Pre-Menopause & Menopause Support

  Menopause is the cessation of menses, the end of menstrual cycles. The unpleasant “symptoms” of menopause that some women suffer, such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and mood swings, are peculiar to Western industrialized nations and they are virtually unknown the in the Far East and Third World countries. In native cultures, menopause tends to be a cause for quiet celebration, a time when a woman has completed her childbearing years and is moving into a deeper level of self-discovery, and becoming a wise woman. We know menopause as a death knell, a descent into a dried-up and painful old age of arthritis and osteoporosis. Why is there such a difference in experience between one culture and another? It seems to be a combination of poor diet, unhealthy lifestyle, environmental pollutants, cultural attitudes, the incorrect use of synthetic hormones (estrogen) and advertising. A large percentage of advertising and research dollars are spent trying to convince women that estrogen will