Hi
@AloeSvea
I have no problem with your comments about menopause being perfectly normal for half the population, but I always react with exasperation when I see someone saying this
I am genuinely delighted that you have found low carb to work so well for you. Including weight loss and blood glucose control and all the wonderful goodies that a whole range of men and women get from low carbing.
That it brilliant. It is life changing. Such a wonderful thing.
Trouble is, the moment people start announcing absolutes like you did in the quoted text above, they actually do themselves and low carbing a terrible disservice.
No, it isn’t easy for everyone.
No, it doesn’t automatically lead to weight loss.
No it doesn’t guarantee that all menopausal women can go skipping off into a lean, fit old age.
The reality is that it works that way for a lot of people - but not everyone.
It is often harder for women than men for a lot of reasons, sometimes to do with muscle mass and fat mass ratios, sometimes due to a variety of hormone issues not just menopause.
Personally, I am absolutely delighted that @MrsA20 is losing weight, and I am really rooting for that to continue, especially if she irons out any beginner’s wrinkles in her low carbing. I hope it continues, and that she achieves both excellent bg control and loss of all the weight she wishes to lose.
But I firmly believe that telling anyone that something is definitely going to work for them if they work hard enough at it, without knowing their full medical history is very inappropriate.