'Leptin is the hormone that inhibits hunger so diet drinks like Diet Coke actually make you hungry and less satisfied with normal amounts of food, and finally when you eat or drink a lot of chemicals that your body simply cannot break down, your body makes more and more internal fat to wrap the chemicals in keeping those harmful chemicals away from your vital organs.
Also, a few things can cause early menopause such as smoking. If you've had a hysterectomy (the removal of the uterus without the removal of your ovaries) you may go into menopause a little earlier than you normally would have because of the decreasing hormones and waning effects on the ovaries.
Stages of Menopause. During menopause, a woman has her last menstrual period, usually around the age of 51. This marks the end of the fertile phase in a woman's life. The time before and after this last menstrual period, during which a woman's body goes through several changes, is divided into four stages of menopause. The graph below shows the hormonal fluctuations and menopause symptoms experienced during the stages of menopause.