Controlled trial: Soy isoflavone improved bone mineral density

Controlled trial: Soy isoflavone improved bone mineral density

In a two year study soy isoflavone genistein improved bone mineral density
of osteopenic postmenopausal women.

* w w w .annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/146/12/839

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Juhana

Re: Controlled trial: Soy isoflavone improved bone mineral density

Juhana Harju wrote:

> In a two year study soy isoflavone genistein improved bone mineral
> density of osteopenic postmenopausal women.

Full text is available also:

* w w w .annals.org/cgi/content/full/146/12/839

Some concerns of the safety of soy isoflavones are mentioned in this news
article based on the same study:

"Soy has potential for bone-building, but more research is still needed,
added Dr. Frank Sacks, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital
and the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. 'There are safety issues
with soy phytoestrogens' related to breast and uterine cancer, he stressed.
'This study would not change the overall view among many experts that soy
phytoestrogen supplements should not be taken,' Sacks said."

* w w w .cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/070618/6061806AU.html

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Juhana