Contrary to what you may think, reaching menopausal age doesn’t mean you should stop exercising or that your life has taken a turn for the worse.  In fact, when you get to that age, exercise is more necessary than ever, as it helps prevent osteoporosis, maintains the fluid in the joints, energizes you, and improves your general health.

There are many exercises that are appropriate for menopausal women; your choice should be based on your physical abilities, but you can vary the intensity during every routine.

Here we present you with a variety of water and land-based exercises that will surely boost your wellbeing during menopause:

Water Exercises
These are natural resistance exercises.  They are very powerful but do not impact the joints, thus, are very appropriate for women with low physical capability.  Water exercises are used a lot in therapy programs, as the body is free of gravity.

Some of these exercises are:

-    Pool walking or jogging.  Make sure you always touch the bottom and speed up regularly.  It is easier to move while on water, but at the same time there is double the resistance.

-    Pretend to ski.  Sync your arms and legs to move together, you can add weights for more resistance.

-    Water aerobics.  Same as normal aerobics but in the pool.

Land Exercises
As you may already know, the best exercise ever is walking.  While it helps maintain weight, it also increases circulation and decreases the risk of heart disease.  You can walk at your own pace, but as you gain some strength, speed up a little.  Make sure you get a good pair of walking shoes, and get ready to walk when and where it is convenient for you, anywhere and any time are great!

If you want to go a little further, try hiking.  There are all sorts of terrains, distances, and elevations to hike, and you will have the added value of enjoying the outdoors while exercising.  Nothing cures better than contact with nature.

No matter what exercise you choose, make sure you always consult with your doctor prior to engaging in any exercise routine.  Whether you are under a bioidentical hormone treatment or any other kind of treatment, professional consultation is a must to ensure you do not hurt yourself while trying to heal.

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The time of menopause is an unsettling period for women.  It not only produces physical discomfort, but emotional stress too, causing serious chaos in a woman’s life.

Luckily, today there are many ways to help alleviate those drastic symptoms and help women take control of their lives, and a very important one is related to the diet.  There are foods that contain rich quantities of the vitamins and minerals required to strengthen and protect the female organism.

Anxiety, tension, depression, headaches, hot flashes, night sweats, water retention, bloating, joint pain, low energy, and irritability, are just some of the classic symptoms women experience during menopause.  Vitamin B6 has been shown to ease many of these uncomfortable feelings, especially, Vitamin B6 combined with zinc, as it helps convert B6 into its active form in the body.  And what foods are rich in Vitamin B6?  Wheat and bran cereals, beans and lentils.

Magnesium and GLA are very helpful in reducing swelling, and offer other beneficial effects for the body.  These are essential for everyone, and even more for women going through menopause.

Hormone imbalances act over blood sugar control and produce sugar craving, which in turn produces tiredness and irritation.  It is important to maintain a low sugar diet; this means, no sodas, concentrated juices, sauces and lots of caffeine.

Calcium is also vital during this period.  It is normally taken in tablets, and to boost its effect, look for a combination of calcium and magnesium + Vitamin D, and take the tablets prior to going to sleep, while eating high protein foods like meat, eggs and beans.  It is important to make it a habit to consume high calcium foods like skim milk, dairy products and beans.

Finally, do not forget folic acid.  The benefits of taking between 40 to 60 mg a day are numerous.  And, for rich sources of folic acid, eat lots of oranges, spinach, leafy green vegetables, beans, and walnuts.

Of course, always remember to ask a professional about the best natural ways to diminish menopause symptoms; you could talk to a bioidentical hormone doctor and read lots of quality resources available today.  The most important thing is that you educate yourself to be aware of the best options to treat your body with respect and love.

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Maintaining balance during menopause is something that is difficult for even the strongest, most peaceful souls to achieve.  Menopause can do a number on a woman’s body, triggering high amounts of sadness, fatigue, nausea and of course stress.  No matter how you choose to define stress, whether as a combination of anxiety, anger, depression, or what have you, there’s no doubt that these emotions are real and can be very overwhelming.  You may be under treatment or hormone therapy, such as biodentical hormone replacement, which effectively deals with the common symptoms of menopause, but dealing with stress is another issue.  Controlling stress during menopause may be very challenging, but it is not impossible, as long as you follow the correct steps, and really give it your best shot.

