Abstract:Soy foods are traditional staples of Asian diets. Soy bean and thyroid health have focused on one specific category of nutrient-Isoflavones found in soy bean. This study examined the impact of soy bean on thyroid hormones which are thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), tri-iodothyronine (T 3 ) and thyroxine (T 4 ) in albino rats. This was carried out in two phases. The rats were grouped in both phases of four groups, three rats in each group. The first phase was by feeding the animals at varying percentage (30, 5… Show more
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