Soy Extract Decreased Bone Loss

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The study above was abstracted from a physician-based service, giving them credits toward their Continuing Medical Education requirements. These Hormone Replacement Drugs are what are featured in medical education there and elsewhere. Still, for those who search them out there are studies of food-based alternatives for menopausal women.

One such report was from the journal Calif Tissue Int., vol. 69, 2001, which revealed that of women who have had their ovaries removed and given Ipriflavone, a soy bean derivative within 3 months of the surgery there was a 6.7% decrease in bone mineral density compared to a placebo group's 10.7% decrease. The women who had their operations or had undergone menopause more than 3 years before taking Ipriflavone had no comparable improvement.

Soy Extract Decreased Bone Loss Bibliography

Calif Tissue Int., vol. 69, 2001,  Drs. Katase, Kato, Hirai, Hasumi and Chen, Dept. of Gynecology, Cancer Inst. Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.