Are you in menopause, have you passed it or are you close to menopause? Well, don’t go on a strict weight loss diet. Don’t go on protein diets, crash diets, and crash diets to lose weight. According to a study, women who go on a diet to lose weight rapidly don’t lose fat, but bone density, with the great risk of contracting premature osteoporosis. Women close to menopause or postmenopausal who lost more than 5-10 pounds on the weight loss diet also lost, according to the study conducted by researchers  Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, more bone density than fat, compared to younger men and girls.

Although weight loss is beneficial to avoid metabolic syndrome or some of its indicative diseases such as diabetes, and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diet, especially if drastic, is not at all the solution, and can lead to a greater risk. of fractures already after the age of 50. But what to do then?
Better a healthy lifestyle, without cuts in calories or macronutrients, and daily movement, in addition to any activity in the gym, to strengthen bones and support a weight loss of fat, without bone demineralization.