Phytoestrogens
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Phytoestrogens | Plant chemicals that have a similar structure to that of the human hormone oestrogen and which behave like weak oestrogens in the body.? They are found in a variety of foods including soy drinks, soy yoghurt, soy flour, soybeans, roasted soy nuts, lentils, tofu, tempeh, miso, textured vegetable protein (TVP), chickpeas, broad beans and linseed meal.
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