Why Am I Gaining Belly Fat in Menopause? It's Not Willpower, It's Estrogen

Your waistband changed and your diet didn’t. That’s not a willpower problem; it’s estrogen. As estrogen falls across the menopause transition, fat shifts away from your hips and thighs and into the visceral depot, deep in your abdomen and wrapped around your organs. Visceral fat is metabolically active tissue: it drives insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver. I call this the Metabolic Syndrome of Menopause, and most women walk into it with nothing more than advice to eat less and move more. My daily targets: protein… Video by YouTube channel.