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The Effects of Nutritional Juice Supplementation on the Extent of Climacteric Symptoms: An Observational Study

Objective. This study aims to evaluate the effect of daily dietary nutritional supplement on somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women. Material and Methods. In this study 28 healthy, symptomatic, peri- and postmenopausal women of 47–67 years of age were allocated to us...

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Autores principales: Siebler, Stefanie I., Gresser, Ursula, Richartz, Barbara M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2636542
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author Siebler, Stefanie I.
Gresser, Ursula
Richartz, Barbara M.
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description Objective. This study aims to evaluate the effect of daily dietary nutritional supplement on somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women. Material and Methods. In this study 28 healthy, symptomatic, peri- and postmenopausal women of 47–67 years of age were allocated to use the nutritional supplement JuicePLUS+®. Primary research parameters: Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess menopausal symptoms at baseline and after 8 and 16 weeks of treatment. Secondary parameters: proliferation behaviour of vaginal smear was scored at baseline and after treatment. Results. Treatment with the supplement resulted in a reduction of somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. The overall MRS score showed an average improvement of 44.01%. Most benefits were observed for the psychological symptoms irritability (60.55%) and physical and mental exhaustion (49.08%); modest effects were observed for hot flashes (44.86%) and sleeping problems (35.56%). There was a minor improvement in sexual problems; 6 women reported an increased libido. No statistically significant effect was found in vaginal dryness and proliferation behaviour of vaginal mucosa. No adverse effects were observed. Conclusion. Dietary nutritional supplement may constitute an effective alternative therapy to conventional alternative medicine for somatic, psychological, and sexual symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-50304302016-09-25 The Effects of Nutritional Juice Supplementation on the Extent of Climacteric Symptoms: An Observational Study Siebler, Stefanie I. Gresser, Ursula Richartz, Barbara M. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Objective. This study aims to evaluate the effect of daily dietary nutritional supplement on somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women. Material and Methods. In this study 28 healthy, symptomatic, peri- and postmenopausal women of 47–67 years of age were allocated to use the nutritional supplement JuicePLUS+®. Primary research parameters: Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess menopausal symptoms at baseline and after 8 and 16 weeks of treatment. Secondary parameters: proliferation behaviour of vaginal smear was scored at baseline and after treatment. Results. Treatment with the supplement resulted in a reduction of somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. The overall MRS score showed an average improvement of 44.01%. Most benefits were observed for the psychological symptoms irritability (60.55%) and physical and mental exhaustion (49.08%); modest effects were observed for hot flashes (44.86%) and sleeping problems (35.56%). There was a minor improvement in sexual problems; 6 women reported an increased libido. No statistically significant effect was found in vaginal dryness and proliferation behaviour of vaginal mucosa. No adverse effects were observed. Conclusion. Dietary nutritional supplement may constitute an effective alternative therapy to conventional alternative medicine for somatic, psychological, and sexual symptoms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5030430/ /pubmed/27668002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2636542 Text en Copyright © 2016 Stefanie I. Siebler et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The Effects of Nutritional Juice Supplementation on the Extent of Climacteric Symptoms: An Observational Study
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title_full The Effects of Nutritional Juice Supplementation on the Extent of Climacteric Symptoms: An Observational Study
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title_short The Effects of Nutritional Juice Supplementation on the Extent of Climacteric Symptoms: An Observational Study
title_sort effects of nutritional juice supplementation on the extent of climacteric symptoms: an observational study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2636542
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