Monday, April 28, 2008
Early menopause symptoms
Irregularity cycles, irritability, weight gain, hot flashes… menopause occurs between 45 and 55 years. But this turning point in a woman's life does not happen suddenly. It is preceded by a period or longer called perimenopause.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Menopause and weight gain
Menopause: the weight of years
At menopause, as is well known women gain weight… A metabolism is slowing, a deficiency of estrogen promote the accumulation of grease and insidiously kilos settle. Improve your diet to monitor weight gain and reduce the risk to health.
The advice on nutrition and healthy lifestyles are well known but hard to follow. They are even harder to establish that this period of life is accompanied by psychological dislocation, family and work environment for snacking. This is usually the age when children leave the family cocoon where the time of retirement sounds… short events not always easy to live with.
Beware of kilos!
To limit the damage weight, we need to monitor the flow and increase spending by incorporating regular physical activity. An attitude that is nothing revolutionary, but whose effectiveness has been proven.
Specifically, explains a dietitian "it is going through a rehabilitation of starchy often mistakenly replaced by products high in fat, such as pizza and pastries sweet."
At menopause, as is well known women gain weight… A metabolism is slowing, a deficiency of estrogen promote the accumulation of grease and insidiously kilos settle. Improve your diet to monitor weight gain and reduce the risk to health.
The advice on nutrition and healthy lifestyles are well known but hard to follow. They are even harder to establish that this period of life is accompanied by psychological dislocation, family and work environment for snacking. This is usually the age when children leave the family cocoon where the time of retirement sounds… short events not always easy to live with.
Beware of kilos!
To limit the damage weight, we need to monitor the flow and increase spending by incorporating regular physical activity. An attitude that is nothing revolutionary, but whose effectiveness has been proven.
Specifically, explains a dietitian "it is going through a rehabilitation of starchy often mistakenly replaced by products high in fat, such as pizza and pastries sweet."
Monday, April 21, 2008
Natural help with menopause
All women with menopause suffer from this, if like me you're always trying to find natural help with menopause, which is promoted by the change of sex hormones (estrogen and progesterone). Did you know that you can overcome hot flashes from a natural remedy? This is effective natural remedy developed from a plant: mistletoe as a mother tincture.
In pharmacy, you can find it in the form of Viscum album T. M. This remedy will take every morning and evening by diluting 25 drops in a little glass of water. This natural solution gives very good results in 48 hours, many women can testify.
In pharmacy, you can find it in the form of Viscum album T. M. This remedy will take every morning and evening by diluting 25 drops in a little glass of water. This natural solution gives very good results in 48 hours, many women can testify.
Menopause - Hot flashes: a daily inconvenience
Some menopausal women find their lives really unconfortable du to hot flashes. At work and at home, day and night… they occur without warning and can last for almost an hour. Please respond to the hormonal rebellion!
At the office, for an appointment or a dinner with friends, no respite: hot flashes occur without warning and often ruin the lives of women. Depending on their intensity, they are not experienced or handled in a similar manner.
The most common symptom of menopause
Menopause occurs between 45 and 55 years. With her, functional disorders, disorders called climacteric, so sometimes they appear. Of these, hot flashes are one of the most characteristic and most early menopause in Western countries. The ovaries produce fewer hormones, the deficiency that can trigger hot flashes, sometimes exacerbated by stressful situations.
They usually appear before the end of the menstruations. Other events, such as fatigue, vaginal dryness and weight gain, are more insidious. If hot flashes are non-existent or very moderate with one woman in two, the other half suffers from such events sometimes very painful.
Redness, heat and… fed!
Cluttered by a feeling of intense heat that suddenly invades the neck, the neck, then went to his face, flashing possibly accompanied by redness and sweating. It lasted between 30 seconds and a minute, and are often followed by cold sweats. These episodes that repeat sometimes up to 15 to 20 times a day may cause some women to the point of preventing them from working.
During the night, sweats take over, wake up women, requiring them to change, even change the sheets, sometimes insomnia. These "mini-heat waves" passengers are not dangerous but can become a real source of fatigue and depression.
