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What about estrogen?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
In the article about the recent JAMA report showing no benefits in cognition, bone density, or lipid profiles from soy supplements. Pauline Maki, Ph.D., said, "There might indeed be some benefit of soy for women if they start it early enough" ("Soy No Help for Bones, Cognition in Older Women," Aug. 15, 2004, p. 1).
Why is this notion not applied to the hoopla over estrogen stemming from the Women's Health Initiative?
After all, we know that estrogen has benefits in women who "start it early enough," says, after oophorectomy in their 30's or 40's.
The evidence on soy has always been negative or weak at best and now the best evidence is that soy is of no benefit. The remaining question concerning estrogen, by contrast, should be when it suddenly becomes an unacceptable risk. Is it at some particular age? Should we be removing our patients' ovaries--or putting our patients on ...
- Soy estrogens: Too much of a good thing?(research shows that soy isoflavone...
- Magazine article from: Science News Seppa, N. June 16, 2001 700+ words
...mice now suggest that a form of estrogen found in soybeans and generally...cancer. The chemical analogs of estrogen found in soybeans and other...beneficial qualities. In contrast to estrogen, the research on soy isoflavones has been overwhelmingly...
- Soy estrogen laces paper-mill wastes.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Science News J.R. May 26, 2001 700+ words
...Scientists have attributed many of soy's heart-healthy and anticancer...its rich supply of several estrogen-mimicking compounds. One...derived compound that can mimic estrogen. Genistein is one member of...other natural and synthetic estrogens in municipal wastewater at...
- Flaxseed Modulates Estrogen Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women-Comparison with...
- Newspaper article from: Alternative Therapies in Women's Health July 1, 2005 700+ words
...effects of flaxseed and soy on estrogen metabolism. Volunteers...Comments Flaxseed and soy are rich sources of...found in endogenous estrogens..sup.1 Like soy, some studies have...sup.4 Modulation of estrogen metabolism has the...
- Plant estrogens in soy don't appear to increase breast or uterine cancer risk.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 28, 2004 700+ words
...hormone therapy, estrogen plus a progestin...breast cancer. Soy and some other plants contain estrogen-like compounds...These plant estrogens are thousands...to turn to soy," he said...certain how plant estrogens and the estrogen produced by...
- Soy processing influences estrogen-dependent tumor growth in mice.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week May 24, 2004 700+ words
...active components in soy, and these partially...health benefits as whole soy foods," he said. Soy isoflavone products are marketed as dietary estrogens to women over age 50 as...majority of these cases are estrogen-dependent. For these...
- American Association for Cancer Research: Diet Rich in Soy Protein Lowers...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 23, 2002 700+ words
...Consuming tofu and other soy-based foods significantly...levels of a class of estrogens normally associated...found a link between soy-rich diets consumed...reduced levels of an estrogen called estrone...study, titled "Soy Intake and Other...Determinants of Serum Estrogen Levels ...
- Soy compounds thwart estrogen.(Endocrinology)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Science News November 8, 2003 700+ words
...the activity of the hormone estrogen, those same compounds occasionally...the opposite effect and block estrogen's activity. Now, a team...reports that a different family of soy isoflavones blocks estrogen even more consistently. These...
- Soy isoflavone intake and estrogen excretion patterns in young women: effect of...
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review Cohen, L.A. Crespin, J.S. Wolper, C. September 1, 2007 700+ words
BACKGROUND: Soy isoflavones may lower...through altered hepatic estrogen metabolism, leading...2 x 10(12)) on estrogen ratios and isoflavone...compliance. RESULTS: Soy isoflavone ingestion...urinary excretion of estrogen metabolites and isoflavones...
Source: HighBeam Research, What about estrogen?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)