Why Soy Products For Menopause Relief Is Not Recommended

By Robin Wells


Over the past years, there has been popular belief that the use of soy and its constituent products goes a long way in treating several diseases for example the heart disease, osteoporosis as well as cancer-related illnesses. Inasmuch as this may be true, the norm that soy and its products reduces the effects of menopausal symptoms is not validated, neither is it factual. There are many forms of soy, for instance soy milk, soy cheese, soy meat and soy beans, among others. There has also been emergence of powdered soy as well as soy for menopause relief, as produced by some companies.

Soy is extremely rich in isoflavones, some types of phytoestrogen. Phytoestrogens are simply chemicals embedded in plants that are characterized as having similar functions with estrogens. It is argued that the body can synthesize them to work similarly with estrogens.



Hitherto, there has been alternative ways of treating women in menopausal, for example by dint of conventional medicines, but in the recent past, the use of natural approaches to relieve discomforts associated with menopausal has become exceedingly popular. This has since prompted the foods and supplement industries to make alternatives to the traditional conventional pharmaceutical estrogens like Premarin. In consequence, the soy foods industry has benefited most from this quest for natural solutions for menopausal, arguably because of soys high content of phytoestrogen.

The soy food industries have taken advantage of the fact that soy contains high rates of phytoestrogen, which behaves like estrogen. This makes people prefer them to other medicines, majorly because of their natural factor, in reducing the uncomfortable effects of low estrogen levels that is experienced in the course of menopause. Nevertheless, it is not yet absolutely confirmed if isoflavones play similar roles as estrogens. Therefore, the inference that soy products are all that a woman suffering from menopausal symptoms needs to check the menace is not completely appropriate.

Soy and its various forms have no notable impact in eliminating vasomotor signs like vaginal dryness and hot flashes. Research confirms that they only help to negligibly reduce their intensity, and not necessarily eliminating them like the conventional medicines do.Additionally, soy foods encompass anti nutritional factors like oxalates, protease inhibitors, saponins and soya toxins, among others.

Recent studies reveal that the use of soy foods does not completely eradicate discomforts of menopause or menopausal symptoms, and instead, the isoflavones contained in them act as goitrogens, and hence suppress ones thyroid functions. Suppression of the thyroid further leads to other health disorders like difficulties in losing weight, hardships in losing weight, insomnia, mood swings and general anxiety, digestive problems and food allergies, among many others.

The use of soy does not effectively solve the menace of hot flashes or any other discomforts of menopause. The hormonal mimics they harbor, called isoflavones, instead, cause disruptions to the hormonal systems of the body, which are highly delicate. Further disorders like insomnia and mood swings among others, are also resultant.

Conclusively, though there has been a speculation that the use of soy and its products helps in the managing of menopause discomforts, there is no valid proof for this.




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