Weight Loss, Healthy Diets and Hot Flashes
April 13, 2009 by Ricardo d Argence
Filed under Weight Loss
Menopause can be an extremely irritating problem for a lot of women, but it is unavoidable. It isn’t necessary for women to have has much discomfort as they do, however.
Even if hot flashes are normal during menopause, there are ways to avoid them. To get rid of the hot flashes fast, just add a few different things to your daily diet.
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.
As well as eating specific foods, there are also specific food that you should stay away from to manage hot flashes. Mood swings and hot flashes can get worse with spicy foods, excess sugar, alcohol, caffeine, dairy products, and meat products.
The reason hot flashes get worse when you consume alcohol or caffeine is that this makes acid in the blood and this affects the liver. Smoking will also make worse the effect of hot flashes.
If you want to controll hot flashes you should keep up a regular exercise regimen. When a woman is going through menopause, she begins to feel down. It reminds her that she is getting older. No matter your age, exercising daily can keep you fit and toned and makes you feel fabulous.
Exercise can make your estrogen levels higher, which helps with the relief of hot flashes, or at minimum makes them less severe. Exercise also helps reduce the frequency of many of the other negative side effects of menopause like depression, headaches, fatigue, lethargy, anxiety, and night sweats.
Don’t let menopause take control of your life. You can’t control its occurrence, but you can take control of how it affects your life. By making some adjustments to your diet and lifestyle, you can get through this time and come out on the other side more fit and healthier than ever!
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