Natural supplements

[TedWilson]

Has anyone tried things like Rheal or Happy Mammoth? Did they work or is it £50 of expensive dust?!

Im 3 days into Rheal balance tonic so still early days but my tummy doesn't feel as bloated, I had a great sleep last night aswell, although hubby was on nights so bed to myself may have done the trick there 😂

Haha keep me posted!

It's expensive dust! (Happy Mammoth.)

I looked at their website (in detail- the people behind it, their qualifications, etc) and it's all smoke and mirrors.

I also looked in detail at the ingredients in the products. A collection of herbs etc with no science behind any of it.

The RCOG did a survey some years ago on all herbal supplements (summarising scientific trials on them) and none was shown to work, with the exception of perhaps black cohosh (for flushes) . There were a few things that 'may' have helped, but not hugely.

The placebo effect of all drugs and supplements is 30% anyway which is why you will get a third of women saying it helps.

Are you unable to use HRT or have reasons for not using that?

Interesting. Was just wondering about it as a stepping stone really.

I'm about a week I to Rheal balance. I "think " I maybe feel a bit less ragey and sleeping a little better, but may be placebo effect. Time will tell I guess.

I honestly think that these companies take women for fools sometimes. They seem to think that by producing a herbal tablet with everything but the kitchen sink in it and saying it works wonders, it will. I've read the ingredients of a lot of these things and usually it's a few herbs , vitamins and minerals that you'd get from a healthy diet anyway. The only thing that is a substitute for loss of estrogen is...estrogen.
Some of these products are sold as containing phytoestrogens (from plants) but in such small amounts they don't work. And as modern HRT is made from yams, what's the difference?

I’ve been taking the Hey Nutrition one for months and totally eliminated my hot flushes.

if it’s the placebo effect or the pill I don’t know, but I’m happy so I’ll continue to take it.

Flushes come and go depending on your own estrogen levels in peri.

That's why these products continue to be sold and people think they work.

my last period was last August, is that still peri?

regardless, the supplement is wowking for me, when I’ve ran out and not taken them for a coupe of weeks, the hot flushes have returned, then again gone when I take them again.

this is my personal experience. OP, if you can afford them, I don’t see the harm in trying.

Little update from me, my 3 week late period arrived this morning, 5 days after starting the Balance Tonic. I'm not claiming it's a miracle cure, but could be interesting. I've also got covid so anything could be going on with my body right now 😂 See how my next cycle is 🤞🏼 I'll be keeping up with the balance tonic.

I've been taking the balance tonic for two months now. Take it most days (5 or 6 out of 7) and am feeling better. I'm in early peri menopause, not experienced hot flushes yet, but mood swings and insomnia. It's helping with both of those things. I take it alongside other supplements - iron, magnesium, Vit C, Vit D, and B12 drops under my tongue.

I think I'm being more careful with what I put in my body now I'm paying for the spendy powder! As know it's not a miracle cure. I look forward to having it mid morning, and jt reminds me to drink plenty, too.

Have you heard of Dr Elizabeth Bright?

She has a book on the menopause and also gives interviews on You Tube, her take is that women need to eat more fat in order to produce and regulate hormone production.
I am trying it, and have to say it is really helping with the brain fog.

Good Fat is Good for Women: Menopause (English Edition)

by Elizabeth Bright (Autor)

It depends if she means 'good fats' or if she's advocating saturated fat.

It seems slightly odd given many women struggle with weight gain during peri meno.

All the fat in the world won't replace estrogen although body fat does produce estrogen (which is why being fat post menopause is a very big risk for female cancers.)