Drinking THIS Could Significantly Cut Your Most Annoying Menopause Symptoms

If someone were to tell you a drink exists that could slash your heart disease risk and relieve menopause symptoms, would you assume it was something disgusting involving cod liver oil? Or maybe that it was bottled by unicorns? Of course you would. But you'd be wrong. You actually stand to gain both health perks from a plain old beverage available basically everywhere: tomato juice. 

We already knew that tomatoes themselves were both delicious and also an anti-cancer food. But according to a new study, drinking the juice might actually be better for you than eating the fruit whole. 

The study, published in Nutrition Journal, involved 95 women (ages 40 to 60) who had at least one menopausal symptom, such as anxiety, irritability, and hot flashes. Participants drank 200 mL—roughly 4/5 of a cup—of unsalted (ah, the hitch! Unsalted!) tomato juice twice a day for eight weeks. 

Researchers at the Tokyo Medical University in Japan tracked the women's heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol and also evaluated their menopausal symptoms at 4 and 8 weeks. After just four weeks of drinking the juice, those with triglyceride levels higher than 150 mg/dL saw a substantial decrease to around 70 mg/dL (the American Heart Association recommends levels under 100 mg/dL). Meanwhile, menopausal symptoms were reduced by 16%. 

The likely reasons for the improvements: Bioactive components like 13-oxo-ODA, a fatty acid that's only found in tomato juice and that prevents metabolic syndrome, and esculeoside A, a phytonutrient that supports heart health. Tomato juice also has more lycopene, which can help reduce menopausal stress, and antioxidants (a result of heat activation during the canning process). 

"Another substance naturally found in tomato juice is a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, which can help relieve hot flashes and reduce stress," says Steven A. Rabin, MD, a Los Angeles-based obstetrician and gynecologist specializing in patients with menopause. 

You won't find the compounds above listed on any nutrition label, and so far we don't know how much variability there is among tomato-juice brands. For now, the best you can do is to buy any unsalted tomato juice you can find, suggests Masakazu Terauchi, PhD, one of the study's authors. Of course, a USDA-approved organic juice is always best. As Rabin puts it, "there aren't any known downsides to adding a serving or more of tomato juice to your diet," and there are plenty of upsides—including the fact that it doesn't taste like cod liver oil.

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