Natural Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms
Healthy lifestyle which includes healthy diet, adequate physical recreation and stress management is very helpful in both preventing and relieving menopausal symptoms. Even if menopause is not a disease or disorder but natural biological process it causes variety of physical and psychological changes which are very disturbing for many women all over the world.
Since it is always better to prevent than to cure women should be thinking and inform themselves over menopause and its symptoms before its occurrence to be able to avoid its discomforting symptoms. Menopause might occur without any symptoms except for cessation of menstruation period but about 80% of women experience signs of menopause such as hot flashes and night sweats in weeks, months and even years before the occurrence of menopause, while many women experience also a variety of other symptoms. The majority of menopausal commonly do not cause any greater problems except for discomfort and usually disappear within about 10 years after the last menstruation period. However, at the same time greatly arise the risk of some diseases in first place of osteoporosis and heart disease. For that reason women should primarily be concentrated on preventing osteoporosis and heart disease risk of which greatly increases in postmenopause.
To avoid the risk of becoming affected by osteoporosis women should include in their diet foods rich with calcium and other nutrients which are essential for healthy bone growth and strength. Vitamin D has been also proved to reduce the risk of bone fracture in the elderly and for that reason all (not only women) should be spending at least one hour per day on daylight. Great importance in preventing the risk of osteoporosis is also regular physical activity which helps to maintain bone mineral density. Many studies shown that most effective types of exercise are aerobics, weight bearing (walking, dancing) and resistance exercise. Exercise and healthy diet are also very important in preventing heart disease, while adequate physical activity and healthy diet are also very helpful in treatment of both osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases.