Flaxseed May Lessen Hot Flashes

By Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS

Millions of women suffer from occasional menopause-related hot flashes. For postmenopausal women who are not on hormone replacement therapy, there's help. And it's as close as your grocery store.

According to a new study at the Mayo Clinic, flaxseed appears to lessen both the severity and the frequency of hot flashes. The researchers studied 29 women for six weeks. The women took a daily dose of only 40 mg of crushed flaxseed (flaxmeal). The flaxseed decreased hot-flash scores by 57 percent and reduced their frequency by 50 percent.

Lead researcher Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., noted that many participants experienced quality-of-life improvements. She added that flaxseed seems not only to alleviate hot flashes but "also appears to have overall health and psychological benefits."

You can get flaxseed at health food and grocery stores everywhere. One highly recommended and reliable brand is Barlean's Forti-Flax.

[Ed. Note: Dr. Jonny Bowden is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition, and health. He's the author of the new book The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth]

Word to the Wise: Incarnadine

"Incarnadine" (in-KAR-nuh-dine) is a fleshy-pink or blood-red color. As a verb, it means to make something that color. The word is derived from "carnal" (pertaining to the body or its appetites).

Example (as used by Shakespeare in Macbeth): "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather / The multitudinous seas incarnadine, / Making the green one red."

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