16-05-2013, 18:01
Hm, interesting. Thanks for the adivce, AbiDrew! I've been using spearmint myself. Seems to help my skin, not too sure about the effects on NBE as its too soon to tell.
I came across this site because I am weighing the pros and cons of taking concentrated isoflavones vs. taking whole red clover and dietary soy. So I was also really intrigued by this section regarding the use of isoflavones to treat menopausal symptoms:
"What can one make of this mixed evidence? The problem here is that placebo treatment has a strong effect on menopausal symptoms. In such circumstances, statistical noise can easily drown out the real benefits of a treatment under study. Estrogen is so powerful for hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms that its benefits are almost always clear in studies; most likely, soy or concentrated isoflavones have a more modest effect, not always seen above the background."
That cleared a lot of things up for me.
I came across this site because I am weighing the pros and cons of taking concentrated isoflavones vs. taking whole red clover and dietary soy. So I was also really intrigued by this section regarding the use of isoflavones to treat menopausal symptoms:
"What can one make of this mixed evidence? The problem here is that placebo treatment has a strong effect on menopausal symptoms. In such circumstances, statistical noise can easily drown out the real benefits of a treatment under study. Estrogen is so powerful for hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms that its benefits are almost always clear in studies; most likely, soy or concentrated isoflavones have a more modest effect, not always seen above the background."
That cleared a lot of things up for me.