'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.
The average age of menopause in the United States is 51, but it is considered perfectly normal for a woman to go through it at any time between the ages of 35 and 59, says Lila Schmidt, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist in private practice in San Diego. âAnything above 35 is not premature,â she says.ccording to the National Institutes of Health, if you start your periods early (before age 12) and go through menopause late (after age 55), you have an increased risk for breast cancer.