In this article I’d like to explain an interesting finding related to why you are having a hard time losing weight
Let’s take a look at something very important.

All six fat-burning hormones can only work if your liver is functional. The liver activates 80 percent of your thyroid hormone. Even though the liver is not considered an endocrine gland, it does produce a hormone.
Behind many stubborn weight cases, you’ll find a sluggish liver. You see, in order to have a diseased liver on blood test, sometimes much of the liver has to be destroyed. When your liver fills up significantly with scar tissue, it’s called cirrhosis. The only way to really prove this is by needle biopsy. The problem is this procedure has a side effect of death, even though that’s rare (1 out of 10,000).

It’s not that the liver is in full-blown disease yet; it’s more of a subclinical or a predisease situation. The liver is broken down to the point where the fat-burning hormones are now resistant.

Since one function of the liver is manufacturing body proteins from dietary proteins, when the liver gets damaged, proteins become deficient regardless of how much you eat. This now low-protein state creates fluid accumulation in the abdomen, called ascites. You’ve probably seen the guy with a potbelly on the beach wearing a Speedo. It can be water weight, not fat.

I’ve rearranged my entire weight-loss program to improve liver health as a first action—and the results are good. People are losing weight for the first time in years. It’s really working.

The complete program is in chapter 10 of my book The 7 Principles of Fat Burning, which you can find at http://www.findyourbodytype.com