Eating soyfoods may reduce the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women, particularly among those in the early years following menopause, shows a Chinese study.Other studies have shown a link between soy products and bone mineral density but the new research is the first large study to investigate the association between soy consumption and the risk of fracture, write Dr Xiao-Ou Shu and colleagues in yesterday’s issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine (vol 165, pp1890-1895). The researchers selected data on around 24,000 postmenopausal women participating in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study.
