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Monday 24 November 2014

Fem-Flax Review: Does This Menopause Supplement Really Work?

Overview
Fem-Flax is a natural product that offers relief from two of the most common symptoms experienced by women during menopause: hot flashes and night sweats. Although hot flashes and night sweats aren’t the only symptoms associated with menopause, these two provide significant discomfort to women.

Ingredients
The active ingredients found in Fem-Flax are concentrated flax hull lignans. Lignans are groups of chemical compounds found in plants.

Flaxseed has long been recognised for its numerous health benefits. However, only the flax lignan, found in the outer hull covering of a flaxseed (and consists of only 18% of its entire weight) are truly effective in alleviating hot flashes and night sweats in menopausal women.

Thus, in its concentrated form (only the hull lignans), Fem-Flax delivers straight the relief it promises.

There are about 27 flax hull lignans found in flaxseed and Fem-Flax contains 99.9% of these compounds inside of each 700 mg capsule.

How Does Fem-Flax Work?
The secret of how Fem-Flax works is in the concentrated active ingredient that it has – flax hull lignans. Once ingested, these compounds (i.e. flax hull lignans) are converted into mammalian lignans enterodial (ED) and enterolactone (EL) by probiotic bacteria inside the human intestine. ED and EL are antioxidants that help boost the immune system and lower down estrogen levels in the body, thus eventually helping in the control of hot flashes and night sweats during menopause.
Several health institutions recognise Flax lignans as phytoestrogens which are more effective than HRT in proving relief from menopause symptoms.

Is Fem-Flax Safe for Menopausal Women?
As according to the product’s site, Fem-Flax is safe for menopausal women, as long as one has no known allergy to Flaxseed. However, there are no clinical researches available that can scientifically establish Fem-Flax’s actual affects to the body.

 
 Side Effects
  • In the product’s website, the possible side effects of Fem-Flax were not directly enumerated. However, the site did mention that Mayo Clinic has performed a previous study using whole Flaxseed to test the substance’s effectiveness in reducing menopausal symptoms. Only half of the subjects have finished the study. Among these subjects who completed the study, 57% of them displayed a reduction in menopause symptoms. However, the first half who dropped out of the study did so due to digestive problems.
  • Thus, flaxseed may cause some gastric difficulties to some individuals. However, it is important to note that the product introduced was whole flaxseed whilst Fem-Flax consists of only hull lignans (just a portion of the whole flaxseed).
  • It is suggested that a study pinpointing the possible effects of Fem-Flax be engaged.
Pros
  • Natural
  • Concentrated
  • With money-back guarantee
  • Delivers faster results than whole flax seed
  • Affordable
Cons
  • Side-effects not fully established
  • Should be taken 6 times a day to expect complete relief of hot flashes and night sweats for 30 days. However, this dose may be decreased as needed.
  • High in fibre thus one must drink more water than usual
Both Pro and Con
  • Focused on providing relief from hot flashes and night sweats.
  • It is a pro because women who only suffer from hot flashes and night sweats during their menopausal period can get instant relief from these two symptoms and not bother with other products that provide general relief but are not really specific to the problems that they are encountering.
  • On the other hand, it is a con for women who suffer from a wide range of menopause symptoms aside from the two mentioned above; for these women, Fem-Flax might not provide enough support.
Recommended Use
Six capsules of Fem-Flax per day is the recommended dose to achieve its maximum potential of providing relief from night sweats and hot flashes. However, as mentioned earlier, this dose may be adjusted as according to the natural needs of the user’s body. Each bottle costs 19.99 USD and contains 180 capsules.

Caution
  • Product should not be taken by anyone who has a known allergy to flaxseed or any of its components
  • Only offers relief of menopause symptoms and is not intended as a cure for reproductive health problems
  • Effects to pregnant women or nursing mothers have not been established; consult first with a health practitioner before taking
  • Should not be taken when one has to undergo colonoscopy
Bottom-line
The process that each flax seed grain has to undergo just to get a concentrated dose of flax lignan while preserving its potency and efficiency is highly rigid and complex – this kind of process makes Fem-Flax a high-quality health product. Although it covers only two of the many symptoms brought by menopause, providing relief for these two discomforts will make a lot of sufferers eternally grateful. Although the product is not bad, it needs quite more attention to detail. Thus, it is advised that more factual information regarding it should be established by the manufacturer through clinical research.

Where To Find It
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