Most women think weight gain in menopause is just about “slowing metabolism.”
But the truth is deeper — it’s about the interaction between thyroid hormones, adrenal stress, and insulin resistance.
Your Thyroid is Your The Metabolic Engine
- The thyroid gland makes T4 (storage hormone) and some T3 (active hormone).
- The real fat-burning hormone is T3.
- approximately 80% of T3 is made in your liver, gut, muscles, kidneys, brain, and fat tissue by converting T4 → T3.
If conversion is poor, or if T4 is shunted into Reverse T3 (RT3), metabolism slows and belly fat becomes “stuck.”
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