How to Stop Hot Flashes and Night Sweats Naturally

What is a hot flash? And what is your body telling you? If you have experienced a hot flash, then you know the feeling of heat rushing into your body, instant sweating, and the inability to cool down. 

Hot flashes happen when there are drastic dips in estrogen usually during perimenopause and menopause, but they can happen at anytime if we are experiencing hormonal imbalance. Hot flashes are our body’s attempt at cooling itself off.

The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that regulates our body temperatures and senses that the body is overheated. It signals all of our body’s natural cooling mechanisms, like sweating, to release excess heat. Our blood vessels become dilated especially in our head, chest, and neck.

It can put women in an uncomfortable situation to be sweating at a time that is unwelcome. Beautiful dress? Public speaking? Right before a hug? This is hard to handle, but what’s worse is the after effect when you are often greeted with a sweaty, cold, clammy, and wet chilly feeling. Two extremes within minutes. The process can fluctuate constantly depending on our personal hormonal balance.

We have all natural tips to try and help you with these situations. Like we always say, every woman is different so be sure to pay attention to what triggers you personally.

Avoid hot drinks. Avoid hot drinks as they elevate your body and its temperature. Especially avoid hot drinks right before bed. Think more cooling hydration

Just say no to alcohol. Sugar in the body raises glucose, which increases our temperature. We don’t want our body working overtime to cool ourselves down. Keep to water.

Reduce sugar intake. You've heard it before and you'll hear it again. When we have high amounts of sugar intake, we stimulate our body to think “get to work.” We want to help our liver to remain calm and this can be helped with lowering sugar intake.

Cut back on spicy foods. It seems obvious since we all know the sweaty upper lip feeling after eating a curry dish. For women experiencing hot flashes, this feeling lasts longer than mealtime. Limit spicy foods and avoid nightshade vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. Women experience benefits of eliminating spicy foods working within just 24 hours.

Make thoughtful clothing choices. Loose, breathable cotton will help your body to not feel restricted, hot, and uncomfortable. This may seem obvious, but changing to more breathable clothing options can also help your body feel supported and ease the stress in order to remain cool and comfortable.

Choose supplements wisely. Hot flashes and night sweats are often symptoms or perimenopause and menopause. This natural season of a woman's life means you are producing less estrogen. Mixhers Menopause offers you a natural hormone stability option with an effective formula including herbs like kwao krua root, black cohosh, and maca root. This powerhouse trio acts as phytoestrogens, meaning they mimic the benefits of estrogen. Women using Mixhers Menopause often report fewer hot flashes in the first month of use, with optimal benefits seen after three months.

We hope these tips are helpful and can send you on your way to living life to the fullest.