Does Estrogen Really Cause Weight Gain?

I hear this all the time: “I don’t want to take estrogen because I’m afraid it will make me gain weight.” But in more than 12 years of caring for thousands of women, that has not been what I typically see. For many women, adding estrogen during perimenopause or menopause actually seems to help stabilize their weight, and some even find it easier to lose weight once their symptoms and hormone changes are better managed. Menopause weight changes are complex, but estrogen itself is not the automatic weight-gain culprit it’s often made out to be. Did fear of… Video by YouTube channel.