Archive for September, 2011

If you have ever experienced a hot flash then you know how unpredictable frustrating, embarrassing, irritating, and even depressing they can be. Hot flashes often bring about lethargy, fatigue and often insomnia for some women.

Hot flashes are caused by decreases in estrogen and progesterone. When these hormones are reduced the gland in the body, the hypothalamus, which acts a thermostat has difficulty determining whether we are hot or cold. Some women suffer only mildly from hot flashes, whereas others find they are hot and soaking in the cold of winter.

By now you may be asking the question, how to treat hot flashes. In answer to that question, here are 15.5 key strategies to help you gain a sense of well-being in overcoming hot flashes.
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If you suffer from those nagging and unpredictable hot flashes but don’t want to go the hormone therapy route then I have fantastic news for you….you want natural you get natural tree bark that is…that’s right…

If what to take for hot flashes is your question the answer may very well lie with the taking of Pine Bark Extract or Pycnogenol as a natural reliever of hot flashes.

Pine Bark Extract is made from the bark of the maritime pine tree called Landes.  Pycnogenol is an extract of the bark of the French maritime pine tree Pinus pinaster which by the way contains a large concentration of antioxidant.

After doing my research I found plenty of testimonials from women who experienced the misery of hot flashes prior to using Pine Bark Extract.   The women raved about the relief gained from the use of the extract for both hot flashes and night sweats.
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