PMS and menopause support, mental and emotional well-being, supporting active lifestyles, and creating tailored solutions are the key trends emerging in women’s health, according to industry experts.
Menopausal women have been drawing more market attention and now so are their microbiomes due to the potential of probiotics to help temper symptoms from mood swings to weight gain.
A new review uncovers the potential benefits of vitamin D supplementation for an array of women’s urogenital and sexual health issues during the menopausal transition.
On International Women’s Day manufacturers and retailers are being urged to continue to commit to better represent the menopause in product development, FoodNavigator hears.
The British Nutrition Foundation has reviewed how diet and supplements can help with managing menopausal symptoms, concluding that a Mediterranean diet has better scientific backing than supplements.
The vast majority of menopausal women feel overlooked by both brands and society, it has been claimed, as food brands and retailers commit to better represent the menopause in product development.
Phytoestrogens like soy and red clover isoflavones pose no safety issues with regards to heart health and breast cancer risk, according to a new meta-analysis from Austria.
Health ingredients firm Acatris has developed a directly
compressible version of its SoyLife brand soy isoflavone
ingredient, designed to remove some of the hurdles for companies
looking to offer isoflavone capsules or tablets.
Soy is unlikely to damage fertility in women, report researchers,
who investigated the theory that its positive impact on breast
cancer risk may have other, unwanted effects.
Taking combined HRT can sharply increase the risk of developing a
blood clot for some women, according to new research, that adds to
the other risks associated with the therapy.
Women are going back onto hormone replacement therapy because it is
significantly more effective against menopausal symptoms than
herbal remedies, an organisation of American gynecologists said on
Friday.
The health effects of soy in post-menopausal women are to be
explored at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in a trial sponsored
by the National Institute of Health, to see whether soy is a viable
alternative to current hormone therapy.
A Swedish study established to assess the effect of hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) for women with a history of breast cancer
has been stopped early after preliminary results show 'unacceptably
high' risks of breast cancer...
Could a fruit bar a day be the answer to osteoporosis? Trials of a
new food product enriched with phytoestrogens could provide women
with a tasty alternative to HRT.
A major study of the effects of hormone replacement therapy has
been halted after scientists discovered a major risk of ovarian
cancer - but there are plenty of natural alternatives to help women
deal with the menopause.
Women who take oestrogen may decrease their risk of developing
atherosclerosis - the progressive narrowing and hardening of the
arteries - according to new research published in the March issue
of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
