Is This The First Major Turning Point For Women’s Heart Health?
For a long time, heart disease conversations around women tended to focus on what happens after menopause. The assumption was that once estrogen drops, cardiovascular risk rises with it. And while this is true, many women know the shift starts earlier than that. Somewhere during those years when periods start becoming irregular, sleep feels less restorative, and your body suddenly responds differently to foods, stress, and exercise, your metabolic health often starts shifting too.