Dr. Sarah Berry

Estrogen. Estrogen loss, estrogen decline, estrogen fluctuations. But not estrogen only affecting our body weight and our metabolism, but affecting so many other areas that then interlink with this. You know, our metabolism, our body weight isn't just about how we metabolize food or what we're eating. It's so multifactorial and it's so interrelated to the other pillars of health.

So our stress, our sleep, our physical activity, as well as what we eat. And we know that menopause impacts all of that. So we can deep dive a little bit into why. One thing just to pick up on, Drew, is actually it was over 80% of our women said that they were experiencing weight gain or slowed metabolism. Wow. That is huge.

So our stress, our sleep, our physical activity, as well as what we eat. And we know that menopause impacts all of that. So we can deep dive a little bit into why. One thing just to pick up on, Drew, is actually it was over 80% of our women said that they were experiencing weight gain or slowed metabolism. Wow. That is huge.

So our stress, our sleep, our physical activity, as well as what we eat. And we know that menopause impacts all of that. So we can deep dive a little bit into why. One thing just to pick up on, Drew, is actually it was over 80% of our women said that they were experiencing weight gain or slowed metabolism. Wow. That is huge.

And when we think about perimenopause, often people think about hot flashes, hot flushes, night sweats. That's the least common symptom. So as you said, one of our most common symptom was this weight gain and slowed metabolism. So there's different things going on here. We need to step back and firstly think, well, what is the role of oestrogen in our body?

And when we think about perimenopause, often people think about hot flashes, hot flushes, night sweats. That's the least common symptom. So as you said, one of our most common symptom was this weight gain and slowed metabolism. So there's different things going on here. We need to step back and firstly think, well, what is the role of oestrogen in our body?

And when we think about perimenopause, often people think about hot flashes, hot flushes, night sweats. That's the least common symptom. So as you said, one of our most common symptom was this weight gain and slowed metabolism. So there's different things going on here. We need to step back and firstly think, well, what is the role of oestrogen in our body?

The role of oestrogen is to impact a whole wide range of different processes, different physiological processes, different neurological processes in our body. We actually have oestrogen receptors over nearly every single cell in our body nearly. So oestrogen impacts so many different processes in our body.

The role of oestrogen is to impact a whole wide range of different processes, different physiological processes, different neurological processes in our body. We actually have oestrogen receptors over nearly every single cell in our body nearly. So oestrogen impacts so many different processes in our body.

The role of oestrogen is to impact a whole wide range of different processes, different physiological processes, different neurological processes in our body. We actually have oestrogen receptors over nearly every single cell in our body nearly. So oestrogen impacts so many different processes in our body.

And this is why when you go through the menopause transition, which involves the loss of oestrogen, then you have such wide reaching impacts across your body. One of the things that oestrogen does, it has quite an important role in how and where we deposit fat. So where we deposit adipose tissue cells, these are fat tissue cells.

And this is why when you go through the menopause transition, which involves the loss of oestrogen, then you have such wide reaching impacts across your body. One of the things that oestrogen does, it has quite an important role in how and where we deposit fat. So where we deposit adipose tissue cells, these are fat tissue cells.

And this is why when you go through the menopause transition, which involves the loss of oestrogen, then you have such wide reaching impacts across your body. One of the things that oestrogen does, it has quite an important role in how and where we deposit fat. So where we deposit adipose tissue cells, these are fat tissue cells.

And really simply put, what happens is, is when you've got a good amount of oestrogen, so your premenopausal, the oestrogen kind of directs the fat around your hips. So we typically say, premenopause women have this pear shape look. So they have their fat around their bottom and their hips.

And really simply put, what happens is, is when you've got a good amount of oestrogen, so your premenopausal, the oestrogen kind of directs the fat around your hips. So we typically say, premenopause women have this pear shape look. So they have their fat around their bottom and their hips.

And really simply put, what happens is, is when you've got a good amount of oestrogen, so your premenopausal, the oestrogen kind of directs the fat around your hips. So we typically say, premenopause women have this pear shape look. So they have their fat around their bottom and their hips.

Now, as your oestrogen declines during the peri and postmenopause, you've no longer got that kind of protective effect of oestrogen driving the fat to sit there. It's then repositioned around your belly. What we know is that a fat around the belly, which we call visceral fat, and we call it visceral adiposity, if you have too much fat around the belly,

Now, as your oestrogen declines during the peri and postmenopause, you've no longer got that kind of protective effect of oestrogen driving the fat to sit there. It's then repositioned around your belly. What we know is that a fat around the belly, which we call visceral fat, and we call it visceral adiposity, if you have too much fat around the belly,

Now, as your oestrogen declines during the peri and postmenopause, you've no longer got that kind of protective effect of oestrogen driving the fat to sit there. It's then repositioned around your belly. What we know is that a fat around the belly, which we call visceral fat, and we call it visceral adiposity, if you have too much fat around the belly,

We know that that's associated with really unfavorable metabolic effects. It's involved with inflammation. It's involved in insulin resistance, et cetera. It's metabolically very active, but in a quite harmful way.