High Soy Consumption May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
6th Oct 2005, 23:39 GMT
According to an article in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, high soy consumption could actually increase breast cancer risk among U.S. women. Researchers said that, while the benefits of soy consumption for cardiovascular health have been confirmed, there is no evidence that soy foods improve breast health, particularly in non-Asian women. They interviewed 452 women with family histories of breast cancer about how frequently they consumed soy and why. One third of women at high risk regularly consume soy-based foods. The most common reason, they reported, was to have a healthy diet. Forty-five percent said they believed soy foods reduced cancer risk. Among the women who did not eat soy, 7 percent said it was because the plant estrogens in soy foods could promote breast cancer, and some said a clinician had instructed them not to eat soy foods for this reason. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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