Possible Triggers of Vasomotor Symptoms
Heat and Hot Weather
Spicy Foods
Cigarettes and Tobacco
Caffeine
Drinking Alcohol
Stress
The Wrong Clothes
Your Personal Triggers
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SOURCES:
International Journal of Epidemiology: “Smoking, body mass index, and risk of vasomotor symptoms: a pooled analysis of eight studies.”
Menopause Review: “Psychosomatic and vasomotor symptom changes during transition to menopause.”
Breastcancer.org: “Exercise and Nutrition to Ease Hot Flashes.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Hot Flashes.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Introduction to Menopause.”
Mayo Clinic: “Hot Flashes.”
The North American Menopause Society: “Drink to Your Health at Menopause, or Not?,” “Hot Flash FAQs: Triggers, Symptoms & Treatments."
Hypertension Research: “Physio-pathological effects of alcohol on the cardiovascular system: its role in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.”
Cancer Council Victoria: “Tips to reduce your drinking.”
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: “Caffeine.”