It's especially important for menopausal women to know how estrogen affects weight gain:
It's not uncommon for women to notice that they're gaining weight or it's more difficult to lose weight. The form of estrogen known as estradiol decreases during menopause. Estradiol helps regulate your metabolism and your body weight. Hence, the weight issues.
And why does that weight like to gather around the mid-section, rather than the hips and thighs? I'm suddenly an "apple" and no longer a "pear." Although more research needs to be done, some has shown that "perimenopause, independent of age, is associated with increased fat in the abdomen as well as decreased lean body mass," according to the websiteOK, break it to me. Why is it particularly dangerous to be an apple rather than a pear?
It's because there's more than just meets the eye: Belly fat is not just that extra layer of padding you see below your skin . It's also visceral fat, which is the fat hiding where you can't see it—deep inside your belly, surrounding your internal organs. Visceral fat is linked to many health problems that are potentially dangerous, like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and even an increased risk of premature death .While some blame low estrogen for weight gain, others point to other midlife factors that take place around the same time as menopause, like the fact that women become less active and more sedentary and a natural slowing of metabolism.Certainly not.
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