If there is a secret to bringing relief to Menopause, I need to hear it! Hot flashes, night sweats, I can’t take this anymore! If this is how you feel, rest assure that there exist alternative methods to help you enjoy this time in your life and get relief at the same time with natural alternative methods.

Before you began adding in anything in the form of herbs or pharmaceutics start with what you are putting into your mouth. A nutritional plan customized for you by SoNaturelle,  adding in supplements or herbs and an exercise program will help you to balance progesterone and estrogen hormones during menopause.

Ideally a woman should have five to ten times more progesterone to estrogen. The fall of progesterone levels is proportionately much greater than the fall of estrogen. Estrogen depletes 40-60% from baseline while progesterone can decline to zero. Progesterone acts as a precursor to most steroid functions (corticosteroids and testosterone), which help regulate blood sugar elevation, proper nerve function and healthy libido. Progesterone can change its structural form in the body to become other hormones, such as cortisol which means that all physical and emotional stress can affect progesterone levels. 

Phytoestrogen foods are used to help balance excess estrogen in women that are going through menopause, by blocking estrogen from attaching to cell receptors and include whole soy products, flaxseeds, celery, alfalfa, whole grains, nuts and seeds. 

Signs of estrogen deficiency symptoms are hot flashes, vaginal dryness, fracture proclivity, dry eyes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, sagging breasts and loss of fullness, mental fogginess, depression, mood swings, and decreased sense of sensuality and sexuality. 

Getting adequate exercise burns off acidity from the body by sweating. The other thing is it burns up excess hormones that are floating around in the body. It also releases the feel-good hormones so it’s a release for stress that we experience on a day-to-day basis.

Estrogenic foods to help balance estrogen deficiency include: Small amounts of organic animal protein and wild fish, apples, pears, plums, cherries, coconut, carrots, nightshades (potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant), olives, peanuts, yams, green beans, red beans, brown rice, and whole wheat. Foods to avoid include excessive animal protein and dairy because of their high fat, acidic pH, and protein content, and caffeine, alcohol and sugar, which produces hot flashes and mood swings. 

The secret to getting relief using natural remedies such as black cohosh and licorice root can increase estrogen levels however licorice root should be avoided by people with hypertension. Gamma oryzanol made from rice bran oil is also very helpful with hot flashes. 

Vitamin C with bioflavonoids (weakly estrogenic) may help with hot flashes. Vitamin E can balance vasomotor instability and decrease hot flashes. If you’re not sure what supplements can assist with your body try our Nutri-Body Symptomology Analysis. 

….Stay BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY