Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 6
Menopause-Associated Lipid Metabolic Disorders and Foods Beneficial for Postmenopausal Women
Abstract: Menopause is clinically diagnosed as a condition when a woman has not menstruated for one year. During the menopausal transition period, there is an emergence of various lipid metabolic disorders due to hormonal changes, such as decreased levels of estrogens and increased levels of circulating androgens; these may lead to the development of metabolic syndromes including cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Dysregulation of lipid metabolism aects the body fat mass, fat-free mass, ...
Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 5
Dietary patterns and their association with menopausal symptoms: a cross-sectional study
Abstract
Objective: Although menopause is a natural event in a woman’s life, some of its symptoms can be severe enough to adversely affect her health. There is some evidence to suggest that diet has an influence on menopausal symptoms,
but less attention has been paid to dietary patterns. The purpose of this study is to determine the association of dietary patterns with physical, mental, and genitourinary menopausal symptoms.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was applied using a sample of ...
Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 4
Dietary intake and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women: a systematic review
ABSTRACT
Despite literature pointing to a relation between dietary intake and menopausal symptoms, most studies have evaluated either only supplements or only specific nutrients or foods. Therefore, this study aimed to provide a systematic review of the literature regarding the association between dietary intake and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women. A systematic search was conducted across PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase to identify studies published between 2009 and 2019. We ...
Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 3
Nutrition of women with hair loss problem during the period of menopause
Abstract
During the period of menopause as an effect of changes in hormone status, one of the most common ailments for women is hair loss. Taking into consideration fact that the ingredients of diet contained in various groups of consumed food products are both precursors in steroid hormones synthesis as well as have direct impact on structure, growth and keeping hair in skin integument, this is the reason why nourishing support for women during this period of life as well as during the hair loss therapy is reasona...
Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 2
Dietary intake and age at natural menopause: results from the UK Women’s Cohort Study
Abstract
Background Age at natural menopause is a matter of concern for women of reproductive age as both an early or late menopause may have implications for health outcomes.
Methods Study participants were women aged 40–65 years who had experienced a natural menopause from the UK Women’s Cohort Study between baseline and first follow-up. Natural menopause was defined as the permanent cessation of menstrual periods for at least 12 consecutive months. A food frequency questionnaire was used to ...
Nutrição e Menopausa – Artigo 1
Guidelines for dietary management of menopausal women with simple obesity
Abstract
The problem of obesity affects all age groups. It is also observed among menopausal women. Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when, as a consequence of hormonal changes occurring in the body, the risk of overweight and obesity increases significantly and, therefore, so does the risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Excess body weight in menopausal women may also be of social and psychological importance since the occurring symptoms may considerably decrease quality of life and sexual ...
