Rachel Rachael Ray talks about what women can do to prevent menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, menopause weight gain, adrenal fatigue and mood swings.
Each year millions of women suffer from symptoms attributed to perimenopause and menopause, the majority of which are unaware that there’s anything they can do about it. Today, Rachael Ray and her team of leading experts discuss what women can do to overcome many of these symptoms.
Here are some great ways for women to find relief from hot flashes:
- Balance your hormones – Hot flashes are most often a result of an underlying hormonal imbalance such as perimenopause or menopause. By balancing hormones, namely estrogen, with bioidentical hormones, women can effectively relieve hot flashes and other symptoms of hormonal imbalance.
- Limit your intake of refined sugars and carbohydrates – High blood sugar increases the production of the “stress hormone” known as cortisol. Cortisol can affect other hormones and oftentimes cause hot flashes in women.
- Stress-reduction – According to Dr. Christiane Northrup, author of “The Wisdom of Menopause,” meditation can reduce hot flashes by up to 90%. Breathing exercises can reduce anxiety and curtail the over-production of cortisol.
- Exercise – Regular exercise raises serotonin levels in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps the body cope with stress and anxiety.
Women can definitely overcome most of the menopause symptom through exercise to increase the blood circulation levels. This will also help them cope with stress because during exercise your body releases endorphins which is a “feel good” hormone and you will also look and feel young.