Your thyroid gland makes thyroid hormone in the form of T4, which is then converted into the more active T3 hormone. What you need to know is that T3 hormone is far more potent and active than T4 hormone in your body. If this conversion of T4 to T3 is sluggish, you may feel the effects of low thyroid function even if T4 levels are within the normal range.

Perimenopausal weight gain is a real thing.

This is a fact.

It's common for weight gain to start a few years before menopause, during the time known as perimenopause. Weight gain often continues at about the rate of 1.5 pounds each year as a woman goes through her 50s.

When I meet with women to discuss the potential risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy - fear of weight gain with estrogen therapy is common.

But is this fear valid?

Nearly every chronic disease in the world today can be linked back to this same thing. Chronic Inflammation. 3 out of 5 people worldwide die because of chronic inflammatory diseases, and the World Health Organization ranks these diseases as the greatest threat to human health.