The Claim
A low-fat, vegan diet supplemented with 86 grams of cooked soybeans daily for 12 weeks reduced dietary advanced glycation end-products by 73% (5509 ku/day) and decreased the frequency of severe hot flashes by 92% in postmenopausal women with daily moderate-to-severe hot flashes.
What the research says
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Postmenopausal women who ate a low-fat vegan diet with 86 grams of cooked soybeans daily for 12 weeks experienced a 73% reduction in dietary advanced glycation end-products and a 92% reduction in the frequency of severe hot flashes.
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A low-fat, vegan diet supplemented with 86 grams of cooked soybeans daily for 12 weeks reduced dietary advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73% (5509 ku/day) and decreased the frequency of severe hot flashes by 92% in postmenopausal women with daily moderate-to-severe hot flashes, suggesting a direct link between dietary AGE reduction and vasomotor symptom improvement.
Eating less of certain harmful food compounds reduces inflammation and cell damage in the body, which helps the brain's temperature control center stop sending wrong signals that cause sudden hot flashes.
What the research says
1 studyWomen who ate a plant-based diet with soybeans every day for 12 weeks had far fewer intense hot flashes, and their intake of harmful food compounds called AGEs dropped sharply. The more AGEs went down, the more hot flashes decreased, suggesting the diet helped both.
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