Bone Abstracts

Introduction: A retrospective analysis we previously performed on post-menopausal women showed that the addition of inulin (3 g) and soy isoflavones (40 mg) to daily calcium (500 mg) and vitamin D3 (300 UI) supplementation was able to increase calcium absorption by 60%, while reducing circulating parathormone and leaving vitamin D3 levels unchanged. Therefore, we tested whether such a mixture could affect also bone metabolism.Method...