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A new study has found that extra protein in one’s diet is sufficient to reduce weight gain, a change many women around menopause experience due to declining estrogen levels and lifestyle factors.
Researchers at the University of Sydney previously found that women are more susceptible to gaining weight because of hormonally-induced protein breakdown, increasing the body's appetite for protein.
As a result, women continue to eat unnecessary calories until the body satisfies its protein needs.
“The evidence suggests that staying on the typical highly-processed western diet during the transition to menopause at around age 40 to 50 will result in excess energy intake, leading to weight gain and increased risk of obesity and cardiometabolic diseases,” lead author and professor of life and environmental sciences Prof. Stephen Simpson said....