Help me understand the mg amount on soy bottle???

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October 23rd, 2012, 10:39 AM
Atsaukina1

Help me understand the mg amount on soy bottle???

asked atomic but i know she's busy, thought some of you might know:)
bottle of soy isoflavones says-
50mg then(40%isoflavones=20mg) what does that mean??
was shooting for 100mg. so not sure if i take 2(50mg each) or I have to take 5(20mg each?)

other ingr.- dicalcium phosphate,geletin,cellulose-
October 23rd, 2012, 10:42 AM
Shellbelle

It looks like they are 20mg caps.
October 23rd, 2012, 10:47 AM
Atsaukina1

so it's filled w/ 30mg of other crap?? I found other ones that said 40mg w/ no mention how much was actually soy but they had 150mg of calcium added also. I just can't find good ones. Guess I'll just have to take 5 of these uggg and they are not tiny either. The cheap ones I got from walmart($6 vs $16 for gnc) are a lot smaller too waaaa.
October 23rd, 2012, 11:22 AM
Shellbelle

Quote:

Originally Posted by boys4

so it's filled w/ 30mg of other crap?? I found other ones that said 40mg w/ no mention how much was actually soy but they had 150mg of calcium added also. I just can't find good ones. Guess I'll just have to take 5 of these uggg and they are not tiny either. The cheap ones I got from walmart($6 vs $16 for gnc) are a lot smaller too waaaa.

I think mine said they were 150mg, but the actual SI about was 60? The rest was broken down into types of soy, but they weren't the active isoflavones. Yes, the calcium on the others is high if you're going to take more than one a day.
October 23rd, 2012, 11:25 AM
Shellbelle

These appear to be 40mg without added calcium or cranberry (which is also a common combo):

http://m.walgreens.com/mt/www.walgre...n_jtt_redirect
October 23rd, 2012, 11:26 AM
Shellbelle

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shellbelle

These appear to be 40mg without added calcium or cranberry (which is also a common combo):

http://m.walgreens.com/mt/www.walgre...n_jtt_redirect

Oh yikes. That's 40mg per 5 capsules. Not a good one!
October 23rd, 2012, 11:40 AM
Shellbelle

I'm pretty sure this is what I used. You'd think my memory would be better, but I have preggo brain right now.

http://m.nowfoods.com/Supplements/Pr...as/M003352.htm
October 23rd, 2012, 11:43 AM
atomic sagebrush

you need to take 5 pills at 20 mg each. You are after the amount of the isoflavones.
October 23rd, 2012, 11:45 AM
atomic sagebrush

Quote:

Originally Posted by boys4

so it's filled w/ 30mg of other crap?? I found other ones that said 40mg w/ no mention how much was actually soy but they had 150mg of calcium added also. I just can't find good ones. Guess I'll just have to take 5 of these uggg and they are not tiny either. The cheap ones I got from walmart($6 vs $16 for gnc) are a lot smaller too waaaa.

No, if it's jsut soy, that's fine. The other stuff is the soybeans or whatever, and then it equals out to have teh 20mg of isoflavones in it.
October 23rd, 2012, 01:22 PM
Atsaukina1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shellbelle

I'm pretty sure this is what I used. You'd think my memory would be better, but I have preggo brain right now.

Soy Isoflavones 60 mg - 120 VCaps® - Non-GE - NOW Foods

bump this up for other people looking:)
NOW Foods Soy Isoflavones 120 Vcaps - Swanson Health Products

these look perfect but I'll stick w/ mine since I can't return it and already bought 2 different bottles. These sound perfect though as you could just take 2 for 120mg. Do you remember if they were really big?
October 23rd, 2012, 02:24 PM
Shellbelle

Quote:

Originally Posted by boys4

bump this up for other people looking:)
NOW Foods Soy Isoflavones 120 Vcaps - Swanson Health Products

these look perfect but I'll stick w/ mine since I can't return it and already bought 2 different bottles. These sound perfect though as you could just take 2 for 120mg. Do you remember if they were really big?

They were smaller than my prenatals, so not that bad.