Weight Loss Is First Line Therapy For Managing Menopause

Hormonal havoc as a woman reaches menopause can produce many side effects, one of which is weight gain. When deciding how to first treat the premenopause and perimenopause, women may find that weight loss is the first line of therapy for managing their menopause.

It’s important to understand alternatives, and how the right type of weight management will help you the most.

In addition women who want to be successful with weight loss medications can lose better if they actually also use hormone therapy.

Women with hot flashes who are not in the normal BMI range can get significant benefit from even a small amount of weight loss.

Hot flashes and night sweats respond almost as well to weight management as to hormone management.

There are many secondary benefits of weight loss on overall health.

Nutrition and diet can affect other conditions that worsen in the menopausal transition such as migraines, fatigue, sleep issues, and hypertension.