The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms
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...
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| author | Suzanne Fouad Salwa Mostafa El Shebini Nihad Hassan Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein Hend Abbas Essa Maha Abdel-Moaty Salwa Tawfic Tapozada |
| author_facet | Suzanne Fouad Salwa Mostafa El Shebini Nihad Hassan Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein Hend Abbas Essa Maha Abdel-Moaty Salwa Tawfic Tapozada |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b557eeefcd984dc3a67409b0a3947f1f2022-12-21T21:30:06ZengSpringerOpenBulletin of the National Research Centre2522-83072021-03-014511810.1186/s42269-021-00520-2The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptomsSuzanne Fouad0Salwa Mostafa El Shebini1Nihad Hassan Ahmed2Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein3Hend Abbas Essa4Maha Abdel-Moaty5Salwa Tawfic Tapozada6Nutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterNutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterNutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterFood Technology Department, National Research CentreNutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterNutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterNutrition and Food Science Department, National Research CenterAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00520-2MenopauseCorn flourCloveCinnamonLife style modifications |
| spellingShingle | Suzanne Fouad Salwa Mostafa El Shebini Nihad Hassan Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein Hend Abbas Essa Maha Abdel-Moaty Salwa Tawfic Tapozada The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms Bulletin of the National Research Centre Menopause Corn flour Clove Cinnamon Life style modifications |
| title | The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| title_full | The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| title_fullStr | The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| title_short | The effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| title_sort | effects of life style modification versus food supplementation on menopausal symptoms |
| topic | Menopause Corn flour Clove Cinnamon Life style modifications |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00520-2 |
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