phytoestrogens

No studies have found any known phytoestrogens in the herb.

Furthermore, the action of phytoestrogens may be tissue site specific.

Phytoestrogens are similar to natural estrogens in one way, though.

Decades of scattered research into phytoestrogens has blossomed in recent years.

Those women hoping to lower their risk of heart disease by taking phytoestrogens may want to reconsider the strategy.

Men, too, have begun to look to phytoestrogens for possible health benefits, including protection against heart disease and prostate cancer.

Phytoestrogens are chemicals found in plants that work like estrogens.

In the plant, the phytoestrogens are involved in the defense system against fungi.

For these reasons, phytoestrogens can't really replace human hormones.

It has a number of working groups that publish reports, e.g. one on Phytoestrogens.

Many foods containing phytoestrogens, however, have been consumed safely for centuries.

Some of these products are plant phytoestrogens, and some have unknown properties.

Lignans have also been identified as phytoestrogens, although they are not flavonoids.

Research failed to establish any noticeable benefit and some phytoestrogens may present a breast cancer risk.

The other classes of phytoestrogens are the isoflavones and coumestans.

Taking phytoestrogen supplements is not a good idea: no one knows the effects of concentrated phytoestrogens.

Phytoestrogens are chemicals which act like the hormone estrogen.

When ingested, phytoestrogens appear to function much like natural estrogens in many ways.

In fact, evidence suggests that phytoestrogens may actually decrease the risk of breast and endometrial cancer.

Even the strongest phytoestrogens have at most 1 to 2% the potency of human estrogens.

So, an intake of phytoestrogens has also been seen to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

In the human diet, phytoestrogens are not the only source of exogenous estrogens.

There are conflicting studies, and it is unclear if phytoestrogens have any effect on the cause or prevention of cancer in females.

So should women taking phytoestrogens also be taking progesterone?

The phytoestrogens, derived from plants - usually soy but also red clover - are a more complicated story.