With Soy, Menopause Women can Stay Slim

With Soy, Menopause Women can Stay Slim -- Soybeans rated efficacious help resolve complaints of menopause in women. In Japan, women who frequently eat processed soy products like soy milk, has a high age of menopause and rarely experience post-menopausal complaints.

Menopause is the cessation of menstruation or menstrual phase in women. When menopause arrives, a number of changes occur in the body, so that it can lead to physical and psychological problems. One of the changes is in the shape of the body.

Menopausal women generally will find a heap of fat in certain parts of the body, such as around the waist. In other words, the longer he will be getting fatter. However, the fat storage problem can be overcome by eating soy regularly.

A study showed that postmenopausal women who drink soy milk every day for 3 months tend to have slimmer stomach than their counterparts who drink cow's milk .

This happens because soy contains isoflavones are structurally similar to estrogen and bind to estrogen receptors in the fat layer . In theory , this means that the isoflavones in soy may help regulate the body's metabolism of fat .

In research led by Dr . Cynthia K. Sites from the University of Alabama , involved 18 women ages 50's who have entered menopause for one to five years . Half of the respondents were asked to consume soy shakes at breakfast and dinner . While the other half ate milkshakes that contain casein protein . They also replaced the daily food intake to prevent weight gain . After 3 months , women who drink soy shakes had a circumference smaller abdominal fat than those drinking milk .

"It's not clear why the protein in soy can affect fat especially in the abdominal circumference . Whatever the mechanism , our data indicate that soy protein containing isoflavones may prevent the accumulation of fat in the belly , " said Sites.

Soy milk can Help Prevent Cancer and Diet

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Cancer is one disease that is still considered frightening many people in different parts of the world . Because, until now no method of medical treatment that can actually cure .

Way that is possible is done by us - who have not been affected by cancer - is to do prevention . Eating soy milk is one of the steps that we can avoid this .

As reported by Fit Day , soy milk contain phytoestrogens plant hormones that can control the production of testosterone in men . Reduce testosterone levels could reduce the risk of prostate cancer .

Research reveals that men who eat soy -rich foods or beverages have an increased risk of prostate cancer is lower than men who rarely eat soy or soy milk . Not only that , phytoestrogens can also help women prevent breast cancer .

Another benefit of soy milk turns out this may help the process of dieting . Fatty acids are present in these beverages help digestion is able to absorb fat and lose weight .

Amount of fiber in the soy milk to make people who eat will feel full longer than those who do not eat them .

Soy Nutritional Content

As actors imports , soybean price spikes that hit the country today is a risk that must be faced due to the impact of global economic instability . But it does show that grain foods daily can not be separated from public life .

This is certainly related to the wealth of soy nutrients contained by itself. Food items these beans can be processed in various types such as tofu , tempeh , soy sauce , soy milk or miso soup . Where the whole foods are often a simple dish everyday .

Agency U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) stated that soy is a healthy food . It is said that the consumption habits of four servings of soy foods per day will reduce the levels of bad cholesterol ( LDL ) in the blood is reduced by approximately 10 % . It means that soy can reduce the risk of heart disease by 20 % . As with most of the benefits are felt by the two superpowers , namely soybean Japan and China, where a relatively small community of heart disease .

The other advantage that the nutrients in tofu and milk proteins can be used as a substitute for meat . Looking for one serving of grain is equivalent to half a cup of soy soy beans , half a cup of tempeh , four ounces of tofu , two teaspoons of miso or one cup of soy milk .

Different types of nutrients such as protein contained soy vegetable , fatty acids , vitamins B and E , iron , folic acid , calcium , potassium and fiber . Wealth is also proved beneficial nutrients to ward off a number of diseases such as :

- Breast, prostate, colon

- Reduces the risk osteoporosis or bone fragility

- Lowers cholesterol levels

- Regulate blood sugar levels

- Menopausal symptoms

- Antidote antioxidant or skin cell damage from solar radiation, and so forth.

Knowingly or not, Indonesia as an agricultural country should be able to produce their own soya empowerment by developing soybean fields. But it seems we are still satisfied only as an importer of superpowers like China the world's largest soybean, Ukraine, Canada, Malaysia and the United States.