Usha.MalagiShika.S.Goyal2016-10-262016-10-262008http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82243An investigation was undertaken with an objective to fabricate soya based health food and to assess it’s impact on climacteric symptoms of perimenopausal women. Soya health food suitable for perimenopausal women was developed and analyzed for nutrients. Thirty perimenopausal women experiencing climacteric symptoms and having irregular periods were selected, 15 women were taken as experimental and equal number of them were age matched and considered as control. Presence of climacteric symptoms were recorded by using self structured questionnaire. The nutritional status was assessed by dietary, anthropometric and biochemical methods. All the selected perimenopausal women perceived one or the other symptoms related to collagen, bones, physiological and psychological problems. The soya based health food was fabricated by using appropriate processing techniques viz., soaking in water along with soda (0.1%) and salt (2%),drying in shade for 24 hours and roasting on hot sand for 3 - 5 minutes and addition of spices with oil. The soya health food was evaluated for sensory qualities by trained panel of judges (n=10) and consumers (n=200). The health food contained 200mg total isoflavones, protein 43.39g, calcium 238.66mg and iron 10.52mg per 100 gram. About 40g of soya food was given to perimenopausal women for the period of 90 days, the result showed a slight reduction in lipid profile of subjects (Total cholesterol 73.33%, Triglycerides 66.66% and LDL-C in 93.33% of women). Reduction in menopausal score, vasomotor and bladder problems were seen in all women. More than 50 per cent of women showed reduction in irritability, anxiety, formication, vaginal dryness, palpitation, flatulence, headache, gastrointestinal distress and vertigo at the end of the study. Thus, the fabricated soya health food showed an improvement in individual menopausal score and lipid profile and the overall wellbeing of women.Food Science and NutritionThesis