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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an orally administered composition such as a food for improving or preventing oily dry skin characteristic of abnormal hormone balance after menopause. SOLUTION: 1) 5 to 10% by mass of ascorbic acid and / or a salt thereof, 2) 0.3 to 3% by mass of α-tocopherol, and 3) 10 to 20% by mass of soybean isoflavone and its glycoside. The food composition containing this is provided. Such a food composition has an action of suppressing transdermal water dispersion and transcutaneous lipid hypersecretion, improves oily dry skin associated with the modulation of hormone balance characteristic after menopause, and climacteric symptoms Also has a mitigating action. This is preferably applied to food for specified health use. [Selection figure] None |