What are the functions and effects of soy isoflavones?

Folding to prevent menopausal syndrome in women

Before and after menopause, due to ovarian dysfunction and a decrease in estrogen levels in the body, various organ and tissue functions may not be adapted, leading to a series of symptoms. Supplementing estrogen can achieve the goal of preventing and treating these diseases.

The symptoms of menopause in women include hot flashes, sweating, chills, chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, blood pressure fluctuations, etc; Emotional instability, irritability, irritability or depression, anxiety, insomnia, memory loss, lack of concentration, and decreased overall judgment may occur.

Folding prevention and improvement of osteoporosis

Osteoporosis refers to the reduction of bone tissue leading to brittle and fragile bones, which are prone to fractures. Commonly seen in postmenopausal women and elderly men (due to hormonal changes or insufficient calcium and vitamin D). The incidence rate of osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly women is much higher than that in men. The main reason is that the estrogen level drops after the ovarian function declines, bone metabolism appears negative balance, and bone mass decreases. Isoflavones can bind to estrogen receptors on bone cells, reduce bone loss, and increase the body's absorption of calcium, thereby increasing bone density.

Folding to prevent breast cancer

Taking estrogen alone for a long time can increase the incidence of breast cancer and endometrial cancer by 5-7 times. The structure of soybean isoflavone is similar to estrogen, so it can bind to the female receptor on the cell surface, activate other anti-cancer mechanisms, and reduce the risk of women suffering from endometrial cancer and breast cancer due to the high level of estrogen.

Folding to prevent cancer

Soybean products contain five known anti-cancer factors, one of which is phytoestrogens (isoflavones), which are unique anti-cancer factors found in soy foods. Scientists have concluded that the antioxidant properties and anti proliferative effects of genistein are the main reasons for its anti-cancer effect. Soybean isoflavones have obvious therapeutic effects on breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer and leukemia. Soybean isoflavones can also prevent the occurrence of ovarian cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer and prostate cancer.

Numerous studies have found that soy isoflavones can transform cancer cells into cells with normal functions, while also inhibiting poor tumor structure, preventing tumor proliferation and cancer cell spread.

Folding to prevent cardiovascular disease

Heart disease is also a disease related to estrogen. As a plant estrogen, soy isoflavones lower blood lipids and prevent heart disease by promoting thyroid hormone secretion and bile excretion through estrogen like effects. It has been fully proven that lowering cholesterol can lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol without lowering high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Isoflavones, as a characteristic of flavonoid compounds, have biological antioxidant effects, which is very important because the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is a key factor in the process of atherosclerosis. Women who receive 80 milligrams of pure genistein per day can increase arterial elasticity by approximately 26%.

Folding to prevent premature dementia

Premature dementia is currently the most common type of dementia, which is more common in women. In recent years, research has shown that the human brain is also a target tissue for estrogen action. The hippocampal synaptic bodies with memory function in the brain contain estrogen receptors. The medical community has confirmed that estrogen levels are closely related to senile dementia, and taking soy isoflavones and real estrogen are beneficial to the brain.

The role of folding beauty and delaying aging

The estrogenic effect of soy isoflavones can make women's skin smooth, delicate, tender, elastic, and rejuvenated. Women activate the adipose tissue in their breasts by supplementing with estrogen, directing free fat towards the breasts and achieving the effect of breast enlargement.

Research has shown that modern women experience premature menopause, and long-term supplementation of soy isoflavones can maintain normal levels of estrogen in the body, delay menopause, and achieve the effect of delaying aging.

Folding improves menstrual discomfort

Menstrual discomfort is generally related to imbalanced estrogen secretion. Long term supplementation of soy isoflavones can maintain normal levels of estrogen in the body, achieving the goal of improving menstrual discomfort.

Folding improves the quality of sexual life

The estrogenic effect of soy isoflavones can increase the maturity of female vaginal epithelial cells, enhance vaginal muscle elasticity, and thus improve the quality of sexual life.

Folding to lower cholesterol

Cardiovascular disease (CHD) is a multifactorial disease, with cholesterol (Ch) playing an important role. A large-scale study of 5000 people conducted in Japan showed that soy isoflavones have the effect of reducing cholesterol and inhibiting thrombosis. A study on young women in the UK showed a dose-response relationship of isoflavones, with a daily dose of 45 mg or more of isoflavones decreasing total Ch and LDL Ch levels by 10% for 30 consecutive days, while 23 mg of isoflavones had no effect.

Folding to regulate blood lipids

Soy isoflavones can reduce the body's susceptibility to serum LDL oxidation. After the oxidation of serum LDL lipoprotein, it activates the phagocytosis of macrophages in human body, and develops into foam cells in arterial wall, thus forming atherosclerotic plaque. Soybean isoflavones not only have antioxidant effect, but also can induce the increase of antioxidant enzyme activity, improve the antioxidant activity of serum LDL, prevent the formation of atherosclerotic plaque on the arterial wall, and prevent vascular atherosclerosis. Simultaneously increasing the compliance of arterial blood vessels and dilating blood vessels. Soybean isoflavones also inhibit the process of atherosclerosis by affecting tyrosine kinase, including foam cells, fat like lines, hyperplasia, fibrous plaque infiltration, rupture and ulcer, maintaining the smooth flow of heart artery and preventing cardiovascular disease.