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Monday, April 6, 2009

Avoiding Hot Flashes During Menopause with a Healthy Diet

By Ricardo d Argence

Menopause is going to happen to all women, even though it can be a very stressful time for them. The current level of discomfort is not necessary for most women.

Expect to have hot flashes when going through menopause, but there are ways to avoid them. By altering your diet a little you would be amazed at how rapidly the hot flashes go away.

Soybeans are rich in several estrogenic compounds such as daidzein and genistein. This helps to control hot flashes. Since the Japanese eat a diet that is abundant in soy, just 7% of women in Japan have hot flashes with menopause. Tofu is especially good for mimicking the activity of women hormones.

During excessive perspiration your body loses electrolytes. Adding sea vegetables to your diet can help replenish them. To help with your overall health you should also eat foods that are rich with vegetable proteins (instead of animal proteins) like tofu, fiber-rich foods like whole grains, fresh vegetables, calcium-rich foods, mineral-rich foods, and foods with high vitamin E content, such as green leafy vegetables, almonds, and nuts. Drinking a lot of water is vital for this same purpose also.

If you want to avoid getting hot flashes, then you should stay away from certain foods, however, you should also eat other certain foods. When you eat spicy foods, excess sugar, alcohol, caffeine, dairy products, and meat products the triggering of hot flashes, as well as mood swings can be more frequent.

Drinking alcohol and caffeine strains the liver by making it acidic and are likely to increase your hot flashes. If you smoke, it also worsens the effect of hot flashes.

Having a regular exercise routine is key to controlling your hot flashes. Menopause often causes women to feel depressed. It reminds them that they are getting older. If you exercise frequently, you will feel better. It doesn't matter how old you are.

Exercise can raise your estrogen levels, which in turn helps alleviate hot flashes, or at least the severity of them. Exercise also helps reduce the frequency of many of the other negative side effects of menopause like depression, insomnia, headaches, fatigue, anxiety, and irritability.

Never allow menopause to dictate the quality of your life. You can't stop it from occurring, but you can manage how it influences your lifestyle. Changing your lifestyle and diet a little can help you endure this time in your life and end up happier and healthier than ever before. - 17268

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