Menopause Treatment: Hot Flashes Be Gone!

August 21, 2011 Jean Morgan hot flashes, Menopause, 0

Menopause Treatment: Hot Flashes Be Gone!

 

Many believe that the transition into menopause is a turbulent rollercoaster; however, this doesn't always have to be the case. It's true! I've had women in my practice enter menopause with minimal to no "typical menopausal symptoms."

The fact is that symptoms are just your body's way of communicating that something isn't right. If the body had what it needed, it wouldn't be making us so uncomfortable in order to get our attention! Therefore, symptoms of menopause can actually serve as a guidepost to what is going wrong. As a Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Practitioner, I want to know why the body is signaling this imbalance, and then once this cause is addressed, the symptoms subside.

For example, hot flashes are related to fluctuations in hormones. This is apparent at menopause because the adrenal glands are taking up the slack of the decreased production of estrogen and progesterone from the ovaries. Therefore, if a woman is already stressed out in everyday life, menopause will present with noticeable hot flashes. However, hormonal surges will be minimal if her body is already strong and healthy.

If a woman is experiencing hormonal symptoms, support can be given to help her regain balance through lifestyle, nutritional support, and adrenal and hormonal balancing herbals. If estrogen is low, herbals such as red clover, black cohosh, or other phytoestrogens can be used. Progesterone support can be found in other herbals such as wild yam.

Still, it's important to assess what the cause of the hormonal balance is. We already discussed adrenal stress, but in my clinic, I not only look at hormonal balance but also blood sugar fluctuations, gut disturbances, liver support, and inflammation.

If blood sugar is imbalanced, this can cause a surge of the hormones cortisol and insulin which then creates a down regulation of estrogen and progesterone. Eating a balanced diet with whole foods, lower carbohydrates, and more protein can help.
Digestive track health also contributes to hormonal balance by its ability to absorb nutrients important for hormonal conversion. The gut also is responsible for making neurotransmitters through the enteric nervous system. This is important for mood balance and their affects hormones.

The colon is home to beneficial bacteria which aid the liver in hormone detoxification. Supplements such as DIM or cruciferous vegetables can decrease the amount of inflammatory estrogens and form a more healthy balance of estrogen and progesterone. Probiotics can also tone down inflammation and help establish an optimal home for the gut flora to do its job.

The take away point is that there are many natural options available to women in menopause. Suffering does not have to be part of the picture. Talking to a knowledgeable Integrative Practitioner and doing some simple lifestyle and dietary changes can create happy hormone balance.

Do you want to get rid of these menopause symptoms?

- Being wide-awake at 3:00 in the morning, and not for the first night this week; or even this month.

- Feeling the intense heat that comes all at once, as if a furnace has been lit inside your body. Sometimes it hits during the day sending you running for the windows even in winter. Or, worse yet, waking cold and soaking in the night, covered in sweat from head to toe.

- Suffering through grinding headaches (maybe even recurring migraines) for the first time, or more often than ever before.

- Struggling to pay attention or concentrate at work or at home? And your memory… that’s never been worse!

- Putting on weight on your hips and belly — just where you need it most!

- Losing interest in being intimate with your partner (if you’re honest, you might realize it’s been weeks… maybe months!) due to vaginal dryness or breast tenderness.

- Feeling overwhelming sadness or instant irritation… and everything in between. Sometimes all in the same day… even in the same hour.

- Dealing with a period (and a cycle) that has developed a mind of its own, with the length of your cycles or heaviness of the flow completely different than it ever has been.

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Check out these sites for more menopause information

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