Women’s stories

Hot flashes despite good health habits.

Peggy moved to Texas many years ago, and was never really bothered by the heat — until at the age of 52 she developed severe hot flashes.

For the three months before she joined the Personal Program, Peggy was actually frightened by the number and severity of her hot flashes. She had expected them to be feelings of warmth, but she got so hot that she felt that her face was going to “burn up and fall right off!”

Peggy suffered hot flashes three to four times during the day and two to three times each night. Naturally this began a downward cycle in which her insomnia left her sleep–deprived and exhausted. She began to notice she wasn’t getting along well with the people in her life, and she grew tired of being cranky.

Peggy was especially frustrated because she took such good care of herself. She had never taken HRT and was determined not to. She already exercised, ate a balanced, healthy diet, and maintained a good weight and fitness level.

Incredibly, Peggy actually stopped having hot flashes by the third day after starting her Essential Nutrients.* She was amazed to be sleeping again and back to her old self. Peggy now reports that she never forgets her Essential Nutrients, and there’s no way she can — her husband is right there to remind her. As we write this Peggy is recruiting her sisters and work-out partner into the Program.

* Editor’s note: Only a fraction of the members in the Personal Program see such dramatic results this quickly. Many feel a difference in a week or two. We advise women to expect to feel a significant improvement in their symptoms in 4–6 weeks.

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Last Modified: 02/16/2010