natto and Reduced Bone Loss

• Intake of fermented soybeans, natto, is associated with reduced bone loss in postmenopausal women: Japanese Population-Based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study.

  • 2006-05
  • Observational · n = 944
  • The Journal of Nutrition 136(5)
  • • Y. Ikeda
    • M. Iki
    • A. Morita
    • E. Kajita
    • S. Kagamimori
    • Y. Kagawa
    • H. Yoneshima

  • PubMed: 16614424
  • DOI: 10.1093/JN/136.5.1323

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Bone Loss

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  There were significant positive associations between natto intake and the rates of changes in BMD at the femoral neck (P < 0.0001) and at the distal third of the radius (P = 0.0002) in the postmenopausal women.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes