Metabolic Health

Here’s Why Fat Loss Has Less to Do with Calories.

Introducing essential hormones that play critical roles in burning fat in simple terms

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

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EUPHORIA

10 min readJul 24, 2021

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I am inspired to write this story after receiving substantial feedback on my recent viral story titled “Fat Loss Has Nothing To Do With Calories: Our hormones have the final say for…

Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Written by Dr Mehmet Yildiz

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EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com

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