While estrogen deficiency may play a role in some women s experience in most cases it does not. Most women in America are over their ideal body weight. It is well documented that overweight women produce too much estrogen. Estrogen is made in fat cells. The estrogen that is made is called estrone.
Estrone is a relatively strong estrogen.
Women who are overweight are at an increased risk of diseases that are known to be caused by elevated estrogen. Uterine cancer and breast cancer are more common in women who are overweight. Also, women that are overweight are more likely to be diabetic. Women who are diabetic are more sensitive to estrogen than women who are not diabetic. Estrogen also increases weight gain and makes it more difficult to lose weight.