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How One Hormone Impacts A Woman’s Ability to Lose Weight
Find out how to combat those hormone weight loss woes
I don’t have to tell you that women are a lot more efficient at storing fat than men.
If you are a woman and don’t experience this symptom — you are one of the lucky ones!
Despite how much we eat, those fat stores sometimes keep accumulating.
One hormone is the main culprit of this genetic disposition in women and good intentions.
Estrogen is responsible for fat storage due to women’s childbearing years.
Women have, on average, 6–11 per cent more body fat than men.
Studies indicate that estrogen reduces a woman’s ability to burn energy after eating, resulting in more fat stored in the body.
Childbearing is likely to be the primary reason for this.
Efficient fat storage during puberty and early pregnancy results from estrogen increases and can be seen as the body preparing for fertility, foetal development and…