In 2010, the VA finally adjusted its compensation policy for combat veterans suffering from PTSD, but denied justice to tens of thousands of MST survivors by not doing the same for them, said SWAN Executive Director Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain and MST survivor.
At normal levels, estrogen actually helps keep you lean by goosing the production of insulin, a hormone that manages blood sugar. When estrogen gets thrown off, though, it turns you into a weight-gain machine. Here's how: When you eat, your blood sugar rises. Like a bodyguard, insulin lowers it by escorting glucose into three different places in your body.
HGH for weight loss. Taking human growth hormone (HGH) has been touted as another 'miracle' way of losing weight but is it safe and does it work? What is HGH? HGH is an anabolic hormone produced in the pituitary gland, which stimulates the growth of muscle, bone and cartilage. Although it's produced throughout life, it's most plentiful in children and young people, diminishing in production with age.