| Popis: |
Following the increased life expectancy in industrialized countries, postmenopausal osteoporosis has become a serious social health problem. Drug prevention, mainly hormone replacement therapy, has been considered efficacious in preventing this disease but it is not harm-free, as the experience of the Women’s Health Initiative study showed. Dietary phytoestrogens, food substances acting as natural selective estrogen receptor modulators, are able to prevent the main hormonal postmenopausal chronic diseases, including osteoporosis. Increasing evidence suggests that the Asiatic diet, rich in phytoestrogen isoflavones, and the Mediterranean diet, rich in phytoestrogen lignans, are the ideal healthy diets for menopausal women. Diet, sunlight, and weight-bearing activities are the pillars of a modern approach to preventing postmenopausal osteoporosis. |
