When Laura Kerr’s legs gained 40 pounds in two months during perimenopause, making it nearly impossible to climb stairs, her doctor’s advice was familiar: Lose weight. But Kerr’s problem wasn’t overeating—it was a chronic fat disorder that conventional dieting can’t touch.
“For years, doctors told me to lose weight, but the pain and swelling in my legs only grew worse,” Kerr, a yoga instructor who had struggled with unexplained leg heaviness, told The Epoch Times.
