Do you love your morning coffee? If you have PMS or perimenopause symptoms, it may be time to reevaluate your morning ritual. Find out which symptoms are most affected by caffeine intake, and what you can do about it.
Caffeine intake is associated with an increase in hormonal symptoms, especially hot flashes, insomnia, and anxiety. Women who drink caffeine are more prone to having hot flashes and will often notice that they flash more intensely when they have had coffee.
For problems like insomnia and anxiety that come up as perimenopause sytmpoms, the connection with caffeine is obvious. As a stimulant, caffeine disturbs sleep and can worsen anxious feelings. Dr. Christiane Northrup also acknowledges that perimenopause symptoms can be lessened by giving up caffeine.
Caffeine has an indirect effect on other perimenopause symptoms by adding stress on the adrenals, glands that already have extra work do to during the menopause transition. At the same time, caffeine may become more appealing because of symptoms like depression and fatigue, or lack of sleep caused by hormonally triggered insomnia.
Dr. Marina Rose has helped women in around Palo Alto, CA with perimenopause symptoms get their energy back and their symptoms under control, without caffeine. Her practice focusing in Chiropractic care and Functional Nutrition is in Los Altos, CA.
One of the best ways to understand the underlying nutritional cause of your symptoms is to know which foods and nutrients you have trouble digesting and those you are deficient in.
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