Soy-isoflavone-enriched foods and markers of lipid and glucose metabolism in postmenopausal women : interactions with genotype and equol production
Author
Hall, Wendy L.
Vafeiadou, Katerina
Hallund, Jesper
Bugel, Susanne
Reimann, Manja
Koebnick, Corinna
Zunft, H-J. Franz
Ferrari, Marika
Branca, Francesco
Dadd, Tony
Talbot, Duncan
Powell, Jonathan
Minihane, Anne-Marie
Cassidy, Aedin
Nilsson, Maria
Dahlman-Wright, Karin
Gustafsson, Jan-Ake
Williams, Christine M.
Attention
2299/12408
Abstract
The hypocholesterolemic effects of soy foods are well established, and it has been suggested that isoflavones are responsible for this effect. However, beneficial effects of isolated isoflavones on lipid biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk have not yet been shown.