Menopause induces significant changes in women's cardiovascular health due to the loss of estrogen, leading to increased blood pressure and adverse lipid profiles. Health expert Freaney emphasizes the need for women to prepare optimally for this transitional phase to minimize risks. Many women are unaware of these shifts, which can exacerbate cardiovascular issues. Implementing strength training and maintaining healthy exercise and nutrition habits can help counteract negative effects regardless of menopausal status, making it essential for women to focus on cardiovascular health throughout their lives.
There's a big shift that happens there. We lose our natural estrogen levels, and with the loss of natural estrogen, our whole cardiometabolic profile shifts for the worst.
A lot of this people don't realize it's going to happen, and so they haven't gone into the menopausal years optimizing for it.
I try to counsel my female patients that the years around menopause are really a time of accelerating cardiovascular risk.
There's a whole batch of things that happen together that, when taken in full, create an overall riskier cardiovascular environment for a woman.
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