WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2000: Re: Soy and menstruation.

Re: Soy and menstruation.

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:48:50 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Anonymous wrote: >
>I am 23 years old and after going off of a soy suppliment which I had
>been taking for about 5 months my period has been coming every 2 months.
>It has been like this for a little over 4 months now. I feel like it is
>related because while I was taking the suppliments I felt very moody and
>my periods were coming every 2-3 weeks which they had always come every
>4 weeks before I started taking the suppliment. I am also now
>experiencing a lot of acne which I never had before and someone told me
>that it is related to my not having my periods. Should I be concerned
>or just wait it out and see if my cycle goes back to normal? Need help.
>Thanks.

Soy does have a small estrogen like activity. Unless monstrous doses are taken, I wouldn't think that it would affect normal cycles. It would probably be a good idea to see your Gynecologist to get some idea of what is going on.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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