Menopausal Weight Gain Products. How Well Do They Work?Written by Terry Santangelo
You don't have to look far to find numerous ads promoting pre-menopausal and menopausal weight loss products. These over counter weight-loss products promote fact that they can combat weight gain in women who are pre-menopausal or menopausal. Menopause is a natural step in a woman’s life cycle, yet accompanying weight gain is an absolute concern. Recent studies have found for every two pounds of weight gained during menopause, risk of high blood pressure increases by as much as five percent. Menopausal weight gain also increases risk of diabetes, heart disease, and has been strongly linked to increased incidence of breast and other hormone-related cancers post menopause. These healthcare concerns have led to conception of specific products that target menopausal weight gain. Estrin-D™, one of newer weight-loss products on market, consists of a heavy mix of xanthine based stimulants (caffeine) such as, yerba matte, caffeine, guarana and a compilation of herbal ingredients such as damiana, ginger, DHEA, schisandra, scutellaria, and tibetan ginseng. All of these ingredients are intended to help curb appetite, provide a sense of fullness, contain hormonal swings, and increase resting metabolic rate. There is little doubt as to quality of product's ingredients. However, one must be cautious, as there is a substantial amount of caffeine based stimulants in product. For many people, consuming high amounts of caffeine can lead to elevated heart rate, increased blood pressure, nervousness, sweating among other symptoms. This is an obvious drawback with caffeine based products. Estrin D™, while being a quality thermogenic weight loss product, may not be right product if you are experiencing menopausal weight gain. Women going through menopause should decrease their caffeine intake to relieve common symptoms of menopause. According to many physicians specializing in treatment of menopause, increased levels of caffeine can make symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia precipitously worse. Caffeine can also increase risk of osteoporosis that affects many menopausal women. Zalestra™, another commercially popular menopausal weight-loss product, provides a more comprehensive approach in addressing issues relating to menopause. Ingredients contained in Zalestra™ formulation, include black cohosh, mega soy extract, DHEA, Indole 3 Carbinol, borage oil and vitex fruit extract. These ingredients are intended to alleviate negative symptoms associated with menopause while providing necessary protective properties for women in this stage of life. Zalestra™'s approach to weight loss is based on a three pronged approach - increased thermogenic output, thyroid support, and appetite suppression. Zalestra™ will increase energy levels without producing negative effects associated with caffeine stimulant based products.
| | Learn about food nutrition factsWritten by Rolf Rasmusson
Learn about food nutrition factsFood nutrition facts Finding food nutrition facts and dietary nutrition used to be almost impossible because of mountains of facts scattered all about in libraries and books. Lets face it most of us aren't going to cuddle up to a book on vitamins and minerals. Fortunately with growth and popularity of internet and computer fact finding process has been much simplified. Finding good food nutrition facts can now be done with click of mouse. Learning about our foods and diets can be very enlightening. Things we were taught as children may in fact of reality be much different than what we were taught. Doing what we were taught years ago may today be very much out of synch with what we really should be doing. It's sort of like ole 'wives tales" theory. Complicating our lives further we have great American fast food era that has practically crippled any sensibility to proper food intake. Why should we learn more, it's pretty simple to just drive thru pick up those goodies and off we go. Most of us are exhausted at end of day looking for relief not more work. With perhaps a little awareness of our food situation today, perhaps not as much effort needs to be mustered up to make an impact on ourselves and family today.
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