Effects of Menopause on Body Weight, Health and Sh - 2007/05/11 00:21
There are three important health and weight related events that occur during menopause.
Our body shape changes and we start to deposit body fat around our middle. Estrogen promotes fat deposits on our hips and thighs, so as our estrogen levels fall, our weight stops going to our hips and goes to our tummy area instead.
Our cholesterol levels rise due to reduced estrogen. Estrogen helps promote a favorable cholesterol level, so when we run short of it, our cholesterol level tends to rise. Other conditions, like osteoporosis can also start to appear at this time. We tend to gain weight, possibly due to declining estrogen. Although experts do not agree whether or not menopause affects such weight gain, or whether it is solely a combination of age and lack of exercise. In animal studies, scientists found that estrogen is important in regulating weight gain. Animals with their ovaries surgically removed gained weight, even if they were fed the same diet as the animals with intact ovaries.
Loose Pounds Naturally
