Menopause

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Estroven for Menopause

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The menopause is a natural transitional stage of the female lifecycle. Some common symptoms include hot flushes, mood swings, depression and intermittent muscle pains and cramps, particularly at night. The cause of these symptoms appears to centre around the significant reduction in levels of the female hormones Oestrogen and Progesterone as a result of the body coming to the end of childbearing age.

Ingredients found to have substantial effect in decreasing some or all menopause symptoms are the herbals Black Cohosh, St John’s Wort, and, to a lesser extent, Soya Isoflavones. Some other ingredients, such as Vitamins C and E and the herbal Dong Quai also show some evidence of effect in easing symptoms.

Soya Isofavones may be of benefit in menopausal symptoms, particularly at levels of over 50mg per day. A good quality multivitamin and mineral supplement is recommended during and following menopause, but has no evidence of effect on specific menopausal symptoms.

This product contains 50mg Soya Isoflavones per daily dose and therefore can be expected to deliver some benefits in relieving menopause symptoms, although these may be few. It also contains a reasonable selection of vitamins and minerals, but these would not have any effect on specifically menopausal symptoms. This product would therefore deliver some of the benefits associated with a multivitamin and mineral supplement. However, the consumer could expect a much bigger range of benefits from a comprehensive multivitamin and mineral supplement if these are the effects desired.

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