However, they are very different from one woman to another, both in frequency and intensity, and often lived in a very different way according to the women. According to some studies, they also vary depending on the country, food and socio-cultural level. They can disappear spontaneously after 4 or 5 years on average, but it is estimated that half of women with real hot flashes keep for a long time, until a decade if they are not treated . Apart from small hot flashes, which are often enhanced by avoiding stressful situations or wary of sudden changes in temperature, approximately 30% are troublesome development require treatment.
Treatments range
The most effective is the hormone replacement therapy for menopause therapy (HRT), which can be started only after the complete cessation of menstruations. By bridging the lack hormonal, it wiped out almost 90% of hot flashes, in a few days. However, it presents Kontraindikationen stringent, and the different studies showing his involvement in breast cancer, it is recommended that if the quality of life is significantly disrupted. It must be started with a minimum effective dose and for the shortest possible period of time.
A synthetic progestin, the tibolone, represents a good alternative treatment, such as for women who suffer from breast pain with THS. However, it is a little less effective, and has the same contraindications and complications that THS.
The phytoestrogens, derived from soybeans, are non-hormonal treatments used quite frequently, although their effectiveness varies widely, and there is little research on the risks associated with long-term consumption.
In case of contra-indications of hormones, some psychotropic (drugs acting on the central nervous system), including antidepressants, can be effective.
Finally, some studies show that exercise can decrease hot flashes and other disturbances of climacteric.
Remember that in addition to these disorders troublesome but safe, menopause is a risk period, the cardiovascular, bone and weight gain. Regular physical activity and a balanced diet are essential anyway. If, in addition, they decrease hot flashes, why deprive yourself!
At the office, for an appointment or a dinner with friends, no respite: hot flashes occur without warning and often ruin the lives of women. Depending on their intensity, they are not experienced or handled in a similar manner.
The most common symptom of menopause
Menopause occurs between 45 and 55 years. With her, functional disorders, disorders called climacteric, so sometimes they appear. Of these, hot flashes are one of the most characteristic and most early menopause in Western countries. The ovaries produce fewer hormones, the deficiency that can trigger hot flashes, sometimes exacerbated by stressful situations.
They usually appear before the end of the menstruations. Other events, such as fatigue, vaginal dryness and weight gain, are more insidious. If hot flashes are non-existent or very moderate with one woman in two, the other half suffers from such events sometimes very painful.
Redness, heat and… fed!
Cluttered by a feeling of intense heat that suddenly invades the neck, the neck, then went to his face, flashing possibly accompanied by redness and sweating. It lasted between 30 seconds and a minute, and are often followed by cold sweats. These episodes that repeat sometimes up to 15 to 20 times a day may cause some women to the point of preventing them from working.
During the night, sweats take over, wake up women, requiring them to change, even change the sheets, sometimes insomnia. These "mini-heat waves" passengers are not dangerous but can become a real source of fatigue and depression.
However, they are very different from one woman to another, both in frequency and intensity, and often lived in a very different way according to the women. According to some studies, they also vary depending on the country, food and socio-cultural level. They can disappear spontaneously after 4 or 5 years on average, but it is estimated that half of women with real hot flashes keep for a long time, until a decade if they are not treated . Apart from small hot flashes, which are often enhanced by avoiding stressful situations or wary of sudden changes in temperature, approximately 30% are troublesome development require treatment.
Treatments range
The most effective is the hormone replacement therapy for menopause therapy (HRT), which can be started only after the complete cessation of menstruations. By bridging the lack hormonal, it wiped out almost 90% of hot flashes, in a few days. However, it presents Kontraindikationen stringent, and the different studies showing his involvement in breast cancer, it is recommended that if the quality of life is significantly disrupted. It must be started with a minimum effective dose and for the shortest possible period of time.
A synthetic progestin, the tibolone, represents a good alternative treatment, such as for women who suffer from breast pain with THS. However, it is a little less effective, and has the same contraindications and complications that THS.
The phytoestrogens, derived from soybeans, are non-hormonal treatments used quite frequently, although their effectiveness varies widely, and there is little research on the risks associated with long-term consumption.
