OVER THE YEARS IT WAS NOTICED THAT JAPANESE WOMEN WITH TRADITION SOY RICH DIETS HARDLY EXPERIENCED THE DISTRESSFUL SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE. SINCE THEN SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO SHOW THAT ISOFLAVONES- A GROUP OF COMPOUNDS FOUND IN SOY BEANS CAN FIGHT DROPPING ESTROGEN LEVELS WHICH ARE LINKED TO HOT FLUSHES, MOOD SWINGS, VAGINAL DRYNESS, DEPRESSION AND OSTEOPOROSIS.