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.
Over 30 hormones are produced and secreted by the kidneys. Among them is cortisol, a hormone that is known to promote the retention of fat in the abdominal region. It is the over-production of cortisol and the other hormones produced by the adrenals that contribute to the adrenal body type's difficulty losing weight.