In case of contra-indications of hormones, some psychotropic (drugs acting on the central nervous system), including antidepressants, can be effective.
Finally, some studies show that exercise can decrease hot flashes and other disturbances of climacteric.
Remember that in addition to these disorders troublesome but safe, menopause is a risk period, the cardiovascular, bone and weight gain. Regular physical activity and a balanced diet are essential anyway. If, in addition, they decrease hot flashes, why deprive yourself!
Menopause
When the woman reached 40-50 years old, the production of estrogen decreases, it has more ovulation or menstruation. This stage of life is called menopause (from the Greek meno: months; pause, stop), for a "change of life". The body never stops entirely to manufacture estrogen, but its production decreases in concentrations sufficient to induce menstruation. However, even when there are no more rules, may occur irregularly ovulatory. Therefore, it is prudent to be aware that a design is still possible in the two years after the cessation of menstruation. Half of the women no longer have their rules in 48 years. At 52 years, 85% of women are menopausal. The smokers reach this date one to two years earlier. One in five women will not present any symptoms at the time of menopause. The only sign will be the judgement of the rules. In other cases, symptoms are varied: hot flashes, changes in mood or depression, dry skin, headaches, backaches and fatigue. Approximately 49% of these women will suffer from hot flashes and among these women, 15% will go see a doctor because these symptoms.
Another side effect of menopause is an increase in the risk of heart attack, due to estrogen deficiency. In addition, sex is sometimes painful for postmenopausal women, because of vaginal dryness. The use of gels or creams lubricating, or hormone prescribed by your doctor can help to overcome this disadvantage. The decrease in bone density at the time of menopause is a more important problem. The presence of estrogen is essential to the process of bone mineralization, as it contributes to the ability of the bones to absorb calcium from food-borne. As concentrations of estrogen decrease during menopause, bone loss increases, and sometimes leads to osteoporosis, especially among women poorly formed, including bone density is lower. There are preventive measures to combat osteoporosis, as calcium supplementation and hormone therapy. Your doctor can answer your questions about this and you demonstrate the beneficial effects of a balanced diet and practice a sport. A study at the University of Western New Mexico showed that postmenopausal women who participated in an intensive exercise program have increased dramatically their cardiovascular endurance. In women over the age of 40, exercise also increases bone density, at a time when they are most vulnerable to demineralization. Menopause is not necessarily synonymous with a medical condition that requires drug treatment to survive.
Another side effect of menopause is an increase in the risk of heart attack, due to estrogen deficiency. In addition, sex is sometimes painful for postmenopausal women, because of vaginal dryness. The use of gels or creams lubricating, or hormone prescribed by your doctor can help to overcome this disadvantage. The decrease in bone density at the time of menopause is a more important problem. The presence of estrogen is essential to the process of bone mineralization, as it contributes to the ability of the bones to absorb calcium from food-borne. As concentrations of estrogen decrease during menopause, bone loss increases, and sometimes leads to osteoporosis, especially among women poorly formed, including bone density is lower. There are preventive measures to combat osteoporosis, as calcium supplementation and hormone therapy. Your doctor can answer your questions about this and you demonstrate the beneficial effects of a balanced diet and practice a sport. A study at the University of Western New Mexico showed that postmenopausal women who participated in an intensive exercise program have increased dramatically their cardiovascular endurance. In women over the age of 40, exercise also increases bone density, at a time when they are most vulnerable to demineralization. Menopause is not necessarily synonymous with a medical condition that requires drug treatment to survive.
Hormones and menopause
The term "hormone" comes from the Greek word "hormao" which means "excite" or "send". Hormones are endogenous substances *. These are chemical messengers that transmit information between cells and organs. When they reached their target, they regulate the metabolism process *.
It means by sex hormones hormones responsible for the maturation and training sexual characteristics of male and female, and regulate the function of reproduction. The sex hormones are produced primarily by genital glands - among women in the ovaries in humans in the testicles. They reach their target organs via the bloodstream. The female hormones are estrogens and progesterone in male hormones, androgens.
