Phytoestrogens

Category:

Phenolic compound

Health Benefits:

Reduce the risk of menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis, decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, brain function disorders, breast cancer, prostate cancer, bowel cancer and other cancers

Source plant:

Soybeans, wheat, barley, corn, alfalfa, oats

References and links:

Rietjens, Ivonne M C M et al. “The potential health effects of dietary phytoestrogens.” British journal of pharmacology vol. 174,11 (2017): 1263-1280. doi:10.1111/bph.13622