Addition of Fructooligosaccharides and Dried Plum to Soy-Based Diets Reverses Bone Loss in the Ovariectomized Rat

Table 1

Effects of ovariectomy (Ovx) and various dietary treatments on food intake and body and uterine weights.

Parameters	Sham-casein	Ovx + casein	Ovx + soy	Ovx + soy + plum	Ovx + soy+ FOS	Ovx + soy + plum + FOS
Food intake (g/d)	14.1 ± 0.4	14.0 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.3	14.1 ± 0.4	14.2 ± 0.3
Body weights (g)
Initial	231 ± 1	231 ± 1	232 ± 1	231 ± 1	230 ± 1	232 ± 1
Final	281 ± 4^b	317 ± 4^a	315 ± 4^a	319 ± 4^a	327 ± 4^a	316 ± 4^a
Uterine weight (mg)	606 ± 33^a	185 ± 31^b	182 ± 30^b	169 ± 30^b	132 ± 31^b	141 ± 31^b

Values are mean ± SE; 𝑛 = 12. Within a row, values that do not share the same superscript letters are significantly (𝑃<.05) different from each other.