Sunday, March 1, 2009

Weight Loss Products and Menopause, Zalestra

By Ricardo d Argence

Menopause is a very exciting stage in a woman's life. It is definitely a sign of crossing one stage and entering the other. Menopause is characterized by a lot of symptoms like increase in weight, loss of sexual appetite, mood swings and irritability. An increase in one's weight is one of the more annoying symptoms but even healthy, fit women are prone to it.

There are many items for sale right now that claim to help with the issue of menopausal weight gain. They promise to reduce your weight without any side effects. How true are their claims and are they really what they seem? Prior to discussing that, however, it is important that we fully grasp why menopause and weight gain go together.

Here are some of the causes for gaining weight during menopause. One of the consequences of growing older is that the metabolism's efficiency decreases, along with digestion speed. Both starchy and fatty foods take longer to digest, as a result your body will process more fat and calories than nutrients.

How your body metabolizes fat is directly affected by the hormone estrogen. The decreasing of estrogen levels during menopause affects the fat metobolization. Due to it the body stores greater amount of fat than earlier for compensating this drop in estrogen. This causes the entire chain of metabolism to get affected.

The additional pounds gained in menopause can be really harmful since they can aid in causing heart problems, diabetes and other such related diseases.

Menopause changes your body in ways that you can address, and these menopausal weight loss products will help you do that. These days Zalestra is quite well known in these products.

Zalestra is said to have a rich variety of ingredients like mega soy extract, DHEA, Carbinol and other fruit extracts. These constituents help in reducing the problems associated with menopause and also protect the body against the various harmful effects of menopause.

Zalestra works in three different ways: suppresses the appetite, increases the thermogenic output and supports the thyroid.

Instead of a higher caffeine intake, Zalestra can be used by menopausal women who are battling low energy levels.

This item's benefits include that it is made of natural ingredients. This also appears to be an immediate and solitary solution for all weight loss requirements.

Soy in Zalestra has recently been shown to be accountable for disturbing the hormonal balance of the body instead of putting the hormonal balance in place. Zalestra does not have any clinical evidence that it works to lose weight. Moreover the company does not even seem to be offering a free sample to back its claims.

Menopause is a condition which can be controlled by the right diet and exercise rather than these weight loss products. Since it's quite a delicate condition in every woman's life, it's recommended that you take these products only under a doctor's guidance. Meanwhile a strict regime of right diet and exercise can work wonders for you. - 15784

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