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A 3 Step Plan for Preventing Menopausal Belly Fat

November 29, 2015 by Sharon Horesh Bergquist 2 Comments

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As a women approaching menopause, you may endure many changes in your body, such as drenching night sweats, mood irritability, and difficulty sleeping.Perhaps the most challenging, however, is the hormonally driven change in your body shape and lean body composition.

With the start of menstrual irregularity, your ovaries progressively make less estrogen and progesterone. In contrast, the amount of androgens, including testosterone, they make is less affected.

The drop in estrogen and the higher relative proportion of testosterone gradually morph your body from being curvy at the hips to being fuller at the waist—until you eventually lose your waistline. Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Aging well, Health Tagged With: belly fat, menopause

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