Since this board is usually slow on the weekends, I decided to open a new thread to see if anyone (Califia?) is knowledgable about soy isoflavones.
As many of us know, the decrease in estrogen after menopause is thought to be linked to greater difficulty in clearing the virus. Since soy contains estrogen-like compounds, would taking soy isoflavone supplements help women with HCV maintain their pre-menopause "edge" in keeping the virus at bay, and/or increasing their liklihood of SVR?
My Google search has yielded some conflicting information about soy isoflavones. Although many of the documents state that it has liver-protecting affects, a few say just the opposite.
Any insights, thoughts, opinions?
Susan