Healthy Habits: Menopausal Hormone Therapy or Supplements to Relieve Symptoms of Menopause?

The symptoms related to menopause can be unpleasant to say the least. Hot flashes and day and night sweating are uncomfortable and disrupt daily life, interfering with work, sleep, social lives and love lives.  

While Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) can be an effective solution for symptoms, MHT has been associated with an increased risk of blood clots, strokes, some forms of cancer and even dementia. Additionally, if a woman has had a history of blood clots, heart disease, stroke or breast cancer, her doctor will likely recommend avoiding MHT. 

Alternatively, certain natural supplements can provide relief from menopausal symptoms without the risk of side effects. Swedish flower pollen extract, for example, has been used for years by millions of women (particularly in Europe) in the non-hormonal treatment of menopausal symptoms including irritability and uneasiness, mood changes, hot flashes and excessive sweating day and night.

Not all supplements—or Swedish flower pollen extract--are the same, however. There are multiple methods of cultivating the extract and several varieties, with varying degrees of quality. Supplements containing extract from lower quality plants or cultivated in a manner that doesn’t maintain the integrity of the extract will not be as effective--or perhaps not effective at all. 

For example, unlike other methods of extraction, supplement Relizen® uses a unique, patented biotechnology process that extracts the active ingredient from the rigid shell, where the pollen’s allergenic substances are enveloped. Plants for extraction are rigorously selected; and the specific variety of Swedish flower pollen used in Relizen is grown in a pesticide-free environment with the husk removed to improve the body’s utilization of the extract. 

The active ingredient is then subjected to a strictly controlled, purification process. Rigorous inspection of purity, bacterial and fungal quality control, is carried out at every stage of the manufacturing process. 

These extra measures ensure that the active ingredients in Relizen contain nearly 100% of the essential substances needed specifically for the benefit of easing menopausal symptoms.

Relizen has not been linked to side effects or adverse reactions different from those associated with a sugar pill (placebo.)

Clinical Studies 

Truly effective supplements are backed by clinical studies, real reviews and medical support. Relizen is recommended by more than 3,000 U.S. gynecologists, dozens of women have documented their experiences (read testimonials on Relizen) and clinical studies have yielded these results:

Relizen (symptoms of menopause and some cancer/treatments)

• 93% of women said Relizen worked for them

• 66% saw a reduction in night sweats

• 54% saw a decrease in irritability

• 51% had a reduction in fatigue

• 47% of women said they saw an improvement in the quality of their sleep