This is not always the case. When you get older you build up bad oestrogens in your system from chemical pesticides in food (oestrogen mimickers) and stress, and sometimes it doesn't matter how little you eat, you can't lose weight. Testosterone in males converts to oestrogen and they get big bellys.

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