Product Development from Soybean for Public Health Significance: The Production of Phytoestrogen Food Supplement for Menopause Women

摘要

By the age of 55 aproximately 95% of the women reached menopause that is associated with deficiency in estrogen production. This condition can lead to reduce bone density and also several typical symptoms such as hot flushes, anxieties and anemia. WHO predicted that in the year of 2030 the amount of women of 50 years will be about 1.2 million which will become a big health problem. In Indonesia the number of women of 50-60 years old are about 19.9 million and the majority, (68.4%) living at rural region of low education and income. This becomes a very serious problem due to the inability of community to buy commercial synthetic therapy hormone which is considered too high in cost.