Make Menopause Easier With The Right Diet

Harlan Mittag, D.C.

  We tend to downplay the impact that our diet has on our health. The truth is that what we eat has a profound effect on our body chemistry. This is not only true in the case of say diet, cholesterol and heart disease, but is true of menopause and diet as well. The often quoted dictum "Let your food be your medicine and medicine be your food" attributed to the father of medicine Hippocrates, is true with regard to menopause as well.

  A glaring example of the truth of this is found by comparing the experience of American women versus Japanese women with regard to menopause. Take the most common complaint of menopause, hot flushes and sweats. Eighty to eighty-five percent of American women complain of hot flashes during perimenopause and menopause. Yet only thirty percent of Japanese women do. This stark difference is attributed to the Japanese diet which is high in phytoestrogens.

The Japanese diet relieves menopause hot flashes and other menopause complaints