Soybean against baldness

American scientists claim that soy products are very useful for men. Compounds contained in soy helps prevent prostate tumors and help prevent hair loss, says lead researcher Robert Handa, placing the report on its work in the journal "Biology of Reproduction". As the authors explained the work of soybeans in the body enters a special ingredient - ekvol, which blocks the activity of one of the male sex hormone - DHT. Because of this soy prevents adenoma and prostate cancer. The effect of testosterone (another male hormone) is retained. The more insistent the person is trying to determine its true place in nature, the clearer it becomes to hard depending on the environment. Flora and fauna, as a source of food, constantly supplying the body of biologically active compounds, the action of many of which have not yet fully assessed, the director of the Baltic Institute of Human Reproduction Professor AI Nikitin. Today is a special interest are substances of plant origin, exhibiting hormone - namely, the estrogenic properties, and therefore called phytoestrogens. New data allow to hope that one of the soy isoflavones can be used to prevent prostate cancer - one of the most common men's problems, said a study by the representative of Cancer Research UK. In addition, as is known, the excess of male sex hormones contribute to male pattern baldness, so that the soybean is likely to help regain hair. Detail about this in the printed journal. Andrei Semenov Source: Journal of Health "№ November 2004 on the site http://www.zdr.ru/zdr_med0411a9.php