Soy can play a major role in osteoporosis prevention.

Several studies done involving premenopausal and postmenopausal women found that eating Soy foods causes clear and significant improvement in bone quality and bone density. Since osteoporosis ( a condition of weakened bones and frequent bone fractures ) is affecting millions of women in the United States each year, a finding like this that suggests so clearly a solution to this problem is something to take seriously.

Of course one can get prescriptions from your doctor for one of several medications which may improve your bone health, but these medications are created in a laboratory, they may potentially have many unpleasant side effects, and they could cost an arm and a leg. A more natural solution, one that is friendly to the environment and more importantly to you, is to eat foods made from the soybean.

Foods made from soybeans such as soynuts, soymilk, tofu, and tempeh are high in phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens are really interesting because they are hormones in soybeans which are very similar to the estrogen in women. One must wonder why would a plant have hormones unless it was meant to be eaten by women to ease menopausal symptoms? And studies have shown clearly that with regard to the postmenopausal bone loss of osteoporosis, which many women suffer from, women who eat diets high in soy products have stronger, more dense skeletal systems.

In addition to the several studies confirming soy's role in preventing osteoporosis on postmenopausal women, one study involving premenopausal women age 31 through 40 showed that their bones where strengthened if they included lots of soy foods in their diets as well.

Eating soy is a natural solution to a serious medical problem. Women have another tool they can use to take control of their bone health by simply adding soy foods to their diet. Thank you soy!