The Claim
A low-fat, plant-based diet combined with daily soybean consumption for 12 weeks results in significantly greater reductions in nighttime moderate-to-severe hot flashes than no dietary change in postmenopausal women.
What the research says
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Postmenopausal women who follow a low-fat, plant-based diet and eat soybeans daily for 12 weeks experience greater reductions in nighttime moderate-to-severe hot flashes than those who make no dietary changes.
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The combination of a low-fat, plant-based diet and daily soybean consumption for 12 weeks leads to significantly greater reductions in nighttime moderate-to-severe hot flashes compared to no dietary change in postmenopausal women.
Eating soybeans every day gives the body a compound that gut bacteria turn into another compound that binds to a specific receptor in the brain's temperature control center. This binding tells the brain to stop triggering sudden blood vessel widening, which stops hot flashes from happening.
What the research says
1 studyWomen who ate a plant-based diet with soybeans every day for 12 weeks saw their bad nighttime hot flashes drop by 84%, and more than half stopped having them altogether—while women who didn’t change their diet saw much smaller improvements.
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