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Vitamins to Help With Hormonal Imbalances in Women

According to "Age Erasers for Women," by the editors of Prevention Magazine Health books and the Rodale Center for Women's Health, "a big concern for women who go through menopause is heart disease" (p. 509). Menopause plays a major role in hormonal imbalances in women, but vitamins can help.

  1. Time Frame

    • Hormonal imbalances in women can begin as early as 20 years of age, although for most, they occur later in life during menopause.

    Significance

    • Some symptoms of hormonal imbalances in women are depression, anxiety, headaches, tiredness and weight gain, among others.

    Prevention/Solution

    • Vitamin B6 helps with hormonal imbalances in women. Headaches, depression, bloating and swelling are some of the symptoms that are relieved by taking this vitamin.

    Expert Insight

    • According to an article titled "Hormonal Imbalance and Estrogen Dominance" by Debi Hopkins (The Family Homestead.com), "also helpful for the liver in its job of inactivating estrogen are vitamins C and E and the minerals selenium and magnesium."

    Considerations

    • Women, aged 30 and older, should take a daily multivitamin. This not only provides essential minerals and vitamins but also supplies needed energy.

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