Soy Might Not Prevent Hot Flashes
Soy Might Not Prevent Hot Flashes
Nov. 2, 2012 -- Tofu, edamame, and soy milk may be healthy foods, but if you are a menopausal woman eating them, they may not do much to prevent hot flashes and night sweats.
That finding comes from a new study of 1,651 women. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) followed the women for 10 years, starting when the women were in their 40s and early 50s.
None had menopause-related hot flashes when they enrolled in the study, but many experienced them over the next decade.
The study showed no evidence that women whose diets contained more soy were less bothered by hot flashes and night sweats than women who ate little soy.
The researchers say very few of the women took soy supplements.
The research examining the impact of soy on hot flashes has been mixed for both soy-rich foods and supplements, says North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Executive Director Margery Gass, MD.
“Typically if something works, even if all the studies don’t show it, the majority will,” she says. “That is not what we have seen in the soy (and hot flash) studies.”
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That finding comes from a new study of 1,651 women. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) followed the women for 10 years, starting when the women were in their 40s and early 50s.
None had menopause-related hot flashes when they enrolled in the study, but many experienced them over the next decade.
The study showed no evidence that women whose diets contained more soy were less bothered by hot flashes and night sweats than women who ate little soy.
The researchers say very few of the women took soy supplements.
The research examining the impact of soy on hot flashes has been mixed for both soy-rich foods and supplements, says North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Executive Director Margery Gass, MD.
“Typically if something works, even if all the studies don’t show it, the majority will,” she says. “That is not what we have seen in the soy (and hot flash) studies.”
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