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 "You cannot step over menopause; every woman who lives long enough will go through it and must have a plan to continue optimum health."
• When the ovaries stop producing eggs, the level of female hormone estrogen falls, and the menopause begin.
• Women can expect to live more than a third of their lives after menopause.
• In the past 50 years, Hormone Replacement Therapy (
• Menopause can occur anywhere between the ages of 45-55 but it can even happen earlier than the age of 40.
• Without estrogen a woman's risk of heart disease and brittle bones (osteoporosis) increases.
• Mood swings, fatigue and lethargy, hot flashes, night sweats, and irregular or heavy periods are among the symptoms of menopause.
• Soy isoflavones may decrease the severity and the frequency of menopausal hot flashes.
• The appropriate amounts of soy isoflavones are safe and do not require a prescription and are readily available in many forms.
Soy may reduce the symptoms of menopause and make them more tolerable for women.
 • Soy maintains the bone density after menopause.
• Soy decreases the LDL (bad) cholesterol and thereby improves heart health.
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