your bloodstream, your body will not burn fat. Considering the amount of sugar we consume today in everything, not only in sweets but also in breads, sauces and drinks, it is not surprising that so many people are overweight.

2- Lack of sleep
Yes, sleep makes you thin! Some of the most important fat-burning hormones produce high levels at different stages of sleep. Sleep also helps deal with stress and helps keep cortisol levels down…another fat-storing hormone, and also helps curb cravings so we don’t overeat. Three good reasons why you should sleep 8 hours a night.

3-Alcohol
Sorry, but this is a huge metabolism buster. It increases most fat storage hormones like estrogen and cortisol and lowers fat burners like testosterone. Also, it increases the unbeatable hunger hormone Ghrelin, which means overeating a lot of calories.

4- Belly fat
Yes, your fat keeps you fat! Belly fat especially increases Insulin and Cortisol… which store MORE fat. It’s a nasty cycle, but a little healthy weight loss dramatically reduces its impact. So cut these metabolism busters out of your life and reduce your waist measurement so you can boost your metabolism and burn even more fat.

5- Caffeine
Okay, now I’m really going to ruin your life, but caffeine is a great destroyer. You may have heard that caffeine increases your metabolism and a little bit it does… but not in the doses that we drink it. It fully stimulates the adrenal glands and increases estrogen, cortisol and thyroid masses. Keep it to one cup a day or switch to green tea which doesn’t have the same effect.

Eliminate these destroyers from your life and you will be able to burn fat by speeding up your metabolism. Increasing your metabolism is the only way to achieve long-term weight loss.