A Dose of Health

In 2006 I had my first confrontation with hot flashes. At first I didn’t know what the heck was going on. It couldn’t have been hot flashes, I was way too young (or so I thought).

After coming to the shocking realization that I was actually having hot flashes, I started doing some research on how to fight the dreaded condition. My research brought me to the wonderful green drink Green Vibrance. For the past 10 years Green Vibrance and I have been enjoying an on again off again relationship. It’s on when I remember to drink it and off when I forget.

All it takes is a couple of hot flashes to remind me that I’ve not taken my Green Vibrance in the past week or so.

Hot Flash Round 2

Now, years later, I’ve gotten very lax in a number of areas in my life. Not only have I been forgetting to drink my Green Vibrance, I’ve taken to eating really, really bad foods. I noticed that more and more processed foods have crept into my diet; a little pasta here, a slice of cake there.

In addition to my dietary slip ups, I’ve been spending too much time in front of the computer and not getting any exercise. Although I still fit in my clothes, I usually have to slather a generous portion of lotions and oils in order to slide into them. Apparel with buttons and zippers are a thing of the past, everything has elastic waists and pull over tops (no sense in inadvertently injuring someone with a high velocity button flying off of my shirt).

To top it all off, I felt horrible. For the first time in my life I looked at my hubby and said, “I feel old.” My knees hurt, my back hurt, I felt out of shape and just plain bad (probably because I hadn’t been to the chiropractor in months).

Breeding Ground for Flashes

My decline into ill health is all those pesky little hot flashes needed to grab a hold of me again. One night when I least suspected it, I was rudely awakened. I thought the thermostat for the furnace was malfunctioning. I was awakened by intense heat only to realize that it was my internal furnace that was in overdrive. Of course, to compensate for the extreme heat, my body let the floodgates of sweat flow. I was hot and drenched! Not a pretty sight.

After enduring these beastly hot flashes every hour on the hour for a day or so I realized that I had to take control again. It’s now 10 years later, I’m in the worst shape of my life. To top it off, I’ve got to find the strength to put up a good fight if I want to beat these hot flashes.

Strategy for Fighting Hot Flashes

Immediately, I went to the health store and purchased my beloved Green Vibrance. I started taking it twice a day instead of the recommended one time a day.

Expecting to feel the results in the usual 4 to 5 days, imagine my surprise when all I did was reduce the frequency (and the intensity), but they didn’t stop.

Round 2:

Now I had to up the ante. I cut out the processed stuff. If the food was not grown from the ground or if it didn’t have a Mom and Dad, then I wasn’t eating it. I know for a fact that a Twinkie doesn’t have a Mom or a Dad and sure as shootin’ wasn’t grown from the ground.

I was back to eating whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish and chicken. It’s amazing how within the first week of modifying my diet, I lost a few pounds. Losing the initial weight is just what I needed to make my knees stop hurting. I think they were angry because they had additional weight to carry.

Round 3

With my knees no longer angry, I was able to begin an exercise program; nothing too strenuous (at first), just walking a few miles a day. The winter storms did much to create a homemade gym. Between cutting tree branches, raking and cleaning up the debris, I was getting a very productive workout.

Turning Down the Thermostat

By making the above changes, I’ve noticed a drastic decrease in my hot flashes. As a matter of fact, its only 3 weeks into my dietary/exercise changes and the flashes have not only reduced in frequency (maybe one a day), but the intensity has also decreased. No longer do I get those warning tingles before the furnace dials itself to the max.

At this point in the game, the hot flashes are infrequent and mild. I’m sticking with my program until they’re totally gone (and I know they will be gone). After all, I went several years without having to suffer with them, why start now.

Hot flashes, when you stop to think of it, are really my friend. They’re my not so subtle reminder that it’s time to get back into health.

If you are anywhere near my age group, you ladies know what I’m talking about. I remember when I got my first hot flash oh about…3 years ago. At first I didn’t know what was going on. Eventually I realized that I was having a hot flash.

Once I realized what was going on, I knew that I could not put up with it. It was like an unruly child that would ‘act up’ at the wrong time. Just like finding a solution to an unruly child, I had to find a way to stop the annoying hot flashes from dictating my life.

My Hot Flash Solution

I read everything I could on natural ways to alleviate hot flashes. Heck, all you have to do is watch the Oprah Winfrey show and you’ll get a ton of info on natural hot flash deterrents.

Not having the patience to go through finding the right creams or tinctures I stumbled upon my hot flash cure quite by accident. As a matter of fact it’s a serendipitous gift. I’ll keep it short, but here’s my story:

I was in the process of trying to obtain optimal health through exercise and proper eating. In the process I stumbled upon the alkaline vs. acid pH theory. If you’re not familiar with that, you should read Alkalize for Health and Why pH Matters.

Anyway, one of the ways in which I sought to achieve a better alkaline/acid balance was to drink green drinks. Green drinks are also known as super foods. They are high in lovely things such as probiotics containing barley, wheat grass, spinach and a host of other green leafy healthy stuff.

Being a full-time employee, I couldn’t spend my time juicing such stuff so I looked for a quicker alternative. I found a product called Green Vibrance that came in capsules. Capsules are cool because they don’t have any flavor. I started slowly, only a couple of capsules a day. Since it has a detoxing quality, you have to start slow.

The long and the short of it is that eventually I decided to use the powdered form. All I had to do was add a scoop to a glass of water each day and I was done. I found that my energy level increased and my endurance improved. My spinning classes seemed less difficult so I increased my intensity. I realized that it was a side effect of the Green Vibrance.

Now to the Hot Flashes

Once I started drinking the Green Vibrance I noticed that in about a week the hot flashes diminished. Not only were they less frequent, but they were less intense. After the second week they were entirely gone! I’ve been taking Green Vibrance for 3 years and the only time I ever had a hot flash was when I stopped drinking it for about a month or so. It wasn’t until I started with the night sweats that I realized that I hadn’t been taking my green juice. Once I began drinking my Vibrance again and it took approximately 4 days before the dreaded hot flashes ceased.

Here are A Few Tips/Warnings

1. What works for me may not work for you.
2. Green Vibrance works to detoxify your system so if you’re used to eating corn dogs and drinking Pepsi all day long, you’re going to feel bad before you feel better. Read up on detoxing and how it works.
3. Green Vibrance does not taste bad. My daughter who absolutely hates vegetables says, “It doesn’t taste like nothing.” (Excuse the grammar. It’s a shame school isn’t in session year round.)
4. If you stick with it, you’ll experience increased energy and the ability to recover quicker from workouts.