Red Clover Citrusade for Hot Flashes

Help reduce hot flashes; pour a cool glass of Red Clover Citrusade!  This recipe is great to make a batch of, and keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.  This is because red clover and its isoflavone component has been researched to help reduce menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes.  Some research is listed below.

Red Clover Citrusade Ingredients

• 3 cups of fresh red clover blossoms, organically grown and free of pesticides, rinsed
• 6 cups of water
• 3 limes
• 3 lemons
• 5 Tbsp of honey
• 1 cup of mixed berries

Red Clover Citrusade Instructions

• Bring the water to a boil.
• Then, remove from heat and add the red clover.  Next, cover with a lid.
• After 20 minutes, strain out the clover and keep the water.
• Next, stir in 5 Tbsp of honey and the juice of 2 limes and 2 lemons to the water.
• Next, allow to cool.  The recipe can be refrigerated for up to 4 days.
• Finally, garnish with sliced lemon and lime circles and add a few mixed berries to the glass.

Precautions Before Drinking Red Clover Citrusade

Red clover should not be consumed during pregnancy, due to a possible estrogenic effect related to its high isoflavone content.  It may also interfere with certain medications.  Furthermore, it has a possible blood thinning effect, and may increase bleeding and interfere with anticoagulant medications and aspirin related to its coumarin and isoflavone content.  In addition, it may lower blood sugar levels, thus affecting diabetic medications.  It can also interfere with antiretroviral drugs, oral contraceptives and other estrogen medications, and drugs that metabolize in the liver.  It could have possible adverse interactions to treatment medications for breast cancer, hormone cancers, hormone conditions, coagulant disorders, protein deficiencies, and surgery.  Contact your Doctor before ingesting red clover related to possible drug interactions and contraindications.  For more information, click here for Red Clover Research.

Nutrition: Red Clover Citrusade

• Red clover is high in minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium, and copper.  It is also rich in vitamins A and B.  Further, it contains phytoestrogenic isoflavones that may interact with the body’s estrogen hormone.
• Lemons and Limes are high in vitamin C, and contain a small amount of other vitamins and minerals.

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Research on Red Clover for Hot Flashes and Other Menopausal Symptoms

• Seventeen articles were reviewed and this mega-analysis concluded clover helps reduce hot flushes in menopausal women.  Furthermore, no adverse side effects were found for short term use and there was no evidence on long term use.  From:  Trifolium pratense isoflavones in the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
• A meta-analysis of multiple studies on the use of 80 mg a day of isoflavones (for 3 months) from red clover to treat menopause showed a safe and clinically significant benefit to reducing hot flashes. Effects of a standardised extract of Trifolium pratense (Promensil) at a dosage of 80 mg in the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
• This clinical trial was conducted on 72 menopausal women.  It demonstrated that red clover isoflavones reduced menopausal symptoms.  From:  Effect of red clover Isoflavones extract on menopausal symptoms.  
• Hot flashes were reduced with a supplement of red clover isoflavones in menopausal women.  From:  Isoflavones from red clover (Promensil®) significantly reduce menopausal hot flush symptoms compared with placebo.  
• Isoflavones reduced lumbar spine bone loss in women.  From:  The effects of phytoestrogen isoflavones on bone density in women: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial1-3.  
• Bone density improved after women took extracts of isoflavones from red clover.  From:  The effect of isoflavones extracted from red clover (Rimostil) on lipid and bone metabolism.  
• Postmenopausal women with a high BMI showed reduced cholesterol when taking supplement of isoflavones from red clover.  From:  Effect of Trifolium pratense-derived isoflavones on the lipid profile of postmenopausal women with increased body mass index.  
• Isoflavones reduced triglyceride levels in menopausal women.  From:  Effect of isoflavones on lipids and bone turnover markers in menopausal women.  
• Red clover phytoestrogens reduced serum lipid levels in postmenopausal women.  From: Influence of red clover‐derived isoflavones on serum lipid profile in postmenopausal women.

Be sassy like a fuschia colored clover!

By: Kathy Sadowski, MS in Aromatherapy, RA (ARC), NAHA and AIA Professional Member, LMT

Last Updated: 8/7/18

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