Sure, you know that exercise is essential if you want to keep healthy and strong, and, yes, you know it’s also key for mental health and lifting your mood. But if that’s not enough motivation to make it a regular fix, here’s some more food for thought: the right kind of exercise can help you outmanoeuvre your perimenopausal hormones.
A new study published in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society, looked at three groups of women, each at a different hormonal stage: pre-, peri- and postmenopausal. Researchers tasked each group with performing a set number of exercise hours before evaluating metrics such as body composition, resting metabolic rate and fat distribution. Their conclusion? The greatest changes in the first two factors happened in the perimenopausal years.
But what the researchers also…
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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024