5 Leading Tips for Relieving Your Menopause Symptoms
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So you’ve hit menopause and now you’re asking yourself what to do next. Or possibly you just ASSUME that your sliding into menopause (peri-menopause) because you’re starting to deal with any of the plethora of indicators, like hot flashes, night sweats, lack of sleep, weariness, reduced sex drive, mood swings, and ruthless weight gain.
The good news is that we now live in a time when menopause is no longer a forbidden subject. We are more at ease talking about it with our pals, significant others, spouses and physicians. There are more channels than ever to help support us in our transformation. The bad news is that there are a lot of long-established “old” Western medical approaches to menopause relief that are certainly risky and sure to be stayed away from whenever feasible.
The beauty of menopause, however, is that it is the period of time when most women are blooming into the fullness of their personal identity– eg: what they want out of life, what goals and talents they want to give birth to, what desires they want to fulfill. They spent their earlier years defining themselves as wife, mother, best friend, and trustworthy employee, but menopause ushers them into a new era– the Age of Wisdom– and here are 5 little bits of wisdom for you to get you through this transformation with grace:
Tip 1: Get Some Physical Activity Going!
Even a gentle walk every day for 20 minutes (outdoors preferably) will go far towards shielding your muscle tone and bone density. Walking can help you lower your bad cholesterol and raise the good, lower your blood pressure, help manage your weight and even improve your attitude. What’s more is that if you do it outside, you also get the benefit of naturally-occuring Vitamin D which is essential to your immune system and also assists in preventing cancer. (info derived from “The Mayo Clinic” and “Medical News Today”).
Tip 2: Eat a Healthy Diet
There is a LOT of misinformation out there about what’s healthy nutritionwise. If your main source of nutritional knowledge comes from the “News at 10″ or our Nation’s latest food pyramid, it’s crucial to begin doing a little investigation on your own. Some trustworthy sources are Dr. Mercola’s site or our own “Sugar Control Diet” which is not only inscrutable for weight loss, but also for balancing hormones (so important for menopause symptom relief!), as well as reducing inflammation and even determining foods that may be instigating indigestion.
Tip 3: Indulge in A Bit Of “Me” Time
Menopause often gets a bad reputation because we’re so flooded with details about the unfavorable parts. But let’s try to encounter its “good” aspects. For example, as previously stated, now is a time when women are coming into their own. They know themselves better. They usually have more free time because their kids need less supervising– and so they can pen that memoir they never wrote, or scope that class they never had a moment for in the past. They can build that new fufilling career or find their real purpose and passion that keeps them vital. And part of birthing this new “you” is learning how to take care of yourself and your needs better. So start laying down the law with some 100 % ME time. Put in some earplugs, declare it a no-kid-zone, and go take a luxurious bubble bath by candlelight. Go to your local gymnasium and indulge in some yoga time. Get a Thai massage– or better yet, some reflexology! As Tony Robbins puts it, schedule your own “Hour of Power” or “Thirty Minutes to Thrive” … if you can’t do that, at least schedule some “Fifteen Minutes for Fulfillment”! Everyone can find 15 minutes in their schedule somewhere. But schedule it and make it a “must” for yourself. It will calm your nerves, refresh your physical self, and revitalize your soul.
Tip 4: Keep clear of Caffeine, Alcohol & Nicotine
If you have significant use of caffeine or alcohol or any intake at all of cigarette smoke (first or second hand), you should know that these things intensify menopause backlashes. Caffeine & Alcohol serve to increase hot flashes, nervousness, lack of sleep and bone loss during the critical menopause & perimenopausal ages. Caffeine especially disrupts mineral absorption and enhances stress. Alcohol ruthlessly dehydrates you (never a good thing!) and is an “magnifier”– so if you’re already feeling depressed, alcohol will “magnify” that depression and make it worse. It will take your menopausal anxiety and magnify it too. And you may imagine that it helps you sleep, but when the sugar surge in your blood system finally crashes (alcohol = sugar), you will awaken in the middle of the night and find it difficult to go back to sleep.
In addition, did you know that smoking is the primary factor in causing early menopause (before age 45) in women?!? PLUS it escalates the risk of bone loss and heart disease. The deadly-three of Caffeine, Alcohol & Nicotine are sure to be avoided.
Tip 5: Get Yourself Some 100 % SAFE, All-Natural Support for Menopause Symptom Relief
Now this is the SUPREME advice we have for you. The big enchilada. The subject every menopausal woman must educate herself about. Formerly, it was that we all just went to our health-care practioner and he or she prescribed the popular HRT (hormone replacement therapy)… you know: Premarin, Prempro, Provera and others. Those synthetic hormone prescription drugs that most often are made from the urine of pregnant horses. Yes… OFFENSIVE, we know. But it’s the truth.
However that all shifted when a recent study done as a part of the Women’s Health Initiative discovered that long-term use of these synthetic hormone replacement pharmaceutical drugs may raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks, blood clots and BREAST CANCER. Even as far back as 1975, “they” knew these drugs drastically intensified the risk of endometrial cancer as well. Despite all the findings of this study, doctors nevertheless prescribe it. It is serious madness – and ladies, we need to stand up against it!
Without a doubt, we do need some type of significant reduction for the side-effects of menopause– so we can feel like our TRUE selves, not suffer the moodiness, the wakefulness and HOT FLASHES all the time (not to mention the lowered sexual desire), but it’s important not to potentially harm yourself by taking traditional HRT.
There are a great many viable and powerful, natural herbal remedies for menopause symptoms over the counter today… they do work, but some work to a greater degree than others. We highly advise getting a full-spectrum product made with reliable, high quality herbs… not pesticide-laden, and not in capsules that are difficult for your body to digest and assimilate.
As an example, most supplements DO contain Black Cohosh for hot flash relief, but make sure your supplement also is effective for your other symptoms. Like sage for intense sweating, and Damiana + Soy Isoflavones for low-libido and depression. Adrenal support is helpful as well– because you need that during this time– and Valerian to relax. Full spectrum SAFE support!
Educate yourself also about bio-identical hormone therapy (bHRT), which is a much safer alternative than more traditional HRT. A great source of information for those is found in the book “Ageless” by Suzanne Somers. She even has a directory of specialists in the back so you can find one in your area to get help.
In conclusion, we hope these 5 Tips can help you to a happier, healthier menopause and guide you toward a smooth transformation into the New You. If you ‘d like to learn more, read our other articles and visit our website– we truly seek to help you live your best life NOW.
About the Author
Valerie Martinez is a nutritional health consultant who (with her business partner Carine Horner — a holistic nutritionist), educates women in how to get help for their menopausal symptoms safely vs. dangerous HRT. To learn more about SAFE, all-natural symptom relief, visit our website at http://www.MenopauseReliefToday.com and pick up your FREE Report.
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Valerie Martinez is a nutritional health consultant who (with her business partner Carine Horner — a holistic nutritionist), educates women in how to get help for their menopausal symptoms safely vs. dangerous HRT. To learn more about SAFE, all-natural symptom relief, visit our website at http://www.MenopauseReliefToday.com and pick up your FREE Report.
Use and distribution of this article is subject to our Publisher Guidelines
whereby the original author’s information and copyright must be included.
