Efeitos benéficos da soja e das isoflavonas da soja: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Due to the importance of a healthy feeding for the health of the population, the search for the functional foods has been increasing, being the soy one of the more sought. This way, the objective of this study was to accomplish a literature revision on the beneficial effects of the soy and of the isoflavones of the soy in humans and experimentation animals. A systematic review from the search was conducted in indexed databases in journals Capes and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Goods were revised published in the understood period of 2002 and 2014. The national studies showed beneficial results related to the symptoms of the menopause and powders menopause, as reduction of the hot flushes and improvement in the life quality. They also find benefits in the lipid profile, as increase of HDL, reduction of the glycemia and LDL. Of the international studies, all presented improvement in the symptoms of the menopause and powders menopause, as reduction of the hot flushes and of the breast cancer appeal and some found improvements in the profile lipid, as increase of HDL, reduction of the total cholesterol and LDL. The national and international studies indicated that the soy and isoflavones of the soy possess benefits mainly in the symptomatology of the menopause and powders menopause and in the profile lipid of the studied populations.