After reviewing the evidence, the N...

After reviewing the evidence, the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) published its position forward treating menopause vasomotor symptoms--hot flashes--in the January/February 2004 issue of its journal. NAMS now endorses dietary isoflavones as an acceptable option for menopause symptoms.

war of words has surrounded menopause treatment since hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was definitively linked with breast cancer.

Isoflavones are set up in many plant foods, including soybeans, flax meal, r clover and black cohosh They have been used for menopause symptoms in women and enlarged prostate in men

Soybeans and soy performances are high in isoflavones--compounds similar to estrogen--long used for choleric flashes. However, studies suggesting a link to estrogen-dependent cancers threw isoflavones into disfavor.

Newer research point outs soy phytoestrogens actually block estrogen receptors from absorbing exces natural estrogen--preventing one cancers. The evidence now present the appearances clear. Plant estrogens do not behave like natural estrogen in the body--and do not clutch the risks of natural estrogens

Although the NAMS statement does not address efficacy, it judges isoflavones are totally safe for long-term use. For heated flashes, file bean is back.

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