Fall of Life Middle-aged...How to reduce sex hormones?
Oct 15, 2025
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One of the typical physical changes in middle age is decreased sex hormones. Major sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen not only make biological differences between men and women, but also play an important role throughout the body, including bone, muscle, and metabolic health.
In middle age, endocrine function gradually decreases and sex hormone secretion decreases due to cell aging. In particular, women's oestrogen and progesterone secretion in the ovaries rapidly decreases starting from menopause, and men's testosterone secretion ability gradually decreases.
When sex hormone secretion is reduced, various changes occur in the body. Decreased sex hormones, which play an important role in muscle maintenance, reduce muscle mass and basal metabolism, leading to weight gain, especially abdominal fat. This is also closely related to the increased risk of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
In addition, sex hormones function to control blood vessel relaxation and cholesterol metabolism, and if these hormones decrease, the risk of dyslipidemia and high blood pressure increases, so care should be taken in cardio-cerebrovascular health management.
Sexual hormones contribute to maintaining the balance between osteoblasts and osteoclasts, and when sexual hormones decrease, this balance is broken, leading to decreased bone density and increased risk of fracture, especially in postmenopausal women, the incidence of osteoporosis rises rapidly, so special management is necessary.
In addition, because sex hormones affect emotional control and sleep, symptoms such as insomnia, depression, and sleep disorders may appear.
Hwang Hye-rim, director of the General Health Examination Center at Daedong Hospital (family medicine specialist), said "The decrease in sex hormones after middle age is a natural phenomenon, but how actively you understand it and manage it can reduce the risk of hormonal changes and improve the quality of life from middle age to old age."He emphasized that "Not all symptoms are natural just because we are old, and there must be a cause for various symptoms that appear in our body, so it is very important to accurately identify and manage the cause properly.'
In order to prevent fat accumulation and maintain bones and muscles, choose an exercise that suits you and perform it three to five times a week.
It is recommended to consume enough protein to maintain muscles, and to organize a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D. On the other hand, we should reduce sugar, fat, and sodium intake and refrain from smoking and drinking alcohol.
Get 7 to 8 hours of adequate sleep every day, and manage stress properly through hobbies.
If you have an underlying disease, it is important to consult and manage your doctor regularly, and check your health status through regular health checkups.
▲Unprovoked fatigue ▲ Emotional ups and downs ▲ Sudden weight gain ▲ Feeling reduced height ▲ Family history ▲ sexual function changes such as osteoporosis and early menopause, it is recommended to visit a medical institution for accurate diagnosis.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
