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Soya: the health protector - The health effects of SoyaBrain PowerSeveral studies suggest that soya foods improve both short-term and long-term memory, mental flexibility and planning. Researchers at the Centre for Neuroscience at King’s College in London investigated the effects of a high soya diet (100mg isoflavones per day from the soya supplement Novasoy) compared to a low soya diet (0.5mg isoflavones per day) in student volunteers. After just 10 weeks, those eating the high soya diet showed significant improvements in short-term and long-term memory and mental flexibility (File et al., 2001). Further studies support a beneficial effect of soya isoflavones on cognitive ability (Duffy et al., 2003; File et al., 2005). However, benefits may be restricted to people under the age of 65 (Kritz-Silverstein et al., 2003; Kreijkamp- Kaspers et al., 2004). Again, these results look promising but more research is needed to confirm how much soya makes a difference.
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