Comments on: The Soy of Hot Flashes

By: Menopause Symptoms | The Perimenopause Blog { yes, it's real }

Menopause Symptoms | The Perimenopause Blog { yes, it's real } — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:06:13 +0000

[...] Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling [...]

By: Help for Menopause Symptoms | The Magnolia Diaries, Volume II

Help for Menopause Symptoms | The Magnolia Diaries, Volume II — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:58:56 +0000

[...] I was able to whittle my stash down to a few things that I felt really worked, which included: Calcium/Magnesium (good for sleep & taking the edge off of mood swings) progesterone (for sleep, night sweats & also taking a bit of the edge of mood swings) soy milk and soy beans (for hot flashes & night sweats). [...]

By: Magnolia

Magnolia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:10:07 +0000

Hello Anita,

thanks for stopping by. I checked out your blog. I keep running across more and more blogs out there on menopause and perimenopause. It’s nice to know so many of us are taking to the blogosphere to “talk it out” so to speak.

Come back often.

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:26:50 +0000

Hi…I just wrote a post on menopause and hot flashes…check it out if you’d like…and be sure to look at the comments my followers left.
I’m 51 and doing okay with menopause, but I will check in with you and your blog again. Thanks.

By: Magnolia

Magnolia — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:52:18 +0000

Hey Eileen,

Yeah, it certainly worked for me. I’m a former hippie, flower child vegan myself, so I’ve done the tofu for a few years. You can buy these really cool spice packets now for tofu. Might actually make it palatable now.

I actually prefer the soy milk and nuts though. It’s easier and faster for me.

Nice to see you. Hope you are well. I’m hanging.

By: Eileen Williams

Eileen Williams — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:03:42 +0000

I think you’re right on about soy. Although I did experience hot flashes, they weren’t constant nor were they all that bad. (However, there were some notable exceptions, believe me!)
Being a former flower power gal and a vegetarian, I do head to the tofu department. Actually, tofu is virtually tasteless and there are a ton of things you can do with it. My personal favorite is to cube it and throw it into Miso soup–quite tasty and nutritious, and you don’t even need to be wearing your Birkenstocks to enjoy it!