Journal of women's health
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Journal of women's health · May 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of soy food intake on mineral status in premenopausal women.
Soy foods have been substituted for meat in recent years because of proposed health benefits. Research indicates, however, that soy protein and phytate in soy products inhibit the absorption of divalent cations. ⋯ Incorporating ∼19 g soy protein from soy foods for 10 weeks had no significant effect on iron or zinc status, bone resorption or formation, or thyroid hormone status in premenopausal women.