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#298: The Best Remedies For Hot Flashes, Does N-Acetyl Cysteine Increase Glutathione, How To Increase Shoulder Mobility And Much More!

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Ben Greenfield

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🗓️ 29 October 2014

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Oct 29, 2014 Podcast: The Best Remedies For Hot Flashes, Does N-Acetyl Cysteine Increase Glutathione, How To Increase Shoulder Mobility, and Getting Rid of Scar Tissue.

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As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by Brock Skywalker Armstrong, the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja.

The Best Remedies For Hot Flashes

Graeme asks: His wife has been experiencing pre-menopause hot flushes. Most of the supplements focus on eostrogen i.e. Are phytoeostrogens which they are NOT a fan of due to increased risk of breast cancer etc. She has been using Magnesium which is helping a LOT, plus some Vitamin E and they have also heard Kelp powder (iodine) helps. Do you happen to have any other suggestions?

In my response I recommend: -This article on acupuncture and hot flashes. -This article on black cohosh and hot flashes. -Black Cohosh/dong quai (e.g. Thorne MetaBalance) -Organic Maca Powder -TianChi -Vitamin E

Does N-Acetyl Cysteine Increase Glutathione?

Brian asks: He is interested in learning more about N-Acetyl Cysteine. He has read some articles that say it can help with a wide variety of health issues - helping to make things better for the body. One of the major questions he had was how does it work to reduce pre and post exercise oxidative stress? Also, could you recommend a pure quality product? Are there any side effects from taking NAC?

In my response I recommend: -PharmaNAC N-Acetyl-Cysteine -Liposomal glutathione

How To Increase Shoulder Mobility

Mark asks: In June this year he did a Tough Mudder and had fun and felt really good. The next day he played two, back to back, soft ball games. He felt a tweak in his shoulder every time he threw the ball but didn't think much of it. From that day on he has had tightness in his shoulder and his range of motion was very limited (reaching for high things is difficult, playing golf is hard and even playing his dreadnought guitar is painful). It is getting better, very slowly, but it is still very tight in the morning and interrupts his sleep at night. Do you know why this is taking so long to heal, why it is tight in the morning and what he can do to speed up the healing?

In my response I recommend: -Becoming A Supple Leopard book -AllThingsGym.com mobility page (esp. shoulder flossing and lacrosse ball shoulder)

Getting Rid of Scar Tissue

Yvonne asks: About a year ago she ripped her thigh muscle doing an aerobic workout. She now has some scar tissue at the top of her leg. Now she gets a burning sensation in her thigh muscle and wonders what it could be. Can you tell her?

In my response I recommend: -Active Release Technique practitioner search

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Transcript

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In this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast, the best remedies for hot flashes

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does anacetylcystine increase glutathione, how to increase shoulder mobility,

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getting rid of scar tissue, and much more. Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.

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We provide you with everything you need to know for total performance, fat loss,

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recovery, digestion, sleep, brain, and hormone optimization.

0:28.0

So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you just want to shed a few pounds,

0:32.1

get ready for non-run-of-the-mill cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.

0:58.4

Are those your teeth I hear?

1:01.6

Yeah, I'm good.

1:03.8

Seriously, my teeth are still chattering, and I finished my cold water morning swim almost an hour ago.

1:13.2

And I'm okay with that because I know my body's turning out lots of nitric oxide and creating all this

1:19.4

new special brown adipose tissue, etc. But I got to tell you, Brock, I have this new

1:26.9

strategy that is pretty killer for every Wednesday morning. So you're going to have to put up with

1:32.4

this now every single time we record. Okay, tell me about it, I want to know what this is.

1:37.6

So, and if you're listening into this podcast and you want to go out and replicate this setup

1:43.8

for yourself, knock yourself out, and you can even email me, and I'll fill you in on how I put

1:48.6

all this together. But basically, I have a 19 foot, what's called an aquafitness pool. And this

1:58.2

is like one of those endless swimming pools. I was going to say 19 feet, that's like two of you.

2:04.4

It's pretty long, but I mean, by the time I'm stretched out, with my arms and my legs,

2:09.0

I'm already getting moved around that thing pretty rapidly because it's got high speed jets.

2:16.3

And so I swim against the high speed jets, and I've got this half hour routine that I do,

2:21.9

where the pool is at 59 degrees, and that's Fahrenheit, 59 degrees Fahrenheit. I swim for eight

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