Feeling the Heat? Try These Natural Ways to Cool Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

For many women, the start of menopause means the start of frustrating symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and anxiety. During the hot summer months, those symptoms can quickly go from mild annoyances to serious disturbances in your quality of life. 

While most women dread “the change,” the truth is, menopause doesn’t have to be terrible. It is a natural transition, with natural solutions for symptom relief.

Let’s take a look at some of the most effective natural treatments for menopause symptoms as summer heats up! 

 

Natural Ways to Reduce Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

1. Encourage a healthy transition with a menopause-friendly diet.

As with almost any health condition, a healthy diet is the foundation for overcoming your symptoms and living a healthier life. The same holds true for menopause – you can significantly reduce your symptoms during this transition simply by paying more attention to what you eat.

During summer, it’s even more important to replenish your fluids (especially if you are having heavy sweats during the night). Along with drinking plenty of water and avoiding coffee and alcohol, try to eat foods that have a high water content like watermelon, cucumber, apples, tomatoes, and citrus.

Here are a few other things to keep in mind when eating for hormone health in menopause: 

• Fill up on whole foods with calcium and vitamin D.
  Hormone shifts during menopause are one of the leading causes of issues like osteoporosis. By eating a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, you can reduce bone loss while also supporting a healthy hormone balance and preventing intense menopause symptoms.
  Try filling your plate with lots of green, leafy vegetables, tofu, beans, cold-water fish, eggs, and mushrooms.
• Do a detox.
  Inflammation and a clogged digestive system may contribute to hormone imbalances, which make hot flashes and night sweats more extreme. A simple detox can help you clear away excess waste and toxins so your body can reach hormonal balance. Summer is the perfect time to start our 14-day detox/cleanse program and jumpstart your menopause wellness.
• Get an individualized diet plan.
  Knowing exactly what types of diets will help your body return to balance isn’t always easy. The best approach to finding the right diet for you during this transition and beyond is to work with a nutrition professional. At Moringa Natural Health Center, we analyze your symptoms, overall state of health, lab work, and lifestyle to create a diet plan made for you. 
  

 

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At Moringa Natural Health, we have treatment plans for menopause and hormone imbalance. We personalize each plan according to each person’s unique biological makeup. Want to learn more about our treatment plans? Schedule your free appointment with Dr. Fernandez today!

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2. Balance hormones with bioidentical hormone therapy.

Once menopause symptoms start, many women are quicky prescribed HRT, or hormone replacement therapy. If you are suffering from hot flashes, night sweats, sleep trouble, an increase in anxiety, low libido, hair loss, weight gain, or any other menopause-related issue, know that you have options.

While hormone replacement therapy may be the path you want (or need) to take, there are also plenty of natural remedies and solutions to help you achieve your best health in perimenopause.

Bio-identical hormone therapy is a natural way to alleviate the symptoms of drastic hormone shifts and reach healthy hormone balance on your own. Learn more about this therapy here, or schedule a consultation to find out if bioidentical hormone therapy is right for you.

 

3. Relieve symptoms with acupuncture.

You may know that acupuncture can relieve issues like pain and stress. But did you know that it can help you move through menopause more gracefully?

Acupuncture and herbal medicine have been shown to be a natural and effective solution for a wide range of menopause symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, insomnia, weight gain, and even hair loss. This holistic therapy works by addressing your body’s imbalances from the root – and that includes hormone imbalances.

During an acupuncture session, we don’t just consider your menopause symptoms, but dive deeper to understand what’s happening in your body as a whole. From there, we provide an individualized treatment that helps to ease your symptoms while helping your body adjust to this transition with ease.

 

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At Moringa Natural Health, we have treatment plans for menopause and hormone imbalance. We personalize each plan according to each person’s unique biological makeup. Want to learn more about our treatment plans? Schedule your free appointment with Dr. Fernandez today!

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4. Keep your cool with exercise. 

Feeling stuffy and overheated? How about being irritable and anxious? Menopausal hormone shifts team up with hot, humid weather to make you feel even more hot and bothered.

Exercise is one of the best ways to keep your cool – both physically and mentally. Moderate activities (like jogging, walking, dancing, or yoga) help your body circulate blood and cool down with a healthy sweat.

Exercising also helps you maintain a healthy body weight. Have you noticed your weight starting to shift in the past few years? During menopause, your metabolism and ability to burn fat tends to slow down, which is why many women notice weight gain during and after menopause. As your weight drops to a healthy range with regular exercise, it’s likely that hormone imbalances, hot flashes, and excessive sweating will also subside.

When it comes to brain and mental health, Studies show that regular exercise significantly increases endorphins and relieves common menopausal mental health concerns like anxiety, depression, and irritability.

 

5. Embrace this new phase with joy through meditation.

Many women fear that entering menopause means that their youth is officially over. But nothing could be further from the truth! The post-menopausal years can be some of the most exciting, freeing, and joyous times in your life if you embrace this new phase with a different mindset.

This worry not only impacts your mindset, but can also lead to an increase in your physical symptoms as well. Rather than mourn the loss of your younger years, see all the potential that the future holds. Through meditation and mindfulness you can learn to both ease your symptoms in the moment, as well as create a bright and exciting future.

If you have spent the first fifty years of your life living a certain way, menopause is your chance to take a step back and reconsider who you truly are. What is most important to you? How would you like to grow? What would you like to learn or try? These are all important questions to ask yourself at this time.

Mediation offers a simple and approachable way to start discovering who you will be in this new phase. Here are a few guided meditations to get you started:

• Ease Menopause Symptoms Meditation
• Mindfulness for Menopause 
• Yoga Nidra for Menopause
• Wake Up Your Inner Wisdom

 

Balance Your Hormones to Thrive in Menopause 

Menopause is not an illness, but a transition and a journey. How well you feel during this journey all depends on how you care and support your body during this profound time in your life. 

At Moringa Natural Health Center, we guide your body into natural hormone balance by first listening to your body. Then, through an individualized and comprehensive hormone wellness plan, you’ll be on the path to symptom relief and whole-body health. 

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At Moringa Natural Health, we have treatment plans for menopause and hormone imbalance. We personalize each plan according to each person’s unique biological makeup. Want to learn more about our treatment plans? Schedule your free appointment with Dr. Fernandez today!

Request an appointment

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Much love, 

Dr. Lena Fernandez