How to Use isoflavone in a Sentence

isoflavone

noun

• Food sources of soy don’t contain high enough levels of isoflavones to increase breast cancer risk.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• And foods like beans, legumes and soy products are rich sources of subtype isoflavones − flavonoids that help keep one's hormones balanced.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• Soybeans are high in fiber, as well as compounds called isoflavones, which include daidzein and genistein.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2017
• That would provide around eight times the intake of isoflavones that have been recorded in older men in Japan and Shanghai who eat soy-heavy diets.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2019
• Red clover extract contains a type of natural compound known as isoflavones.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• Many of soy’s health benefits have been linked to isoflavones — plant compounds that mimic estrogen.
  — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2017
• Soy Soy products such as tofu and edamame contain isoflavones that mimic estrogen, says Dr. Dweck.
  — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• Rich in isoflavones, another phytoestrogen, soy (think tempeh, tofu and edamame) should appear on your shopping list too.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• Now Soy milk also contains phytonutrients known as isoflavones, which have been shown to have cancer-fighting properties.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 30 Jan. 2018
• Some researchers and parents have been concerned about how estrogen-mimicking compounds in soy, called isoflavones, might affect young children.
  — Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Yet evidence of isoflavones possibly having harmful effects appeared in the 1940s, spurring one of soy's first controversies.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
• Then there are the studies that have looked into whether isoflavones can feminize men and infants and interfere with fertility and development.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2019
• Soy contains estrogen-like compounds called isoflavones that some findings say can promote the growth of some cancer cells, impair female fertility and mess with men’s hormones.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• That’s likely because soy’s isoflavones help neutralize the BPA’s endocrine-disrupting effects, researchers say.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2018
• Likely, that’s because soy’s isoflavones help neutralize the BPA’s endocrine-disrupting effects, researchers say.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2017
• Does soy milk have estrogen? Soy contains isoflavones, a type of plant estrogen that functions similarly to human estrogen but with weaker effects.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
• To date, there has been no evidence linking soy or isoflavone consumption with feminizing males or affecting childhood development.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• Soy contains isoflavones, endocrine disruptors that mimic and interfere with human estrogen.
  — Madeleine Watts, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
• The Impossible Burger's isoflavone content is under 2 mg, which is less than some standard dosages recommended for transgender hormone therapy.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024