Tips to Help Minimize Vasomotor Symptoms
Quit Smoking
Dress in Layers
Create a Cool Bedroom
Maintain a Healthy Weight
Eat the Right Foods
Get Moving
Know Your Triggers
Talk to Your Doctor
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SOURCES:
International Journal of Epidemiology: “Smoking, body mass index, and risk of vasomotor symptoms: a pooled analysis of eight studies.”
Breastcancer.org: “Exercise and Nutrition to Ease Hot Flashes.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Hot Flashes.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Introduction to Menopause.”
Mayo Clinic: “Hot Flashes,” “Weight gain in women at midlife: Unique issues in management and the role of menopausal hormone therapy.”
National Institute on Aging: “Hot Flashes: What Can I Do?”