STAYING HEALTHY WITH SOY

Soyfoods have simply outlasted the “here today, gone tomorrow” status of any food trends. In various research projects, soyfoods have been linked to helping fight heart disease and cancer, reducing the risk of osteoporosis, lessening the symptoms of menopause, and much more.

Source: Soyfoods Association

In a recent interview on Dateline NBC, Dateline’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Bob Arnot, interviewed John Glaspy, a UCLA researcher who is among the growing number of doctors who think soy helps resist some impressive opponents.

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

ARNOT: In which of these diseases could soy play a very positive preventive role? Heart disease?

MR. GLASPY: Probably.

ARNOT: Osteoporosis?

MR. GLASPY: Almost certainly.

ARNOT: Menopause?

MR. GLASPY: Almost certainly.

ARNOT: Breast cancer:

MR. GLASPY: Almost certainly. I guess another way to say this would be there isn’t a malady of humankind where soy has been shown to fail.

HEART HEALTH
Soyfoods are low in saturated fats and cholesterol free, thus aiding in the prevention of heart disease. Interest in soyfoods was accelerated in 1995, when a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded that consuming an average of 47 grams of soy protein a day rather than animal protein significantly decreased total LDL, or “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride levels in subjects whose initial cholesterol levels were moderately high or high. The study also found that HDL, or “good” cholesterol levels were not affected by the intake of soy protein.

FIGHTING CANCER
Soybeans are rich in phytonutrients, which are biologically active substances found only in plants. Phytonutrients appear to be potent cancer inhibitors. Soyfoods are especially relevant in research for the fight against hormone-related breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men, and also in colon, lung and stomach cancer research.

Andrew Weil, M.D., famous for his best selling book Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, recommends throughout his writings replacing animal protein with soy protein to reduce exposure to toxins and other harmful elements in meat and gain the Dr. Weil specifically mentions soyfoods for hormone-related problems in both men and women, stating that the phytoestrogens found benefit of health-promoting components of soybeans. in soybeans might protect the prostate from the unbalanced influence of male sex hormones, and for women, the intake of soyfoods may avoid imbalances of estrogen metabolism.

Source: Soyfoods Association

Menopause?
What menopause?

Soyfoods have generated great interest because of their potential to reduce the effects of menopause. A study published in the January 1998 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that women who were given 60 grams of isolated soy protein daily showed markedly diminished moderate to severe hot flashes. The researchers also noted that Japanese women, with higher concentrations of soy in their diet, have a lower incidence of most post-menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, hormone-related cancers, and osteoporosis. Other studies have shown similar results.
Source: Soyfoods Association

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