Estrogen action on carbohydrate metabolism
Reduced estrogen may also lower metabolic rate, the rate at which the body conves stored energy into working energy. It's possible the same thing happens with women when estrogen levels drop after menopause. Some evidence suggests that estrogen hormone therapy increases a woman's resting metabolic rate. Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:637,638,639
Increases uptake of glucose through increase in insulin sensitivity
Glycolysis increases
Increasing central adipose deposition
Worsening of NIDDM
Endocrinology