A woman's risk of heart attack doubles during perimenopause. Women's smaller coronary vessels mean heart attacks develop gradually rather than suddenly. Being fit or skinny doesn't guarantee protection, the speaker says, so focus on health instead.
During perimenopause, a woman's risk of heart disease and a heart attack doubles. The heart is also a muscle. It is the only organ in your body that is also a muscle. Heart attacks evolve in different ways. You can sort of have, you know, a sudden one. But for women, because we have smaller vessels, oftentimes it's something that builds over. Can someone be fit and skinny and still have heart disease? Oh, yeah. Skinny should not be our goal. And I know society says that skinny is beautiful. I'm not saying it's beautiful. Beautiful or not beautiful, but I just want women to understand, especially in perimenopause and menopause, that skinny should not be your goal. Healthy should be your goal.
