Night Sweats – Menopause – Hot Flashes – Sleeping hot

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No one is certain just why we experience menopause  night sweats , but there are many ways in which we can try to avoid or lessen them, especially with quick and easy lifestyle changes.

There are some common things which have been found to trigger episodes in the majority of women who experience night sweats during perimenopause and menopause, so let’s look at some ways we can try to knock them out before they have a chance to begin.

Start by avoiding the following, especially close to bedtime:

• Stress, mental or physical, although light exercise can be helpful.
• Caffeinated foods and beverages.
• Alcohol.
• Spicy foods or hot beverages, soups and stews.
• Tight or uncomfortable clothing.
• Warm temperatures, either with hot showers or baths, or in your home.
• Cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.

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By Pam Lyon

No one is certain just why we experience menopause night sweats, but there are many ways in which we can try to avoid or lessen them, especially with quick and easy lifestyle changes.

There are some common things which have been found to trigger episodes in the majority of women who experience night sweats during perimenopause and menopause, so let’s look at some ways we can try to knock them out before they have a chance to begin.

Start by avoiding the following, especially close to bedtime:

Stress, mental or physical, although light exercise can be helpful.
Caffeinated foods and beverages.
Alcohol.
Spicy foods or hot beverages, soups and stews.
Tight or uncomfortable clothing.
Warm temperatures, either with hot showers or baths, or in your home.
Cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.
A few more simple self-help techniques which may make your menopause night sweats more manageable are quick and easy to incorporate into our daily routine. These may also reduce stress helping us lead happier and healthier lives.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in an occasional Associated Press series examining the use and potential risks of alternative medicine. take it with a grain of salt

Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal _ custom-mixed "bioidentical" hormones, just like ones the body makes.

"Anything I can put into my body that’s natural has to be better," said Alsgaard, a California audiologist who admitted having "no knowledge base to go on other than fear" when she took Somers’ advice.

Millions of women have tried custom-compounded hormones or herbal supplements like black cohosh and red clover since 2002, when a big federal study found risks from traditional hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.

Alternative remedies are especially popular with upscale, educated women who like to research and find their own solutions to medical problems. They like the idea of personalized treatments versus off-the-shelf prescription drugs.

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Just what is FDA, Well if you work for a drug company chances are you will work there at some time in your life as well. FDA is the Food And Drug Administration. They regulate the Food and the Drugs that are allowed to be marketed into the United States. So, they are the ones that say if you can or cannot sale a product to the consumers. The objective is to keep drugs safe.. But they actually are very good at keeping the market free of competition. Not enough room here for that discussion so. Here is the post.  

Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal — custom-mixed "bioidentical" hormones, just like ones the body makes.

"Anything I can put into my body that’s natural has to be better," said Alsgaard, a California audiologist who admitted having "no knowledge base to go on other than fear" when she took Somers’ advice.

STUDY: Firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer

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