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Benefits of soy isoflavone

soy isoflavone

Soy Isoflavones are a group of substances which have a structure similar to human estrogens. So act as such on the agency providing benefits to women in menopause.

1. What are isoflavones?
They are a subclass of a larger group of phytochemicals called flavonoids. Because of its structure are considered phytoestrogens, nonsteroidal substances, diphenols which have a structure similar to that present human estrogen.

2. Demonstrated benefits of isoflavones

Benefits. Soy isoflavones in benefits in women during menopause.
- They have a mild estrogenic action, and that isoflavones have a chemical structure that allows them to act in the same places that estrogen, so that they act in part by supplying the same role.

- Helps to alleviate and mitigate the effects that occur during the climacteric syndrome.
- Spoke in the prevention of bone decalcification because they avoid, for the estrogenic effect, the mobilization of calcium from bones.
- Furthermore, by maintaining levels of oestrogenic compounds, prevents the absorption of calcium blocking that occurs when estrogen level drops in blood plasma.

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