Soy Isoflavones
- What are soy isoflavones?
- How do soy isoflavones contribute to our health and wellbeing?
- How much soy isoflavones should we eat each day?
What are soy isoflavones?
Isoflavones (a type of phytoestrogen) are important compounds found in soy beans and most soy protein rich foods. Soy is naturally rich in isoflavones, and in combination with soy protein, these phytochemicals are thought to play a critical role in the health benefits associated with consuming soy.
Bürgen® Grains with Barley Bread contains soy isoflavones.
How do soy isoflavones contribute to our health and wellbeing?
Benefits of Isoflavones:
- There is growing evidence that isoflavones may help maintain breast and prostate health1.
- Soy isoflavones, as well as phytic acid, trypsin inhibitors and saponins are components of soy foods that have been correlated with health promoting effects2.
How much soy isoflavones should we eat each day?
There are currently no recommended dietary intakes for soy isoflavones. However, including as little as one serve of soy isoflavones in our daily diet can provide us with nutritional and health benefits.
Bürgen® Grains with Barley Bread contains 44.1mg of soy isoflavones in every serve.
1 Setchell KDR and Cassidy A, Dietary isoflavones: Biological effects and relevance to human health, J Nutr 1999;129:758S-767S
2 Setchell KDR, Phytoestrogens: the biochemistry, physiology, and implications for human health of soy isoflavones, Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68(suppl):1333S-46S