Are you tired of feeling bloated? Bloating, or water retention, is one of the lesser known perimenopause symptoms. If you’re in perimenopause and you want to banish that bloated feeling, try these three easy ways to lose that water weight.
- Natural diuretics. The nutrients magnesium, calcium, potassium and the B vitamins, along with vitamin C all help your body to give up extra fluid you’ve been hanging onto. Foods like celery, tomatoes, oranges, and bananas are all great sources of these nutrients.
- Sip a nourishing herbal tea. In addition to being a great source of all the nutrients found in leafy greens, including some of those named above, nettle tea is a mild diuretic that can help you lose some of the extra water.
- Bioidentical hormones. A practitioner of Functional Nutrition can help you figure out if bioidentical hormones would work for you. Water retention is one of the common perimenopause symptoms that are caused by a drop in progesterone levels, usually during the earlier phases of perimenopause. Bioidential hormones differ from conventional hormone replacement in that they are plant based and molecularly identical to your body’s natural hormones, so they come with fewer side effects. Dr. Christiane Northrup also recognizes the benefits of bioidentical hormones.
Dr. Marina Rose, DC uses a Functional Nutrition approach to help women with perimenopause symptoms in and around the city of San Jose, CA. Using specific supplements based on a simple saliva test helps women get relief within a couple weeks.
When you need natural solutions for perimenopause symptoms, click here to find out how Functional Nutrition can help you.
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