Hot Flashes Cause Weight Gain At Menopause

Having hot flashes can be one of the causes for weight gain at menopause .

Menopause and peri-menopause are associated with the harmful loss of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in ladies and with the increase in total and abdominal obesity and hot flashes.

When a lady has hot flashes, her brain is talking at her ovaries to make the mandatory estrogen her body needs to function adequately. Dismayingly, the ovaries are not listening and the one structure in a women’s body that is listening is the fat cells in the belly, hips and legs.

That’s because of the fact that estrone, the estrogen of menopause is only made in fat tissue. So with hot flashes, your body is becoming devoted to making more fat so it can make more estrogen. I’ve seen weight gains exceeding 20 to 30 pounds over less than 5 years.

Irrespective of what ladies do whether it is exercising, consuming less and eating smarter, they will still add weight. That is because their body is prepared to make more fat. The better news is many reports have shown a dramatic improvement in stopping weight gain and abdominal obesity with balancing of hormones.

And best of all, without hot flashes ladies will get a better night sleep which leads on to more energy so helping them to think more clearly. With menopause and falling hormone levels, there’s also a rise in the enzyme which causes fat development in the tummy hips, and upper legs.

Estrogen care decreases this fat forming enzyme which will lower the expansion of the fat cell so decreasing fat formation in the tummy hips and thighs. There’s hope. Sadly not all estrogens will reduce fat.

The topical bio-identical hormone cures have been shown to significantly reduce fat while the oral estrogen replacements, the synthetic pony urine derived estrogens and the synthetic progestins have all been shown to significantly increase weight gain and inflammation.

So if you’re having hot flashes and night sweats, do not buy more fans, change your sheets each night or hide in the fridge. Get some help with bio-identical hormones and help your body stop fat forming in its tracks. Balancing your hormones will help you effectively lose weight, sleep deeper, think more clear, and feel more alive.

At Andlos Preventive Care Center, Dr. Robert Carlson, Sarasota, Florida treats many sides of becoming older thru careful and safe hormone replacement care using bioidentical instead of synthesised hormones. By controlling hormones, Dr. Carlson says millions of baby boomers may be enjoying a dimension of health and approach to life that helps them to live their best healthy lives no matter their sequential age.