In 2010, the VA finally adjusted its compensation policy for combat veterans suffering from PTSD, but denied justice to tens of thousands of MST survivors by not doing the same for them, said SWAN Executive Director Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine Corps captain and MST survivor.
At normal levels, estrogen actually helps keep you lean by goosing the production of insulin, a hormone that manages blood sugar. When estrogen gets thrown off, though, it turns you into a weight-gain machine. Here's how: When you eat, your blood sugar rises. Like a bodyguard, insulin lowers it by escorting glucose into three different places in your body.
So estrogen can be directly responsible for weight gain. Estrogen is also the hormone in the female body responsible for ovulation. It is the reason women can produce eggs and these eggs fertilize with sperm to form a baby. Estrogen can increase due to many reasons including birth control pills and menopause. Birth control pills add to the existing hormone in the body and increase the womanâs appetite. This, in turn, leads to weight gain. In the case of menopause, hormonal fluctuations lead to an increase in appetite and eventual weight gain. During menopause, the body rapidly produces lesser hormones to stop ovulation.