| Once a woman enters into menopause they are | | | | to be an effective treatment of menopause |
| hit with a variety of symptoms. When a woman's | | | | symptoms. |
| menstrual cycle changes, her hormone levels also | | | | Pomegranate seeds contain estradoil, estrone and |
| change. This change in hormones can cause many | | | | estriol, which are phytoestrogens. The plant |
| symptoms such as hot flashes, mood swings, | | | | estrogen simulates human estrogen and is similar |
| irritability, headaches, night sweats, anxiety, | | | | in molecular make-up. The seeds of the |
| depression, fatigue, weight gain or weight loss, | | | | pomegranate are extracted and squeezed to |
| breast pain and sleep disorders. The way that | | | | produce the plant-based estrogen. The |
| doctors have primarily handled patients who have | | | | pomegranate is one of the few fruits in the world |
| exhibited these common signs of menopause is to | | | | that has had over $20,000,000 invested in medical |
| start a regimen of hormone replacement therapy. | | | | research to document the medical benefits of the |
| The medications that the doctors prescribe work | | | | pomegranate. |
| because they replace the hormones that women's | | | | More and more women are asking their physicians |
| bodies are no longer making as they enter | | | | about this form of treatment because studies |
| menopause. Hormone replacement therapy has | | | | have shown that the pomegranate extract can |
| many positive effects. Studies show that the | | | | provide the positive effects of hormones without |
| hormone replacement prevents osteoporosis, and | | | | any of the associated health risks. If this sounds |
| can decrease the risk of colon cancer. Despite | | | | interesting to you, discuss it with your doctor. If |
| these positive effects, hormone replacement | | | | your doctor won't consider alternative forms of |
| therapy drugs have been proven to place women | | | | treating menopause symptoms then you owe it |
| at a higher risk of heart disease, breast cancer, | | | | to yourself to find a physician who will. Alternative |
| stroke and blood clots. As a result of these health | | | | medicine has made great strides over the past |
| risks many women are seeking alternative forms | | | | twenty years and you should be an active |
| of hormone treatment and pomegranates seem | | | | participant in determining your treatment. |