Figure 1. Study design. The marine group participated in a 5-day marine healing program. Diet was controlled for these 5 days. Within the marine group, the marine seaweed group additionally consumed sea mustard during the controlled feeding period (day 0–5, 15.4 g [dry weight]/day) and free-living period (8 packets of seaweed noodles per 13 days [180 g/packet]). The city group did not receive any intervention.
▲, menopause rating scale survey.