Description
Fem Adapt contains flax lignans, soy isoflavones, black cohosh and a standardized hops extract, which collectively can reduce the severity and frequency of hot flashes and other menopausal concerns.
Additionally, some of the ingredients in Fem Adapt have been used in herbal medicine to help relieve premenstrual symptoms. Including pain and nervous tension.
Genistein: Genistein is one of the key isoflavones found in soy and has been researched in menopausal women due to its structural similarity to estrogen, making it a phytoestrogen.
Black Cohosh: Black Cohosh is a flowering plant native to North America originally used by the Native Americans. It has been traditionally used in herbal medicine for the relief of menstrual-associated pain and the pain associated with neuralgia conditions such as sciatica. It also has a calmative effect, it is also useful in nervous conditions.
Lignans: Lignans are naturally occurring compounds found in the cell walls of plants such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds such as flax (Linum usitatissimum). They are transformed in the colon to enterodiol and enterolactone which are then absorbed into the body via enterohepatic circulation. Lignan supplementation has also been shown to increase the production of 2-hydroxyestrogen.
Hops: Lifenol is a patented hops extract which has been clinically studied in France in menopausal women. Hops have been used in the beer industry for hundreds of years but in 1988 one of the active components of hops – 8-prenylnaringenin (8PN) was identified as having estrogenic properties; it is considered the most potent phytoestrogen.
