Leptin is a hormone that comes from your fat cells, travels up to your brain, and regulates your metabolism and rate of fat burning and thyroid function. Women have more leptin than men which establishes their naturally higher percentage of body fat. Fat, in turn, helps maintain higher estrogen levels.

Leptin problems cause a disruption in insulin function leading to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance promotes fat to be stored and existing fat not to be broken down or used as fuel, aggravating the estrogen-driven problem of cellulite. Thus, poor diet can lock in the obesity angle and become a major irritant to cellulite, preventing it from going away.

The worst foods to eat are processed sugar and too much fat. Another huge problem is snacking, which immediately packages up any fatty acids that could be burned as fuel and sends them back to storage inside fat cells.

By following the Five Rules of the Leptin Diet it is possible to lower insulin and leptin resistance, in turn enhancing the ability of your body to clear fatty acids from the stagnant cellulite area. Women must quit snacking between meals and eating after dinner at night if they want to stop cellulite.