Top 10 Most Overlooked Reasons for Gaining Weight

4. Synthetic hormones

You could not see that synthetic hormones in your environment are hurting you. Many everyday plastics contain chemicals known as xenoestrogens that mimic the effects of human hormones. When any of these chemicals get into your food or drink, they make you retain fat. There’s very little that you can do about environmental contamination, though, other than to try to avoid contact with plastics where you can.