Relieve your Signs of Menopause with Exercise

Relieve your Signs of Menopause with Exercise
Heart disease is the #1 cause of death among American
women. It causes more than ten times the number of deaths
than breast cancer does.

Menopause symptoms are often confused with heart disease
and menopause symptoms are generally widely known. Whether
there's a link or not between menopause symptoms and heart
disease is being researched but without any conclusive
evidence to date.

Menopause information abounds on the benefits of relief of
menopause symptoms. Typically, with all the controversy
over hormone replacement therapy, many women today are
turning to natural hormone replacement therapy for relief
of menopause symptoms.

Early menopause symptoms can generally be offset by an
exercise regimen, which experts report can be as easy as
walking for 20 minutes daily. Early menopause symptoms can
further be treated with light stretching exercises with 20
minutes of walking.

It is very important to have a lifestyle that includes
plenty of active exercise, 20-60 minutes per session, 3-5
times per week. This aerobic activity helps the heart work
at its best by allowing it to pump more oxygen-rich blood
with each beat, resulting in a slower resting heart rate.

Relieving your menopause symptoms with exercise starts by
making sure you are in overall good health. Conditions
such as high blood pressure or heart disease should be
treated and under control before starting.

Menopause symptoms such as hot flashes can be exacerbated
by strenuous exercise so staying cool and drinking plenty
of fluids is important during the exercise session. Night
sweats may require more strenuous exercise to assure a good
night's sleep. One of the other signs of menopause is
osteoporosis, which is significantly helped by exercise due
to the strengthening of bone mass that occurs.

It's not certain yet whether physical inactivity or the
naturally occurring change in hormones during perimenopause
and menopause cause the loss in muscle mass and increase in
fat. Perhaps it is a combination of the two.

It is known, however, that these changes happen in
menopause-aged women. Fat metabolism becomes lower as
estrogen levels decrease, thus, body weight goes up.
Lipids, or fats, in the blood increase during menopause,
and that determines the cholesterol count.

Eating a diet rich in fiber, both soluble and insoluble, is
beneficial in lowering cholesterol. That type of diet
helps the body move extra cholesterol out of the system by
binding it with bile.

Additionally, there is some evidence that some menopause
symptoms, such as insomnia, depression and hot flashes, can
be alleviated by exercise.

Signs of menopause can be offset by a regular exercise
regimen; be sure to include plenty of fluids and light
dress during the session. Natural hormone replacement
therapy is an excellent complement to a regular exercise
regimen to offset menopause symptoms.

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