GĐXH - Women in menopause and pre-menopause should maintain a diet rich in soy. This food is easy to find and inexpensive, but can help women relieve uncomfortable symptoms during menopause.
Is it good for premenopausal and menopausal women to drink soy milk?
Premenopause and menopause are natural changes in a woman's body. Menopause usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. This is when the hormones that regulate a woman's body are severely deficient because the ovaries no longer ovulate.
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Hormonal deficiency, in which estrogen plays a very important role, causes many adverse changes in both the body and the mind-physiology during menopause, especially during the “transition” period. Estrogen deficiency causes menopausal women to often experience hot flashes (hot flashes), often sweat a lot at night, be stressed and irritable...
Soybeans are one of the foods rich in isoflavones, which is a type of plant estrogen. Isoflavones have the same function as female estrogen but are weaker.
There have been many studies around the world confirming the effectiveness of soybeans in reducing discomfort during menopause .
Benefits of drinking soy milk every day for women
Helps prevent diabetes
Most women love sweets, but sweets increase blood sugar levels, thus increasing the risk of diabetes.
The large amount of fiber in soy milk can inhibit sugar, prevent diabetes, not only has the effect of lowering blood sugar but also losing weight.
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Prevention of high blood pressure
Soy milk contains stigmasterol, potassium, magnesium and other ingredients that inhibit the body from absorbing too much salt, avoid edema, thus preventing high blood pressure and effectively treating high blood pressure.
Helps anti-aging
Because soy milk contains isoflavones, it can prevent various problems caused by estrogen decline, so it is especially suitable for menopausal women, reducing women's menopausal problems and making the skin more elastic.
Helps nourish the brain
Soy milk is rich in vitamin E, vitamin C, and selenium, which are very good antioxidants and anti-aging ingredients. Drinking soy milk regularly can nourish the brain and promote the growth and development of brain cells.
So women who regularly drink soy milk are very flexible and intelligent. Soy milk also contains soy saponins, isoflavones and soy oligosaccharides, which can prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Anti-constipation
Many women often have trouble with constipation, soy milk can help people solve this problem. Soy milk contains vegetable fiber, which is a very good laxative ingredient, which has the effect of reducing the amount of gas released from the body.
Skin care
Soy milk is also a very good beauty food for women. The reason why women age is directly related to the reduction of estrogen. Soy milk contains phytoestrogens that regulate hormones and slow down the aging process of the skin.
How much soy milk is enough for premenopausal and menopausal women?
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Women who drink soy milk every day are very good for the body, providing essential nutrients and reducing the risk of certain diseases. However, they should only drink in moderation, because eating too much soy can cause ovarian disease due to increased estrogen levels.
In addition, drinking too much soy milk can make you feel full and have stomach pain, diarrhea, and not be able to absorb all the nutrients.
To be safe, adults should not consume more than 500ml of soy milk per day, for children this dose should be lower, about 300ml.
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