Hormone Replacement Therapy

Phytoestrogens May Be an Appealing Alternative to HRT

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 18th, 1997

The observation that soy-based diets appear to be associated with suppression of menopausal symptoms and postmenopausal disease incidence in some women is attracting the attention of those seeking alternatives to conventional hormone replacement therapies.

As a group, estrogens of plant origin are called phytoestrogens, and those found in soy products are isoflavones, compounds with mild estrogenic activity. The reduced incidence or milder episodes of climacteric symptoms in many Oriental and Asian women have been attributed to the significant amounts of soy protein in the eastern diet.

Stephen Holt, M.D., of BioTherapies, Inc., Fairfield, New...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-08-18)

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