The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein¹  Salwa Tawfic Tapozada²  Hend Abbas Essa²  Nihad Hassan Ahmed²  Suzanne Fouad²  Salwa Mostafa El Shebini²  Maha Abdel-Moaty² 

[1] Food Technology Department, National Research Centre;Nutrition and Food Science Department, National Research Center;

关键词: Menopause;    Corn flour;    Clove;    Cinnamon;    Life style modifications;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42269-021-00520-2

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Nutrition and good health are two dependent parallel axes; female’s health at different ages in general and at the time of menopause in particular has received a lot of attention last several years. The objective of this experimental study was to evaluate the effect of consuming food supplement versus lifestyle modification in the dietary habit on menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal Egyptians females. Results Forty seven females in the perimenopausal stage of life with mean age 46.04 ± 5.88 years participated on the food supplement consumption group, they consumed 75 g per day of a rusk (prepared from corn flour, wheat flour 72%, full cream milk powder, flaxseed oil, wheat germ, clove and cinnamon powder) for 2 months. They were compared with the control group (forty nine females with mean age 46.91 ± 5.39 years) who changed their foods habits to a healthy life style. Menopause rating scale and the biochemical analysis were comparable on day 1 and on day 60. The total menopause rating scale and its three subscales (psychological, urogenital and somatic), waist circumference, serum follicle stimulating hormone and estradiol in the corn rusk supplement group showed a statistically significant improvement. No significant difference was noted in the control group apart of the psychological subscale and waist circumference. Conclusions Corn Rusk enriched with clove and cinnamon as a food supplement snake is promising to relief menopausal symptoms and should be considered on the diet of menopausal females.

【 授权许可】

Unknown