Going through the menopause can be a stressful time for any woman. One common complaint that makes things even worse is hot flushes. A very high percentage of women going through the menopause suffer with regular hot flushes and night sweats. There are many conventional medicines that can help treat them, but they are chemicals and drugs, and this has many women turning to natural remedies to avoid the side effects.
While vitamin E is famous for the health benefits it provides to glands, organs and the heart, it might not be so well known that it also is a proven remedy for menopausal problems like hot flushes and night sweats.
A hot flush is a sudden unexpected feeling of warmth and often a breakout of sweat in the upper half of the body. They occur in up to 80 percent of women around the time of menopause, and men can also have them due to a lessening of testosterone at middle age. A night sweat refers to a hot flush that happens at night while sleeping.
A recent study, from Gynaecologic and Obstetric Investigation, has shown that vitamin E is a natural alternative to oestrogen therapy and an effective remedy for hot flushes. It’s also known that during the menopause the need for vitamin E rises up to 50 times what your body had previously required. The study confirmed that hot flushes and night sweats often disappear when supplements of vitamin E are taken daily. But they soon return if you stop taking the supplement.
It has been suggested that medicines such as oestrogen-based hormone drugs could be linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. With this in mind it can be worth trying a natural alternative first to see if you can achieve the desired results without having to take the risk.
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