At the time of menopause, the ovaries stop functioning. A hormonal deficiency is established and is responsible for the outbreak of unrest characteristics of the "menopause", and in the longer term of certain diseases.
* Endogenous: secreted by the human body
* Metabolism: all the chemical changes that occur in the body, designed to provide for its energy needs, training, maintenance, repair tissue, in the development of certain substances
It means by sex hormones hormones responsible for the maturation and training sexual characteristics of male and female, and regulate the function of reproduction. The sex hormones are produced primarily by genital glands - among women in the ovaries in humans in the testicles. They reach their target organs via the bloodstream. The female hormones are estrogens and progesterone in male hormones, androgens.
At the time of menopause, the ovaries stop functioning. A hormonal deficiency is established and is responsible for the outbreak of unrest characteristics of the "menopause", and in the longer term of certain diseases.
* Endogenous: secreted by the human body
* Metabolism: all the chemical changes that occur in the body, designed to provide for its energy needs, training, maintenance, repair tissue, in the development of certain substances
Menopause: Herbs are effective?
The efficiency of plants in the treatment of menopause.
You can find many products effective in the treatment of menopause. Look out for supplements made from soy and maca. These plants have indeed proved their affirmative action in the treatment of menopause: reducing hot flashes, stabilization of emotional balance, loss of feeling tired.
This two plants help you to find your new balance, both physically, psychologically and sexually. Thanks to this natural treatment of menopause, you feel good again in your body, flourishing!
The postmenopausal women frequently use derivatives of soya, herbs and other alternative treatments to reduce the symptoms of menopause. But these alternative medicines are effective?
Some analyses have evaluated the efficacy and safety of short-term treatments. A total of twenty-nine studies on alternative treatments (herbs, phytoestrogens, traditional medicine, naturopathy, osteopathy…) have been identified.
Twelve of them were for derivatives soy or soy extracts from ten on herbs and seven trials on other treatments.
* Soy appears to have a modest profit on hot flashes but studies do not support the conclusion.
* Preparations isoflavone seem to be less effective than food made from soybean.
* The black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), a herb used by American Indians and now prepared by a pharmaceutical company, could be effective in treating menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. However, there is a lack of long-term data on his job security (particularly estrogen stimulation of the breast or endometrial). It can not be for the time being recommended for use in the long term.
* Clinical studies show that isolated other Chinese herbs, vitamin E or acupuncture did not affect hot flashes.
black cohosh and foods containing phytoestrogens appear to improve menopausal symptoms in these trials, but there are no studies showing the effectiveness of the herbs or other alternative treatments. For all these products, data from long-term security is not available.
You can find many products effective in the treatment of menopause. Look out for supplements made from soy and maca. These plants have indeed proved their affirmative action in the treatment of menopause: reducing hot flashes, stabilization of emotional balance, loss of feeling tired.
This two plants help you to find your new balance, both physically, psychologically and sexually. Thanks to this natural treatment of menopause, you feel good again in your body, flourishing!
The postmenopausal women frequently use derivatives of soya, herbs and other alternative treatments to reduce the symptoms of menopause. But these alternative medicines are effective?
Some analyses have evaluated the efficacy and safety of short-term treatments. A total of twenty-nine studies on alternative treatments (herbs, phytoestrogens, traditional medicine, naturopathy, osteopathy…) have been identified.
Twelve of them were for derivatives soy or soy extracts from ten on herbs and seven trials on other treatments.
* Soy appears to have a modest profit on hot flashes but studies do not support the conclusion.
* Preparations isoflavone seem to be less effective than food made from soybean.
* The black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), a herb used by American Indians and now prepared by a pharmaceutical company, could be effective in treating menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. However, there is a lack of long-term data on his job security (particularly estrogen stimulation of the breast or endometrial). It can not be for the time being recommended for use in the long term.
* Clinical studies show that isolated other Chinese herbs, vitamin E or acupuncture did not affect hot flashes.
black cohosh and foods containing phytoestrogens appear to improve menopausal symptoms in these trials, but there are no studies showing the effectiveness of the herbs or other alternative treatments. For all these products, data from long-term security is not available.
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