Some research has found that the benefits that soya provides are mostly determined by a woman's ability to produce equol, a bacteria that around 30% - 50% of adults produce in their intestines after eating soy.
It is possible that a person's ability to produce equol, rather than equol itself, is responsible for the benefits of soya.
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