The function of ovaries that commonly reaches its peak at the age of 30 begin to decline gradually afterwards. But in fact, serious problems don’t usually occur before the age of 40. The reason of such decline is decreasing ability of the aging ovaries to respond to pituitary gonadotropins. Secretion of estrogens reduces in spite of the fact that these gonadotropins (that are partially released from the negative-feedback inhibition by estrogen) are secreted in greater amounts. As a result, menstrual periods and ovulation first become irregular and eventually stop completely.

Some secretion of estrogen usually continues beyond these events but subsequently reduces until it is inadequate to maintain the estrogen-dependent tissues: the breasts and genital organs gradually atrophy; the decrease in protein anabolism causes thinning of the skin and bones; however, sexual drive is often no reduced but may be even increased. Severe emotional strains and disturbances are common during menopause and are generally ascribed not to a direct effect of estrogen deficiency but to the disturbing nature of the entire period — the awareness that reproductive potential is ended, the hot flashes, etc. Hot flashes are very typical of menopause. They result from dilation of the skin arterioles, causing a feeling of warmth and marked sweating; why estrogen deficiency causes this is unknown. Many of these menopause symptoms can be smoothed by the additional use of certain amount of estrogen.

One more important aspect of menopause is the relationship between estrogen and plasma cholesterol. Estrogen considerably reduces the level of the plasma cholesterol, and this or some related effect on lipid metabolism may explain why women have much less arteriosclerosis than men until after the menopause, when the incidence becomes similar in both sexes.

Changes in aging males are significantly less radical. Once testosterone and pituitary gonadotropin secretions are initiated at puberty, they continue throughout adult life. A steady decrease in testosterone secretion in later decades apparently reflects slow deterioration of testicular function. The mirror-image rise in gonadotropin secretion is due to diminishing negative-feedback inhibition from the decreasing plasma testosterone concentration. In spite of the significant decrease, testosterone secretion is preserved in the majority of men to maintain sexual vigor throughout life, and fertility has been documented in men even in their eighties. So, there is generally no complete stop of reproductive function similar to female menopause.

Women going through the menopause experience physical change because they have come to an end of their child-bearing years. Levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone drop significantly, and menstruation gradually declines.

For many menopausal women, a knock-on result of this can be osteoporosis (reduced density of the bones). This is because the presence of oestrogen helps to keep bones dense, and once supplies dwindle they become less solid. Extra calcium and magnesium are necessary to supplement the gap left by lack of estrogen. Fresh juices are a good source of these two minerals, as are food sources such as milk, cheese, fish, and nuts.

There is a number of juices that can be a great menopause and early menopause treatment:

3 large carrots
6 kale leaves

or

2 kiwi fruit
2 guavas
1 apple

or

6oz/175g strawberries
1 grapefruit

or

1/4 medium turnip
3 tomatoes
1 stalk celery

Each recipe makes approximately one 8fl oz/230ml glass of juice. Drink up to three glasses daily, but do vary the juice combinations for maximum benefit. Dilute with water if you prefer. Juice each ingredient then Mend using a spoon. These juices will surely help you through menopause.

Hormone therapy was once the most popular option for menopausal women. It was widely practiced to relieve menopause symptoms. It was advised and recommended. But nevertheless, more and more women were getting conscious about hazards that this kind of treatment poses and came to conclusion that hormone replacement therapy isn’t the best method to resolve to. It turns out that there are a great deal of options to treat symptoms of menopause. And natural and herbal treatment seems to become the most popular at present time. It happens because herbal remedies are considered to be quite effective in treating menopause and because they have little or no side effects at all.

There are 2 main types of herbs that can be used as menopause remedies – non estrogenic and phytoestrogen. Non estrogenic herbs don’t help to produce estrogens in the woman’s organism. What they really do is nurturing the hormonal glands, so the latter start to produce estrogenes in more quantity. So non estrogenic herbal remedies help the body produce natural hormones.

Phytoestrogen herbs have estrogenic properties so that they produce additional estrogens in the body of a menopauseal woman. Among those herbs are black cohosh and dong quai. Nevertheless, phytoestrogen herbs are not the best option for treating menopause. Because if a menopause woman takes something that’s already increasing the production of estrogen, her body might decrease its own natural production of it. So in the end of it there will be a general decline of hormones in the organism.

So if you are looking for a safe menopause treatment that has almost no side effects, consider taking the non estrogenic herbs. Though it can take much more time before first results will become evident (in comparison with traditional over the counter drugs and phytoestrogen herbs), they are really safer, cheaper and quite reliable.