Is a diet of soy beans products good for osteoporosis patient or is soy beans products makes worst for them?

Is a diet of soy beans products good for osteoporosis patient or is soy beans products makes worst for them?

im really confuse because soy beans products especially Tofu is also high in phytates, an organic acids which blocks the uptake of calcium, magnesium, iron, and especially zinc and contributes to widespread mineral deficiencies.

Hence, Vegetarians - especially vegetarian children - who eat tofu and drink soy milk as substitutes for meat and dairy products are Infact at very high risk of loss of bone mass and severe mineral deficiencies.

Why does health professionals claim that soy bean is high is good for osteoporosis patient when in fact it has high in "Phytates" which blocks the uptake of calcium and contributes to loss of bone mass?

im really confuse. Please clarify this for me.

please show your source of information.

thanks :)

Any one who is into soy products instead of dairy products needs to take a zinc supplement every day and also a calcium supplement. To improve your iron absorption you could take some extra vitamin C. The magnesium content in soy products is quite high (something like 300 mg per 100 gm of soy product), so even if only 50% of that is absorbed you will still get enough magnesium.

If you don't take any extra calcium to avoid a possible or even likely calcium deficiency due to the phytic acid and phytates in soy products then your osteoporosis will get worse.

So clearly, soy products are no good for osteoporosis patients.