Soy-isoflavone-enriched foods and markers of lipid and glucose metabolism in postmenopausal women: interactions with genotype and equol production

Wendy L. Hall, Katerina Vafeiadou, Jesper Hallund, Susanne Bugel, Manja Reimann, Corinna Koebnick, H-J. Franz Zunft, Marika Ferrari, Francesco Branca, Tony Dadd, Duncan Talbot, Jonathan Powell, Anne-Marie Minihane, Aedin Cassidy, Maria Nilsson, Karin Dahlman-Wright, Jan-Ake Gustafsson, Christine M. Williams

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)592-600
Number of pages9
JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume83
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2006

Keywords

  • Aged
  • Base Sequence
  • Biological Markers
  • Blood Glucose
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Equol
  • Estrogen Receptor beta
  • Female
  • Food, Fortified
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Insulin
  • Isoflavones
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Lipoprotein(a)
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phytoestrogens
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Postmenopause
  • Risk Factors
  • Soy Foods

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