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How can juicer recipes help with the menopause? I invite you to read on.

If you are a woman who is approaching or perhaps even working your way through your menopause you will be interested in exploring alternatives to help you cope with the sometimes unpleasant symptoms the menopause brings to daily life.

Juicing has long been recognised as a healthy way of extracting vitamins, minerals and live enzymes from the foods we eat. These nutrients allow the body to function, to repair and to build a healthy immune system.

It stands to reason that when the body is experiencing a period of change anything that can be done to support the vital functions that must continue, is a good thing.

For this reason, exploring juicer recipes and finding those that are palatable to you as well as beneficial for your body is an excellent way of helping yourself to have a trouble free menopause.

The hot flashes that are synonymous with the menopause can be debilitating and embarrassing. Of course, embarrassment just makes the situation worse. Sage has been used by herbal practitioners through the years to treat hot flashes experienced in the menopause and this herb can be readily incorporated into juicer recipes for women in the menopause. Sage is a pleasant tasting herb and it will mix readily with many other fruit and vegetable juices to make a palatable blend.

There has been a lot of publicity about phyto-oestrogens and their use to treat the symptoms of menopause. These substances can be found in many food stuffs that are suitable either for juicing or for blending with juice. Red clover, soya and soya products, linseed or flaxseed and fruits rich in vitamin C and beta carotene can all help to alleviate some of the symptoms of menopause when taken regularly.

Soak herbs in hot water for 15 minutes and blend the resulting 'juice' with fruit juice. Try grinding seeds to a fine powder in a coffee grinder or spice mill to ensure the nutrients can be extracted during the digestive process.

Think of the 'cooling' fruits such as apple, celery, fennel and cucumber; these combined make an energy boosting drink that cleanses and cools. It truly uplifts the spirits that are flagging through menopausal mood swings. Add some fresh rosemary which is noted for it's uplifting properties or perhaps some valerian to soothe and calm and you have an ideal pick-me-up.

Any problems with the urinary tract can be treated with cranberry, watermelon, cucumber, fenugreek, celery and dandelion root. In fact select your favourites from the list and use regularly for any water related problems from cystitis to oedema.

So often we women simply tolerate what is happening to our bodies. We shrug, raise our eyebrows and accept that 'it's our age'. Well, with the magazines now telling us that 50 is the new 30, the time for tolerating is long gone and we need to get pro-active; to explore alternatives which, whilst they will not stop a natural process, can make the business of menopause more bearable.

Think about what juicer recipes you would find palatable and add to them some of the ingredients that can help with specific symptoms of menopause and improve your quality of life.

A professional ghost writer, Dee Harris has been writing on health related matters for more years than she cares to admit in a public forum! Providing information through two blogs on juicers http://www.juicerreviews.blogspot.com and juicing http://www.juicerrecipes.wordpress.com Dee encourages readers to participate with ideas, reviews and recipes to bring juicing to the masses.