Bread and Circuses

       I was at The Health Nut this morning when I received this text message from my mom:      I was begging for someone to sell me some supplements that might alleviate even one of the perimenopause symptoms I'm currently experiencing. Seriously, any one will do. It will help me sleep all the way through the night? Sold! It will eradicate the hot flashes that turn my face as red as a tomato at random times throughout the day? I'll take it! It will help me stop wanting to breathe fire and rip someone's head off the moment they make a benignly stupid comment? I will buy five. Just point me in the right direction.     What I ended up buying: a bottle of Black Cohosh supplements, a bar of turmeric soap, and some Thai crystal roll-on deodorant. We'll see if any of this does what it's supposed to do. Then it was back out into the hot car and Saturday traffic to call Mom back about this nightmare text.     Here's what you need to know ab...