Menopause Guide: Weight Loss, Hot Flashes & Natural Relief

Menopause causes diverse symptoms from hot flashes to metabolic shifts that make weight loss challenging. Using supplements like magnesium and managing bowel changes naturally can help women navigate this transition more comfortably.

Appetite & Menopause

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Angela Ogunjimi

Menopause marks the end of fertility in women. A normal, natural event that occurs some time after age 45, menopause involves reduced functioning of the ovaries and lower levels of estrogen and progesterone, two hormones involved in reproduction.

Angela Ogunjimi has been a prize-winning writer and editor since 1994. She was a general assignment reporter at two newspapers and a business writer at two magazines. She writes on nutrition, obesity, diabetes and weight control for a project of the National Institutes of Health. Ogunjimi holds a master's degree in sociology from George Washington University and a bachelor's in journalism from New York University.