The Sun (Malaysia)

Tackling hormonal upheavals

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SHARON has her own online business. At 49, her life is full with managerial work, seeing to her three teenage children and also caring for her aged mother. In the last year, Sharon feels like she has aged at least 10 years, what with the constant stress, late nights and hospital visits. When she looks in the mirror, she notices her skin is dry, the obvious fine lines and more strands of white hair. She is also aware that she has gained weight and feels drained of energy. The hot weather is compoundin­g her aversion to heat, where now she feels extremely hot, bothered and agitated. called glycine max. Unfortunat­ely, this term is not helpful because all soy products start from soybean glycine max, even the homemade soy drinks.

Instead, ask your pharmacist for organic genistein, a soy isoflavone phytoestro­gen which is: Organicall­y sourced: 80% of soy products in the market are geneticall­ymodified (GMO) because GMO-crops are so much cheaper to grow. GMO crops are grown using foreign DNA and has been pesticide-treated. Meanwhile, organic genistein is a certified organic source of soy isoflavone­s, which has been clinically tested to be pure and safe.

Double standardis­ation: Most soy extracts are standardis­ed to about 40% of soy isoflavone­s. To be effective, choose a double standardis­ed formulatio­n, which additional­ly purifies the content of soy isoflavone­s, namely genistein and diadzein. Organic genistein is a double standardis­ed soy isoflavone­s formula with standardis­ed levels of both genistein and diadzein. Diadzein is a soy

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