Yes! Finally, a clinical study by a major hospital has shown that flax seed does indeed help reduce the effects of night sweats, or hot flashes that occur at night.
Over the years, many herbal remedies have been used to help with this annoying symptom of menopause, with varying degrees of success. A few of the more common non-hormonal remedies are vitamin E, Black Cohosh, and soy. These help, but not to the degree that flax seed has been shown to do.
A study was published in the summer 2007 issue of the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology that was truly remarkable. A team of researchers, led by Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., Mayo Clinic breast health specialist, showed definitively that flax seed helps with night sweats.
It is also rather uncommon for a major medical institution to investigate a natural remedy as a cure. The researchers were hoping to find a way to relief the symptoms of menopause without the use of HRT, or hormone replacement therapy.
HRT has come under increased scrutiny lately as more and more findings are revealing the very negative side effects. Flax seed had almost no side effects whatsoever.
The side effects were also very positive
Many of the women in the study reported improvements in mood, joint or muscle pain, chills and sweating; which significantly improved their health-related quality of life. Now that is wonderful news!
These "side effects" are much different than those associated with HRT, the worst of which is breast cancer!
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