Control Your Hot Flashes by Leading a Healthy and Balanced Lifestyle

by Pinky Tyagi Blogger & Writter

Hot flashes are one of the symptoms of perimenopause or menopause. Many doctors are of the belief that hot flashes occur when there is less production of estrogen in your body. This leads to your body not able to control the temperature which in turn leads to night sweats and hot flashes.

Hot Flashes Provide Discomfort to Women

Hot flashes can prove to be very frustrating as it can happen to anyone at any place and time. When hot flashes strike, your body flushes a red color and you start to sweat. Many women might even experience sudden chill and a rapid heart rate.

Nobody exactly knows what causes hot flashes? Another theory that many people believe is that hot flashes is directly linked to insulin resistance. Women during perimenopause become insulin resistant. In simple words, it means that your body produces more insulin and it cannot cope up with the huge amount of carbohydrates and thus leads to fatigue and hot flashes.

If you are a victim of hot flashes, you might want to discuss this with your doctor. Your doctor, after a careful examination of your medical history might provide right medication or treatment plan to control your hot flashes.

Eating the Right Food

Leading a healthy lifestyle also plays a very important role to improve the insulin levels in the body. Some of the ways in which this can be achieved can be:

·         Avoiding spicy food

·         Avoid snacking in between meals

·         Abstaining from alcohol

·         Avoiding caffeine

·         Eating foods such as soybeans, lentils and chickpeas that are high in estrogen

·         You can opt for natural and herbal supplements such as Omega 3 fish oils

·         Maca supplements can also balance out your hormonal levels

Another effective method that can help control your hot flashes includes intermittent fasting. Here you need to fast for 12- 15 hours overnight and morning. Have a heavy breakfast and lunch. Following this religious can also help you lose weight and burn those extra calories.

Exercising Can Help

Hot flashes are a phase that everyone might experience once in their lifetime. There is nothing that you can do to prevent it, but you can try reducing the symptoms by:

·         Wearing lose fitting clothes when going to bed

·         Meditating

·         Try deep breathing exercises that can help you keep calm and relaxed

·         Go for morning walks

·         Swimming can help you feel relaxed

·         You can even try out yoga and massage

You can even enroll for counseling or therapy that can help ease your mind of the symptoms of hot flashes.

You need not perform all these exercises in a day. You need to keep yourself motivated. Keep a diary and record your daily routine. Set realistic goals. Engage your loved ones to exercise with you. Simple works like gardening can also contribute a lot for reducing your hot flashes.

Conclusion

When your body goes through menopause, the symptoms such as hot flashes can last for a few years. Making simple lifestyle changes can go a long way in providing some sort of relief from hot flashes. 

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Created on Sep 30th 2019 05:53. Viewed 335 times.

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