http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-blog.html The Natural Remedies for Menopause Blog keeps you up-to-date with additions and changes to the Natural-Approaches-to-Menopause.com website. Subscribe here. en-us natural remedies for menopause Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:19:17 GMT Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:19:17 GMT natural-approaches-to-menopause.com http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-and-constipation.html Menopause and constipation often go together for several reasons, one of which is fluctuating hormones. Several years before Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:19:17 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/my-experience-with-bioidentical-progestrone-is-migraines.html My blood progesterone level is 0.21 I have been on bioidentical estrogen and bioidentical progesterone cream for about 3 years. Lately I get migraine Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:37:07 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/black-cohosh-for-hot-flashes.html Black cohosh for hot flashes. Is black cohosh effective? Is it safe? Review of studies and personal expericences. Benefits, side effects, dosage and more. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:59:00 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/black-cohosh-side-effects.html Black cohosh side effects is a complicated subject. As someone who studied herbal medicine, with a bachelor's degree in business communications, I have a different perspective than most. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:25:08 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/how-to-use-natural-progesterone-cream-with-irregular-periods.html So how do you begin using this cream when you cannot tell when you are ovulating? I am 46 and missed my period for 11 months last year then I got it for Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:34 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/alternative-treatment-for-menopause.html An alternative treatment for menopause, to be most effective, will work to restore balance in your body. While we don't know for sure Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:05:20 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/progesterone-side-effects.html Progesterone side effects, and hormone replacement in general, are subjects surrounded by controversy and confusion. Many women want to know if there are natural progesterone cream side effects. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:42:58 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-health.html Menopause health: food, diet, exercise and other natural remedies for creating vitality during menopause and beyond. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:15:12 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/index.html Natural Remedies for Menopause. Little-known information about how to use herbs, diet, vitamins and supplements, aromatherapy, homeopathy and bioidentical hormones effectively and safely to help wit Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:21:31 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/late-40sbelly-fat-doubled.html I was horrified to see my belly fat double at aboout 47 when I started perimenopause...I was active and ate ok and was and am only 109 lbs, at 5'2 but Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:59:03 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/my-mouth-dried-up-and-i-thought-i-was-dying.html I have a history of being anxious and two years ago I thought that I was having a ton of panic attacks. Then one day I realized what I thought was panic Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:57:33 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/natural-menopause-treatment.html Natural menopause treatment is a hot topic these days. Everyone wants to give you advice, but many of them have no experience or education of any kind with natural menopause relief. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:26:19 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/blood-test-for-menopause.html Many health care employees will suggest that you need a blood test for menopause. Usually they are talking about a test for Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:53:41 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/natural-treatment-for-osteoporosis.html Yes, there is a natural treatment for osteoporosis. Osteoporosis and menopause often go together, because lower estrogen and progesterone levels can contribute to bone loss. The good news is Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:49:26 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/whole-food-vitamin-supplements.html Whole food vitamin supplements for menopause can help prevent disease and reduce uncomfortable symptoms like hot flashes, bloating, and insomnia. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:38:44 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/perimenopause-bloating.html Perimenopause bloating is quite common. It was one of my first symptoms of perimenopause. Fortunately there are many natural digestive aids, from a digestive enzymes supplement to probiotics and an Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:10:15 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/vitamin-a-and-osteoporosis.html Are you concerned about Vitamin A and osteoporosis? You should be, but probably not for the reason you might think. Osteoporosis and menopause often go together, but you can use nutrition for osteop Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:35:14 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/natural-estrogen-replacement.html Although the FDA and other powers of conventional medicine constantly repeat the meme that there's no proof that BHRT is better or safer than patented HRT, it started to become apparent as far back as the mid-1980s that a large percentage of the cardiovascular difficulties attributed to HRT could be traced to the unique actions of horse estrogens and Provera. Moreover, on the few occasions that Premarin and/or progestins have been compared head to head with bio-identical estrogens and/or progesterone in controlled trials, it has been no contest; bio-identical hormones were unquestionably safer and more effective. Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Lane Lenard, Ph.D., <em>Stay Young and Sexy with Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement</em> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:56:18 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/osteoporosis-exercises.html Osteoporosis exercises can be used after osteoporosis is discovered or as a preventative measure. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:49:10 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/stages-of-menopause.html I don't want to get around it. I want to live it. I don't want to treat it or cure it, though I do want to honor it with curiosity and and with therapy (therapeia), attention of the kind one devotes to sacred mysteries. I want menopause to be a soul event, which means letting it be transformative. Quote by Christine Downing. <em>Women of the 14th Moon; writings on menopause.</em> Edited by Dena Taylor and Amber Coverdale Sumrall. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:05:40 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/osteoporosis-symptoms.html Osteoporosis symptoms often don't appear until you have the disease. Osteoporosis and menopause: perimenopausal osteoporosis may be well under way by the time you realize you have a problem. Osteopo Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:57:33 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-supplement.html Whether you have one menopausal symptom or twenty, choose the herbal formula that focuses on your worst symptom first...I have found that, as a general rule, one formula addressing your worst symptom first will extend to relieve accompanying imbalances.<br><br> Amanda McQuade Crawford<br> The Herbal Menopause Book Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:36:05 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/perimenopause-herbs.html Perimenopause herbs can help with insomnia, mood swings, and anxiety. There are perimenopause herbs for hot flashes, and herbs containing phytoestrogens to help balance hormones. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:01:17 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/perimenopause-vitamins.html Perimenopause vitamins are some of the best natural remedies for perimenopause. Vitamins for perimenopause can help reduce or eliminate some of the discomforts of menopause and improve your perimenop Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:39:25 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/maca-menopause.html A maca menopause can balance your hormones, reduce or eliminate hot flashes, improve your mood and energy level, and more. There are many varieties of the plant, but the maca from Peru is best. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:42:57 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-diets.html “With the onset of menopause, one thing becomes clear, that is, that we must work at being healthy. We can no longer abuse the organism and get away with it.” Germaine Greer, <em>The Change: Women, Aging and The Menopause</em> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:12:27 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/herbal-remedies-for-hot-flashes.html Herbal remedies for hot flashes are some of the most popular natural remedies for menopause. Many women use black cohosh for hot flashes, but there are many more useful herbs for hot flashes. Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:48:44 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/soy-and-menopause.html <strong>New Evidence that Isoflavones are Ineffective</strong> If you've spent much time on my website, you probably know that I do not recommend soy supplements for several reasons. I just found this article, <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232425.php">Soy Isoflavones Do Not Prevent Bone Loss or Menopausal Symptoms<a/> Another reason to avoid them: they don't work! Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:09:59 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/natural-antiaging-skin-care.html Natural antiaging skin care is nontoxic skin care. The natural antiaging products industry can be confusing at best. Fortunately there are ways to sort out the truth so that you can buy safe and eff Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:50:46 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/homeopathic-menopause-treatment.html Homeopathic menopause treatment is another way to use natural remedies for menopause symptoms. Samuel Hahnemann is the founder of homeopathy. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:25:35 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/vitex.html “Chaste berry, also referred to as vitex, is a supreme female herb. It stimulates the pituitary gland and the secretion of luteotropic hormone, which increases the output of progesterone. Thus, it regulates hormonal balance and the menstrual cycle, including normalizing estrogen...It also aids problems associated with menopause such as dry vagina, hot flashes, dizziness and depression.” Lesley Tierra, L. Ac., Herbalist <em>The Herbs of Life</em> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:12:43 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-self-help.html Deepak Chopra, speaking about awareness and aging “... because it always remains capable of generating new mental impulses, which in turn generate new biological information, your awareness is much more powerful than any single thought you might ever have. Retaining this creative potential is the mark of non-aging; giving it up in favor of habits, rituals, rigid beliefs, and outworn behavior is the mark of aging. In ancient China, the <em>Tao Te Ching</em> proclaimed the same truth: 'Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.'” Deepak Chopra, <em>Ageless Body, Timeless Mind</em> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:31:45 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/motherwort.html "This bitter tasting, heart-strengthening herb lessens anxiety, especially palpitations of the heart...It is given for...hot flashes of the Change." Amanda McQuade Crawford, <em>The Herbal Menopause Book</em> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:23:18 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/aromatherapy-benefits.html Suprise End of Summer Sale! Take 25% off now through Friday at midnight Yes, it's a surprise summer sale at Floracopeia. Use the coupon code summer to take 25% off the whole Floracopeia store. Sale starts today and ends on Friday. 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Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:46:37 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/losing-weight-during-menopause.html “A calorie is not a calorie...The more you think a calorie is a calorie, the more you think, well, then if you ate less and exercised more it would work. It doesn't. All of the studies show it doesn't work.” Dr. Robert Lustig, UCSF, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Sugar: The Bitter Truth. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM">Sugar: The Bitter Truth</a> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:53:07 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/bioidentical-progesterone.html “Another advantage of progesterone supplementation relates to this hormone's unique ability to be converted into other hormones as needed. If progesterone levels are adequate, for example, but testosterone levels are on the low side, supplemental progesterone can actually transform itself into testosterone. Under the right circumstances, supplemental progesterone can even be metabolized into estrogen. This is one reason so many women enjoy symptomatic relief from using natural progesterone cream in early perimenopause, when there's a great deal of variation in the levels of all three hormones.” (2003, p. 148) Dr. Christiane Northrup, <em>The Wisdom of Menopause</em> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:24:09 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/bioidentical-hormones.html “When it comes to hormone replacement, the science we look to for answers is inconsistent, influenced by market forces, and confusing to researchers, doctors, and patients alike. The blessing is that this dilemma forces us to tune in more fully to our inner wisdom, and to make our choices in full partnership with our intuition <em>and</em> intellect. This approach is the essence of feminine wisdom.” (2003, p. 138) Dr. Christiane Northrup, The Wisdom of Menopause Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:08:03 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/stages-of-menopause.html The stages of menopause are full of opportunity for growth and change. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:29:52 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/estrogen-foods.html Estrogen foods are foods that contain substances called phytoestrogens. Estrogen has Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:39:52 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-and-weight-gain.html Menopause and weight gain often go together. Some people will tell you it's simply a matter of eating right and exercising more. This is not exactly accurate. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:34:29 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/estrogen-and-weight-gain.html Estrogen and weight gain is a popular topic, but most of what you read online doesn't distinguish which estrogen the author is talking about. This is like talking about dogs and aggression Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:42:49 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/progesterone-and-weight-gain.html Many women wonder about the relationship between progesterone and weight gain, especially if they are approaching or completing menopause. Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:40:49 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/belly-fat-from-menopause.html I am 54 yrs old and always been tiny with a good shape. Last year I started getting a tire around my waist and stomach. I used to read about this but Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:46:51 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/losing-weight-during-menopause.html Women and losing weight during menopause: What really works? Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:20:48 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-and-dry-skin.html Menopause and dry skin often go together. Your skin is an organ. Your skin performs many functions, from temperature regulation to immune functions and vitamin D synthesis. Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:45:23 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menopause-heavy-bleeding.html Although menopause heavy bleeding is not unusual, there may be other causes Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:54:10 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/menstruation-and-menopause.html Hello fellow menopausal candidates, I am browsing some websites for information about this important period in women's lives and I am disapointed to Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:44:29 GMT http://www.natural-approaches-to-menopause.com/estrogen-side-effects.html There is an enormous amount of confusion and misinformation on the internet about estrogen and estrogen side effects. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:24:19 GMT