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Soy, isoflavones and bone health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2013

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In a nutshell

There is evidence on a number of fronts that soy isoflavones exert a positive effect on bone density and dynamics which, although modest, would be potentially therapeutically useful.

The balance of evidence does not yet, however, make clear the important details of which patients, what formulation, at what dose and for how long.

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Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates , Volume 288 , January 2008 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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