Naturally Alleviate Symptoms With Menopause Treatment
Alleviate Menopausal Symptoms and find Natural Menopause Treatments
Does thinking about a menopause treatment that includes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for your menopause
make your blood run cold? Many women are faced with the potential risks associated with HRT. But before you worry
too much, lets take a quick look at the three stages of menopause and treatment for symptoms of
menopause.
Menopause begins in your early 40s as your ovaries gradually produce less and less of the hormone
estrogen. Your periods become erratic sometimes skipping a month or alternating between light and heavy.
The next period of time is the transitioning to actual menopause. During this time you may continue to have erratic
periods and the fun stuff begins to settle in for a long visit. Yes, fun stuff like hot flashes, vaginal dryness,
mood swings and insomnia are some of the symptoms.
The final and actual onset of menopause usually occurs in your early 50s and is represented by the absence of your
period for a full 12 months. But it's those in between years that can wreak havoc in your life.
Are there natural alternatives for chemical HRT? The good news is yes! Its a sad fact that less than two percent of
doctors even mention alternative therapies when discussing menopause
treatment, and most of them feel there is no benefit. Thousands of women would disagree. Here are just a
few of the many natural alternatives:
Try adjusting your diet to include vegetables and fish that are high in Omega-3 as they contain nutrients that can
help your body deal with menopause naturally. Conversely, there are foods that can make your menopausal symptoms
worse. Caffeine, sugar, fatty dairy products, salt, alcohol and saturated oils can aggravate the symptoms.
Here's a video that discusses a variety of menopause treatments:
As a major part of your treatment of menopause, be sure and take a daily multivitamin making
certain that the vitamin contains 100% of the daily allowance for nutrients. Just be aware that vitamins are no
substitute for following a healthy diet.
If menopause causes mood swings, it only makes sense that its possible to experience extreme responses for stress.
Try using deep breathing techniques, meditation or some other methods of relaxation that
work for you, and practice the technique for 10 to 20 minutes per day. You will be left feeling calmer,
more able to cope and more in control.
Exercising regularly can also help alleviate menopausal symptoms. Scheduling at
least 30 minutes of exercise three times a week will relieve hot flashes. You will be able to think more clearly
and reduce your risk of osteoporosis and heart disease.
Some women have found relief through yoga and acupressure. Both are mainstays of practitioners of eastern
medicine.
Last, but not least, we come to herbal treatments. Beans and certain other plants have a mild estrogenic activity
in their makeup thanks to "phytoestrogens." These are compounds that include isoflavins, lignans, phytoseterols and
saponins. In additional to helping your body through menopause, animal experiments show they are significantly
effective in preventing tumors of the breast tissue.
Without sending you off for a medical dictionary to understand the compounds listed above, here are some of the
foods and herbs that contain healthy compounds: Soy, black cohosh, licorice, alfalfa, chasteberry, Chinese
angelica, red clover, strawberry, celery stalks, dates, elder, false unicorn root, fennel, Honduran sarsaparilla,
ladys slipper, liferoot, Mexican wild yams, passion flower, pomegranates and sassafras.
The foods, of course, are available from your local grocery. Visit your local health food store where you should be
able to find the herbs and methods to include them in your daily diet.
