2000 mg Soylife Isoflavone Complex, delivering 50 mg of total Isoflavones. Also contains a Digestive Enzyme blend and Magnesium Sterate. For preventing bone loss in post-menopausal women, increase daily dose to 5 or 6 capsules. Isoflavones are plant chemicals phytochemicals found only in leguminous plants, particularly in soybeans.
Scientific research shows that soy isoflavones increase bone density in post-menopausal women.
Two prominent isoflavones, genistein and daidzein, have been suggested to have estrogen-like activity in bone metabolism. Isoflavones are plant estrogens, so they are different from estrogen in the human body. They are weaker, but they aim for the same receptor sites on human cells as human estrogen, and they are believed to be able to block human estrogen.