T. Culbreth, Distributor LIFE PLUS™ at The Olive Branch Nutritional Supplements "from a company whose president is a pharmacist"

How can I ease the occasional discomforts of menopause?

It’s no secret that many women start menopause around their mid 40’s to 50’s, and most women begin to respond to the stress associated with “midlife” during this time. It’s natural, and it’s inevitable, but women can begin to look forward to this part of their lives with minimal anxiety.  Proper diet, a positive attitude, and regular exercise along with Feminine Balance can make an incredible difference. Feminine Balance is a nutritional support formula designed for the unique needs of women approaching midlife. This popular product blends traditional feminine harmonizing herbs, key mycoceuticals, gamma oryzanol and other important nutraceutical components with 16 different synergistic herbs that can help women ease through this feminine transition, as well as relieve occasional symptoms commonly experienced during their peak years.

Isoflavones for Vasomotor Instability

Feminine Balance is a comprehensive nutritional supplement formula designed for the unique needs of women, who are approaching midlife and to help ease some of the effects of menopause.

Menopause, the cessation of the monthly female menstrual cycle, occurs naturally in the age range of between 40 and 60, with the majority of women experiencing its onset near the age of 50.  Menopause is a process that ordinarily takes several years to complete after the first signs of physical changes begin to appear.

Women who have not had a menstrual period for a year are considered post-menopausal.

Although this phase of profound physiological shift often opens the door to many positive life changes and opportunities, it can be quite uncomfortable for a period of time.

Exercise and improved stress management are helpful during menopause, presumably because they improve function of the adrenal glands.

Hot Flashes

Menopause signals a dramatic change in a woman’s body.  Many women going through menopause experience hot flashes (or flushes), which include profuse sweating, occasional irritability and fatigue, as well as other physical changes and discomforts.

At this stage, a woman experiences firsthand the battle of two opposing forces within her, the decrease in the hormone production by the ovaries and the increase of ovary stimulating pituitary hormones.

Hot flashes, medically called vasomotor instability, are caused by intermittent dramatic increases in blood flow to the skin, which raises its temperature by as much as 10-15 degrees within a few seconds.

Hot flashes are usually accompanied by profuse sweating, and when these hot flashes occur at night, they often disrupt sleep.

Researchers have linked societies with high dietary intake of soy products to a lower incidence of hot flashes during menopause. Soy and a number of other food plants and herbs contain compounds called isoflavones (also known as phytoestrogens) that are plant compounds with weak estrogen like effects. Considerable research has focused on the effects of isoflavone containing foods, such as soy, flaxseed, kudzu, and red clover. Several randomized trials have shown that increased dietary intake of isoflavone rich foods and/or supplements, providing between 40 and 160 mg a day, in women with menopausal symptoms, has resulted in improved vasomotor stability as well as overall improved quality of life.

Harmonizing Herbs, Nutraceuticals, and Mycoceuticals

Feminine Balance blends harmonizing herbs  (Black Cohosh, Dong Quai, Mexican Wild Yam, Chastetree Berry, Saw Palmetto, Siberian and Chinese Ginseng, Nettle, Red Clover, Turmeric, Burdock root, Alfalfa, Kava and Licorice root), key nutraceuticals (vitamin E, phospholipids, boron, hesperidin, bromelain, gamma-oryzanol and isoflavones) and a proprietary immune supporting combination of nine different mushrooms, each prized in traditional Asian health systems for thousands of years.

This recipe is designed to ease the transition into the menopausal years and help maintain high levels of health and vitality into the years beyond.

References:
1. Nielsen FH, Penland JG. Boron supplementation of peri-menopausal women affects boron metabolism and indices associated with macromineral metabolism, hormonal status, and immune function. J Trace Elements Exp Med 1999; 12
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4. Harguchi H, Youshida N, Ishikawa H. et al. Protection of mitochondrial functions against oxidative stresses by isoflavans from Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice). J Pharm Pharmacol 2000 Feb; 52 (2
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7. Scheiber N, Setchell K. Dietary soy isoflavones favorably influence lipids and bone turnover in healthy postmenopausal women. June 1999, The Endochrine Society’s 81st Annual Meeting Synopsis.
8. Verma SP, Salamone E, Goldin B, Curcumin and genistein, plant natural products, show synergistic inhibitory effects on the growth of human breast cancer MCF-7 cells induced by estrogenic pesticides. Biochem Biophy Res Commun 1997 Apr 28; 233(3)

DIRECTIONS:  Three tablets, two times  a day.

WARNING:  Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing, or think you may be pregnant.

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Formulated in the exclusive PhytoZyme™ base of plant enzymes for bioavailability and over 30 synergistic fruit, vegetable and herbal concentrates for "extra" phytonutrient cofactors.

Contains no artificial preservatives, sugar, starch, caffeine, salt, wheat, gluten, yeast, corn, milk, egg, shellfish, artificial sweetening, flavoring or coloring agents.

Not tested on animals.

Contains no ingredients from animal sources.

OTHER INGREDIENTS: Dicalcium Phosphate, Mycoceutical Mix (Aerial Parts of Reishi, Maitake (Grifola frondosa (Dicks) S.F. Gray), Shiitake, Turkey Tail (Coriolus versicolor (Fr.) Quel.), Caterpillar (Cordyceps), Monkey Head (Hericium erinaceus Persoon), Split Gill (Schizophyllum commune Fries), Fu Ling, White Woodear (Tremella fuciformis Berk.) Mushrooms), Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Silica, Magnesium Stearate and PhytoZyme™ proprietary blend (Bromelain, Papain, Aloe Vera, Alfalfa, Parsley, and vegetable and fruit concentrates from Carrots, Broccoli, Spinach, Cauliflower, Asparagus, Celery, Beet, Chili Pepper, Green Bean, Pea, Sweet Potato, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Snow Pea, Tomato, Zucchini, Lima Beans, Mushroom, Banana, Cantaloupe, Cranberry, Guava, Lemon, Mango, Orange, Papaya, Peach, Pineapple and Grapefruit).

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