Adding Soy to Your Diet Could Increase Bone Strength in Women
Animal study shows soy protein could counter the effects of menopause pre, and post, in women
If there was a simple way to change your health, specifically bone strength and metabolic function without major side effects, would you try it? What if I told you it was as simple as adding an ingredient, in this case, soy, to your diet. Through animal studies, scientists believe that adding some soy-based products often found in vegetarian diets could have a great impact on the health of women pre and post-menopause.
Researchers out of the University of Missouri have discovered that the soy protein found in certain foods can reap positive benefits in the area of bone strength and metabolic function for both pre and postmenopausal women. While this study has only been conducted using rats researchers say the same could hold true for humans. They took rats and divided them into groups one group were fed a corn-based diet the other fed a soy-based diet, and further by rats with ovaries and without to simulate menopause. They found the rats who ate the soy-based diet showed an increase in the strength of the tibia bone, and the rats without ovaries also experienced a boost in their metabolic function. They believe adding some soy-based protein, often found in tofu and soy milk, into a diet can reproduce these results. Again more testing needs to be done to confirm the results in human trials, but this study points us in the right direction of how a small change in diet can have major health effects.
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