Soy Nuts Lower Blood Pressure And Cholesterol In Menopausal Women

Joe Fowler
Author: Joe Fowler Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022
Soy Nuts Lower Blood Pressure And Cholesterol In Menopausal Women

Menopausal women could control their blood pressure and cholesterol by eating soy nuts instead of other sources of protein, according to a publication in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Menopausal women could control their blood pressure and cholesterol by eating soy nuts instead of other sources of protein, according to a publication in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The latter is based on an experiment among 60 menopausal women instructed to apply two types of nutrition for 8 weeks. The first consisted of the following - 30% of calories are from fat (only 7% saturated), 15% from protein and 55% from carbohydrates. The intake of cholesterol per day was less than 200 mg. 1.2 mg of calcium intake per day is also safe in the diet. In the second regimen, women ate foods that provided the same calories, but 25g of protein was replaced by unsalted soy nuts. Blood pressure and laboratory parameters for serum lipids were monitored throughout.
At the beginning of the study, 12 of the women had borderline or moderate hypertension, and 48 had none. The diet including soy led to a decrease in both systolic (by 9.9%) and diastolic pressure (by 6.8%) in 12 patients. Moreover, these values ​​have decreased slightly in healthy women.
The so-called bad cholesterol or LDL-cholesterol has lowered its level in patients with previously elevated values. There was no change among the healthy.
Lowering systolic blood pressure by even 12-15 mmHg in these women can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and its consequences.

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