Menopausal women should eat plenty of soy

At menopause, the female body is unbalanced due to a serious decrease in female sex hormones. Some foods can compensate for this hormone, such as cabbage, garlic . and especially soy.

Soy contains a lot of Phytoestrogens (Photo: VNN) Oestrogens are sex hormones specific to women; mainly due to cyclic ovarian secretion. It makes the breast grow in puberty, beautifies the female body contours: breast enlargement, buttocks development, smooth skin . To the age of menopause, the excretion of estrogen is reduced to the mucosa The vagina is thin, the sebum secretion also decreases, sexual activity is more prone to pain, less interest in sex. On the other hand, because estrogen works against osteoporosis, menopause will lead to osteoporosis.

Studies show that the most common symptoms of menopause are hot flashes. More than 75% of menopausal women experience this symptom.

Estrogen replacement therapy is a way of limiting negative effects at sunset, but there are many contraindications. So people have found a safer approach, which is to use substances such as the natural estrogen, especially phytoestrogen (plant estrogen), which has properties similar to estrogen in human body, but activity is much lighter. They are able to relieve menopausal symptoms.

Phytoestrogen in plant foods like cabbage, garlic, oats, peanuts, sesame . and the most abundant is in soy beans. Women who eat soy products (such as soy milk, soy milk, tofu, chao .) are less likely to suffer from menopausal discomfort and, if so, are very light . Soybeans limit symptoms of menopausal discomfort and osteoporosis, in addition to preventing diabetes, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, preventing cancer.

Many European and American scientists have observed that: In Asia, women eat a lot of soy-based products so they have less neurological symptoms, and circulate at menopause. And also because of eating a lot of soy, Asian women are less prone to breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and obesity than European and American women.

Eat a lot of soy products. If possible, soak germinated soybeans as a way to make green beans. The price will be bigger and bigger than the price of green bean, the effect is also much better.

In addition, the mineral Bo (Latin name: Borum) also acts on the self-produced estrogen level. Some studies show that women who use Bo-rich foods (ripe fruits, vegetables, soybeans and peanuts .) can increase the amount of natural estrogen in the body.

Doctor Vu Huong Van , Health & Life