How to Stop Hot Flashes Naturally With Fruit

Women going through menopause often experience hot flashes, which can be uncomfortable and embarrassing. Some women experience a variety of symptoms, such as sweating, rapid heart beat, dizziness, redness in the face and nausea. To help counter the unsettling effects of hot flashes, you can make your own specialized drink designed to reduce the occurrence of hot flashes and decrease the magnitude of hot flashes. Three Fat Chicks on a Diet, a weight loss forum, reports that the bioflavonoids in citrus fruits have phytoestrogenic properties that help reduce hot flashes. Eating more of these fruits can may reduce hot flashes.

Instructions

Chilled Citrus Fruit

1

Remove the skins of any citrus fruits you are using to make the fruit salad. Remove the rind of the watermelon with a large knife. Peel the banana and remove the meat of the banana.

2

Separate the oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. Section each piece of fruit into halves. Section each citrus fruit until each piece of fruit is separated into one section each. Cut the watermelon into four-inch sections. Slice the banana into circular bite-size chunks. Place the citrus fruits in one bowl. Place the bananas and watermelon in separate bowls. Place these bowls off to the side.

3

Place two sections of the citrus fruits on a cutting board. Cut each section into halves. Continue cutting the fruit until they are the size of bite-size chunks. Place these back into the bowl.

4

Cut the watermelon sections into bite-size chunks. Place these chunks in the bowl.

5

Pour freshly squeezed orange juice over all of the bite-size chunks of fruit. The acid in this juice keeps the fruit from turning brown; the juice also gives you an extra dose of Vitamin C.

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Eat the fruit or place the fruit in the refrigerator and served chilled. Use colorful toothpicks to add an extra dash of color to the fruit salad.

Fruit Smoothie

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Peel the orange, lime and lemon. Remove the outer core of the small watermelon. Use a cutting board to cut the watermelon and the citrus fruits into bite-size chunks. Peel the banana and cut it into small chunks. Place the banana chunks inside the bowl with the other fruit chunks and set it aside.

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Place all the fruit pieces in a blender. Drop in three to five ice cubes. If you want more of a slushy consistency, use more ice cubes.

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Pour one cup of orange juice inside the blender. Blend the fruit, orange juice and ice cubes together. Once the items are well blended, pour the mixture into a cup or glass.