The Claim
In postmenopausal women, replacing animal foods with plant-based foods in the context of a soybean-supplemented vegan diet for 12 weeks causes a mean weight loss of 3.4 kg and reduces severe hot flashes by 92%, independent of changes in energy intake, with benefits linked to reduced intake of both unprocessed and ultra-processed animal products.
What the research says
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Postmenopausal women who replace animal foods with plant-based foods in a soybean-supplemented vegan diet for 12 weeks lose an average of 3.4 kg and experience a 92% reduction in severe hot flashes, regardless of calorie intake, due to lower consumption of both unprocessed and ultra-processed animal products.
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In postmenopausal women, replacing animal foods with plant-based foods in the context of a soybean-supplemented vegan diet for 12 weeks causes a mean weight loss of 3.4 kg and reduces severe hot flashes by 92%, independent of changes in energy intake, with benefits linked to reduced intake of both unprocessed and ultra-processed animal products.
When animal foods are removed from the diet, fewer harmful compounds called AGEs enter the body. This lets the body respond better to insulin, changes how fat tissue releases hormones, and helps the brain’s temperature control center work more steadily. As a result, the body burns fat more efficiently and stops having intense hot flashes.
What the research says
1 studyWhen postmenopausal women switched to a vegan diet with soybeans for 12 weeks, they lost about 3.6 kg and had 92% fewer severe hot flashes—even without eating fewer calories—because they stopped eating animal products, whether those were plain or processed. Eating processed plant foods didn’t make a difference.
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