Why should we eat more soy products?
Soy isoflavones in soy foods are good nutrients for human health, especially for women's health. Let's take a look at the advantages of soy isoflavones.
① Estrogen-like activity - soy isoflavone is a selective estrogen receptor scheduler, that is to say, it will play the same role as estrogen when the human estrogen level is low, assuming that the human estrogen level is too high, it has the effect of restraining estrogen, and can do bidirectional estrogen scheduling. Moreover, meta-analysis also indicated that soy isoflavones had no significant effect on male hormone levels, so men should not worry about soy isoflavones intake.
② Improve postmenopausal osteoporosis -- postmenopausal estrogen deficiency will lead to enhanced osteoclast activity, bone mass reduction and bone tissue structure changes, resulting in increased bone brittleness prone to fracture. Soy isoflavone will show weak estrogen effect in postmenopausal women. It can combine with estrogen receptors of osteoblasts to strengthen the activity of osteoblasts, promote the occurrence, secretion of bone matrix and bone mineralization process to improve osteoporosis.
③ Lower breast cancer risk - Soy isoflavones promote the conversion of estrogen into 2-hydroxy-estrone, a product that has anti-cancer properties, and then play a role in reducing the risk of breast cancer. Soy isoflavones can also control the occurrence and development of breast cancer by anti-oxidation, promoting apoptosis of cancer cells and inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells.
(4) Avoid cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases - postmenopausal women because of ovarian function appendix, the lack of estrogen secretion and synthesis in the body, will lead to fat and cholesterol metabolism disorders cause hyperlipidemia, constituting the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Soy isoflavones can avoid cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases through antioxidant and estrogen-like effects.
