Should Our Children Be Eating Soy?

The is no doubt that the earlier a girl experiences menarche, the scarier it is.  This greatly increases the risks of estrogen related cancers like endometrial and breast cancers. Early menarche also means that the hormonal disturbances that caused the early onset of menses are NOT due to “Mother Nature-planned” physiological changes.  In other words, hormonal disturbances are only […]

Is Soy as Bad for Us as “They” Say?

You know, I read A LOT of medical literature.  Finding negative health effects of soy is actually quite difficult. The evidence on the health of soy is overwhelmingly positive.  There are still oncologists telling their breast cancer patients to avoid soy, despite the fact that it DOUBLES survival rates.  Of course, we are talking about […]

Soy Foods on the Hotspot Again: Ovarian Cancer

Run a Google search for “soy” and the first page or two are dominated by “soy kills” websites. The general public seems to think that soy is not good for you. Many of these sites have one thing in common; by the time you get past all the hype, everyone seems to agree that, so […]

Lack of significant genotoxicity of purified soy isoflavones – (03-31-03)

Lack of significant genotoxicity of purified soy isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, and glycitein) in 20 patients with prostate cancer. This article is interesting given the fact that men with history of prostate cancer and women with history of breast cancer are told to avoid soy products. However, the evidence seems to support the fact that soy […]

Thirty-Eight Studies Find Soy Products Lower Cholesterol – (07-31-00)

Thirty-Eight Studies Find Soy Products Lower Cholesterol It seems that soy’s effect on cholesterol may actually be better researched than many of the pharmaceutical drugs on the market. As a side note, it is important to mention that soy is not ALL good. It does have a tendency to interact with other essential nutrients. It […]