Really helped my menopause symptoms BUT.. messed with my metabolism
I have a lot of trouble with vitamins I can digest and was not taking any at all for years, except New Chapter's Bone Strength Take Care. I decided that since I am 46 now, I should really be taking something and I started this one since I love the Bone supplement. I find I can swallow it, it doesn't have that gross vitamin smell and it doesn't cause repeating or indigestion like many others have. In addition, a totally unexpected bonus is that my nightly perimenopausal sweats have completely ceased. I looked up the herbs in the "hormone support blend" that is added to the vitamin and it has the effects of decreasing hot flashes. At first I couldn't even figure out why they stopped but then I realized it was from this vitamin. Ok I had to amend my original love fest on this review because it also made me gain weight. It was a little and it was gradual but it was consistently going up while I was eating the same or less than I had been previously. I have stopped it and the weight gain has stopped. I can't say I've lost the few pounds I put on but I am not sure I will be able to continue taking this with the supplemental herbs
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