Soy and Insomnia

Posted by Chantel M. contribution by Reuters Health

According to the reported of "Soy may ease sleep problems in older women" in Reuter health in an article of "The estrogen-like compounds found in soy could help postmenopausal women get a better night's sleep", according to a small study with women given isoflavones, researchers found that 90 percent reported "moderate or intense" insomnia at the beginning of the study, while 37 percent did after four months; in the placebo group, the percentages were 95 percent and 63 percent, respectively. Researchers concluded that without knowing the source of postmenopausal insomnia, the researchers cannot say why soy seemed to alleviate it for many of the women taking the isoflavones.