Constituents
The Venus chick pea is distinguished by its content of vegetable oestrogen and folates. Vegetable oestrogens, such as isoflavonoide and lignane are special plant constituents, which can exercise effects similar to oestrogen in the human organism since they connect to the same receptors as the body's own oestrogen. Folate is an umbrella term for different vitamin compounds with a folic acid character. In the metabolism folates are mainly involved in cell division processes and thus new formation of cells.

Oestrogen and folic acid
Both vegetable oestrogen and also folic acid serve the rejuvenation of the body by means of new formation of cells. The cholesterol metabolism is also regulated substantially. Is it a coincidence that Venus chick peas supply both vegetable oestrogen and folic acid?


The menopause yesterday and today
The "nightmare" menopause is felt to be a threat by many women. Unjustifiably – for this natural process is not an illness but a biologically sensible readjustment of the body to a new phase of life. During the menopause the body's own oestrogen production is reduced and menstruation stops completely. Then the thyroid gland hormones T3 und T4 are increasingly produced and often cause restlessness, heat and feelings of fear. The ancient Greeks realised the connection between failing sexual functions and the thyroid gland but interpreted these mainly as a result of the womb ascending to the throat and becoming useless. Looked at from a background point of view, this anatomic positioning is, however, quite correct.
The menopause can be associated with a series of unpleasant side effects such as hot flushes, outbreaks of sweating, sensitivity and lack of energy. During the menopause our ancestors did the right thing intuitively and listened to what their bodies told them. Here – already caused by the natural loss of teeth - they ate more pulses, whilst in Asia soya products dominated the menu. Furthermore, our European ancestors prepared their meals with a lot of fat, such as goose-dripping, oil or butter. The food thus contained more phyto-oestrogen  (vegetable oestrogen), complex carbohydrates, proteins, folic acid and more fat than the meals of the previous phase of life.
Phytooestrogens are similar to the body's own oestrogens and can thus, to a certain extent, compensate the sinking hormone level during the menopause. Parallel to this our great grandmothers continued – as in younger years – to work in the fields. Through sunshine, a lot of movement in the fresh air and the increased consumption of fats they kept their bones stable and the ailments which are typical today did not occur.
Women in the menopause should know how to appreciate that pound or two more around the hips. For this natural regulation of the body does not occur without a reason: if the body's own oestrogen production of the ovaries is reduced, the fatty tissue subsequently takes over an important function by transforming testosterone into oestrogen.