Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Brain Fog? Here’s What We Know About Phytoestrogens for Menopausal Symptoms

Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Brain Fog? Here’s What We Know About Phytoestrogens for Menopausal Symptoms
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While some women glide through menopause, more than 85 percent experience one or more unpleasant symptoms, which can affect their physical and mental health, daily activities, and quality of life.
Hot flashes and night sweats are the symptoms for which the most women seek treatment, affecting 75 percent of women. Others include changes in weight and body composition, skin changes, poor sleep, headaches, joint pain, vaginal dryness, depression, and brain fog.
Caroline Gurvich is an associate professor and clinical neuropsychologist at Monash University in Australia
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