I was thinking the wine but I haven't been drinking any most nights for the past month coming up to my race and I'm still getting them. I'm not hormonal in the slightest so no worries there.

Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
I'm wary of any refined soy products. I'm wary of soy generally - even homemade soy milk from organic beans gives me hormone problems - but being at high risk for breast cancer, I limit my consumption of refined soy products to a bit of Perpetuem on my longest runs and on supported rides that I know don't provide adequate protein at their snack stops, and that won't be passing through towns where I could buy a sandwich.

I really never had hot flashes until after my biopsy when I drastically cut my soy consumption. So it might have been preventing them, OTOH it could just have been coincidence.

#1 correlation for my hot flashes is alcohol. Not that I drink much any more (see above). But when I do, I know about it from the hot flash department.