Menopause Support, Say No
to Discomforts of Menopause

Menopause support is needed because millions of women enter menopause each single day.

For more than 80 percent of these women, hot flashes persist for more than a year; 9 percent of women older than 70 years report experiencing hot flashes.

For some women, hot flashes are inconvenient but not troublesome; however, about 25 percent of these women report severe symptoms that interfere with sleep and daily functions.

Most women experience menopause in their forties or fifties. Like puberty and pregnancy, menopause is packed with physical and psychological changes caused by shifts in a woman's hormonal makeup.

Women are looking for safe ways to reduce menopausal symptoms but studies continue to be confusing and misleading.

The safety issues involving (HRT) Hormone Replacement Therapy showed that they caused more harm than good.

Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes

A natural, drug-free approach to menopause is fast becoming the clear and obvious choice.

How do I know? I've been there and done that.

Hot flashes are not a joke. They were like something I had never experienced before in my life. Hot and sweating one minute and just as quick you're freezing cold.

It truly gets to be embarrasing, especially if you are a working woman and are among male co-workers.

However, with a proper diet, nutritional supplements, and exercise, most of the unpleasant side effects of the menopause symptoms can be minimized, if not eliminated. See my pages on women's health care for the 20s, health care for the 30s, health care for the 40s and beyond.

Alternative Health Care

In general, the average amount of isoflavones consumed in a typical Asian diet is approximately 50mg/day.

An increasing number of studies suggest that soy and soy isoflavones-in the form of soy flour, soy protein, and dietary supplements-may play an important role in the treatment of hot flashes.

Soy has been safely consumed by hundreds of millions of people without complications, with the possible exception of soy allergies.

In contrast to herbal alternatives to HRT, soy has been thought to lower cholesterol, make blood vessels more elastic (increase vascular elasticity), and slow osteoclast activity in bones.

Healthy Diets

Primrose oil or black currant seed oil-as directed on label-Act as sedatives and diuretics. Good for hot flashes. Important for production of estrogen.

Vitamin B complex-As directed on label-For improved circulation and cellular function. Use a siblingual form for best absorption.

Vitamin E-Start with 400 IU daily and slowly increase the dosage until hot flashes are relieved, up to 1,600 IU daily-Reduces hot flashes and many other symptoms.

Japanese women generally experience far fewer symptoms of menopause because they consume more phytoestrogens (plant estrogens) in estrogen like foods such as; soybeans, tofu, miso, flaxseeds, pomegranities, and dates.

When these substances are eaten, they act like the estrogens produced in the body, thereby providing full menopause support.

For more information, check out these links:

Women's Health

Healthy Diets

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