You may have heard about the effects of soy on menopause, but did you know that drinking soy milk may help you replace some of your lacking estrogen hormone naturally? Of course, you shouldn’t drink soy milk thinking that it will “cure” you of your menopausal symptoms. However, if you are interested in alleviating your symptoms naturally then you may want to try it. Soy isoflavones are found in soy milk and this is a estrogen like substance that natural occurs in plants. Soy foods include soy milk, tempeh, tofu, and others.

You may have tried soy products in the past and not cared for them. That’s okay because not everyone will like soy. However, you might want to try it again. There are many new soy products that are actually really good. Chocolate soy milk could be a treat or you might like blending vanilla soy milk in a smoothie.

Before you begin eating soy products to help you with your menopausal symptoms you probably want to know how much you need to feel a decrease in your hot flashes. Generally, if you consume between 40 to 50 mg of soy isoflavones on a daily basis you will experience a decrease in hot flashes. That translates to one to four servings per day.

For example, 1 cup of soy milk has 40 mg of isoflavones as well as 4 ounces of tofu, 4 ounces of tempeh, or a half up of miso. One half cup of roasted soy nuts contains 20 mg of isoflavones and ½ cup of soy protein has 35 mg.

If your menopausal symptoms and hot flashes don’t seem to be relieved by supplementing with soy then you may want to talk with your doctor regarding your other options. There are many natural methods for treating menopausal symptoms without having to take a prescription drug.

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