Posted in Black Soya Beans, Cholesterol, Consumer Affairs, Diabetes, Dieting, Fifty-Something Women, Health, News, Research, Soy, Soy beans
Black soya beans could be the key to losing weight and cutting your diabetes risk, according to new research at Hanyan University in Seoul.
Rats were allowed to indulge in a fatty diet but were also given various amounts of black soya. After two weeks, rats that were getting 10% of their energy from black soy had gained only half as much weight as the control group. To top it off, the rats’ cholesterol went down, especially LDL levels. LDL or low-density lipids are considered the “bad cholesterol”.
Sounds like black soya beans could own the only true “eat all you want and still lose weight” diet claim.
Magic Beans - Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes
Posted in Chocolate, Coffee, Comfort eating, Consumer Affairs, Excuses, Fifty-Something Women, Health, Learning, Research, SAD, Soy, Vitamin D
I was talking to a friend the other day. She was telling me about her new experiences with night sweats and hot flashes, wondering if they signaled the beginning of menopause. “Try soy supplements”, I told her confidently, having read and written about research that indicates soy phytoestrogens cool hot flashes.
I realized that, in writing for Fifty-Something Women, I end up learning a lot of important information and occasionally just some fun facts.
For instance, during coffee breaks at work I often go outside despite the cold to soak up some of the sun’s rays. I figure this will banish the specter of S.A.D. as well as boost my cancer-fighting level of Vitamin D.
I learned how to read my nutrition labels and why doing so can help me avoid Sadness Snacking and the dangers of comfort foods.
It comes in handy too, when I can point out that my second cup of coffee is really a diabetes preventative in disguise or when I mention that the danish I am having with it is only to add those few extra pounds that will stave off menopause symptoms.
Okay, so maybe I also look for a few excuses but everyone needs a few excuses in life if they want to enjoy it at all. Life, as we know, must be taken with a grain of chocolate.
Posted in Aging, Baby Boomer Women, Fifty-Something Women, Health for Mature Women, Healthy eating, News, Soy, The Change or Menopause
Italian researchers at the University of Bologna - don’t let the name influence you - report that women in a study who received soy supplements had 45% fewer hot flashes.
Apparently it’s the phytoestrogens in soy that cool the hot flashes. Italian researchers say soy supplements could be used in place of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Read the article at Third Age
