Im allergic to soy, so how can I get natural phytoestrogens to help with menopause symptoms?
It looks like the next best thing to soy in terms of phytoestrogens is flaxseed (or linseed). Here is aPDF article about it: http://www.ifst.org/uploadedfiles/cms/store/ATTACHMENTS/phytoestrogens.pdf There is good material about this subject in an excellent book called The Okinawa Program, pps. 123- 129, including a chart of the “Top 50” foods containing healthful phytoestrogens (see also the sister book The Okinawa Diet Plan). Besides soy, flaxseed, kudzu, carrot leaves, onions, cranberry juice, kale, celery, snow peas, broccoli, turnip greens, black tea, green tea, jasmine tea, green beans, fava beans, applesauce, srtawberries, pintos, lentils all have 2mg or more phytoestrogens per serving. Here are some values per serving of a small sampling from the chart: soybeans, cooked, 38.2 mg/ 1/2 cup onion, 35.8 applesauce, 3.0 mg/1/2 cup kale, 11.2 mg/1 cup pinto beans, cooked, 1.9 mg/1/2 cup garbanzos, cooked, 3.6 mg/1/2 cup flaxseed, 28.9 mg/ 1 Tbsp cranberry juice, 44.3 mg / 3/4 cup Oth