Managing stress requires determination, and spirit, but also requires an honest evaluation of ourselves, what behavior is right, and what behaviors we need to change.  This requires a lot of honesty, and self-discipline, but can be achieved if you really take the time to learn more about your inner feelings and emotions.  Now that you have identified what is troubling you, it is time to deal with it head on.

Oftentimes stress may be activated by certain people, that we may not get along with or may feel anxiety around.  Sometimes you may be frustrated with this person, and they cause you stress through certain actions that you have no control over.  It’s ok to tell people what you want them to do sometimes, to let them know how you feel about certain things that may be causing you stress.  This is perfectly fine.  But we also need to learn how to let go.  No matter how hard you try, or how much you worry about something, the world does not always bend to your will; some things are going to happen whether we want them to or not.  In these circumstances, you need to learn how to let go of the things you can’t control, or you will have no chance of having a stress free life.

You must also try to have a positive mindset.  It can be hard, but this is so important in dealing with stress.  Stress is just an emotion, like any other emotion, and has as much to do with our thinking as it does with our bodies.  Try to think about things being in balance.  Night and day, hot and cold, life and death.  For every positive reaction, there is a negative reaction, and vice versa.  You may think of menopause as being very negative because of the horrible symptoms and the changes to your body.  But think of the positive effects as well.  You are growing wiser; you are being more appreciated; your children are having children and so on.  This can be a beautiful time in a woman’s life, as well as a struggle.

Remember to do your best to control bitterness and anger as they will only poison your body during menopause.  Try to give yourself time to cool off when you get angry, and reflect about the bigger picture.  Rather than deal with loads of unneeded aggravation everyday, make the choice to control your anger and bitterness with everything you have.  If you work hard to control stress it will no longer control you, and you will be free to deal with the symptoms of menopause as they come, without having to deal with tons of unwanted stress as well.

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Taking synthetic hormones can be dangerous because they are foreign to the female body.  The body is not totally accustomed to recognizing these unnatural hormones, which is why they often produce adverse effects.  Most commonly prescribed hormones are foreign hormones used in hormone substitution therapy.  However, this is not the only treatment for menopause, and you may want to consult your doctor about some alternative methods of treatment such as biodentical hormone therapy.

The problem with using synthetic hormones to treat symptoms of menopause is that the body doesn’t always recognize the artificial hormones, doesn’t always readily absorb these, and sometimes even rejects them altogether.  Your body may actively work against these hormones causing more problems than you originally bargained for. Some results from this can be increased weight gain, water retention, lack of sex drive or discomfort during sex, or even ovarian cancer.  These are all mainly due to the fact that as the body does not recognize these artificial hormones, it attacks them as foreign entities.

Usually these synthetic hormones are only designed to attack one or more specific problems such as water retention, hot flashes, insomnia, therefore not taking into account the overall health of the body.  But biodentical hormone therapy, on the other hand, can be a true and safe hormone replacement therapy, that doesn’t put the body at potential risk.  Biodentical Hormones have the exact same molecular structure of the hormones that a woman’s body can produce on its own.  What this means, is that these hormones being introduced into the system are no different than any hormone a women can produce naturally, and are much safer than synthetic hormones.  Biodentical hormones have been found to be more effective at eliminating symptoms of menopause than synthetic hormones, and have proven to be the safest hormone replacement method to date.

So you might be asking yourself, why would companies still be using synthetic hormones if there is a better, and safer hormone replacement therapy?  Well, the answer is simple. Money.  Isn’t that always the reason?  Because the FDA does not allow drug manufacturers to get a patent on natural materials, drug companies must use artificial substances in the making of their medicines.  That means that the drug companies do not make one dollar, if they have to sell drugs containing natural ingredients, because they cannot patent them, and make any money off them.  This means that the general public is led to buy something that can be potentially harmful to them, all for the betterment of the drug companies.

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