Soybean Isoflavones and the Breast: - Paradigm-Altering Research
Recent research offers hope that soybean isoflavones are protective against breast cancer
It is rare when any single nutrition study markedly affects thinking about a topic that has been rigorously investigated for many years. But recent research by Dr. Johanna Lampe from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and her colleagues from different international institutions does just that.
CLICK HERE to read a complete commentary from Dr. Mark Messina
Nutrients in Soyfoods
CLICK HERE to see a handy chart showing the nutrients, including isoflavones, in common soy foods.
Soyfoods are Very Heart Healthy
Soyfoods are very heart-healthy and two new studies serve to emphasize that people concerned about heart disease should be making soy a part of their diet.
CLICK HERE to read more about these studies, one from China and another from Japan.
Soy and the Metabolic Syndrome
The metabolic syndrome includes high blood pressure, obesity in the waist area, elevated blood triglyceride levels, low level of HDL and insulin resistance. Individuals with at three of these abnormalities have the metabolic syndrome and are a greatly increased risk of developing both diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Adding soyfoods into the diets of postmenopausal women with the metabolic syndrome may be of significant clinical benefit.
CLICK HERE for more information about Soy and Metabolic Syndrome.
Soy and Thyroid Function
There has been a long history of research into the effects of different types of soy products on thyroid function.
CLICK
HERE to read more.
Soy and Testosterone Levels
The isoflavones in soybeans – also commonly referred to as phytoestrogens – have been posited to be alternatives to conventional hormone therapy.
CLICK
HERE to read more.
Nutrients in Soyfoods
CLICK
HERE to see a handy chart showing the nutrients, including isoflavones, in common soy foods.
Soynuts can help reduce blood pressure
and LDL cholesterol
Soynuts are one of the easiest ways to incorporate
more soy into a diet. A recent study at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center in Boston showed that substituting soynuts for nonsoy protein
in a Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Diet improved blood pressure
and and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in hypertensive
women and blood pressure in normotensive postmenopausal women.
CLICK
HERE to read the entire study.
Soy Protein Isolates May Help Prevent Prostate
Cancer
Isoflavone-Rich Soy Protein Isolate May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer:
University of Minnesota Study.
CLICK HERE to read the
study. Products such as tofu, soy butter,
soy nuts or some soy burgers could be beneficial. The reason is
the high content of polyunsatured fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals
and a low content of saturated fat that could replace other high-fat
proteins in the diet.
Soyfoods May Help Asthma Sufferers
Recent research shows that the isoflavones in soyfoods may help asthma sufferers. A study done at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago examined the effects of isoflavones from soy in cells and then in patients with asthma.
CLICK HERE to read the latest press release.
Estimating the Prevalence of Soy Protein Allergy
Despite widespread acceptance of the notion that soybeans are a
commonly allergenic food, solid scientific information on the prevalence
of soybean allergy in the overall populatioin does not exist. Despite
the continuing uncertainties, the prevalence of soybean allergy in
the general population is probably not higher than 0.2 percent and
could be as low as 0.1 percent (290-580,000 individuals) among the
U.S. population. This likely prevalence for soybean allergy contrasts
with prevalence estimates of 1.9 percent for crustacean allergy,
0.6 percent for peanut allergy, 0.5 percent for tree nut allergy,
and 0.4 percent for fish allergy.
CLICK HERE to read the complete article by Steve
L. Taylor, Ph.D, professor in the Department of Food Science and
Technology at the University of Nebraska, and co-director of the
Food Allergy Reserch and Resource Program.
Good News About Soy and Breast Cancer!
CLICK
HERE to read a recent article by Dr. Andrew Weil.
An Interview with Dr. Mark Messina
Mark Messina, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor,
Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University and President of Nutrition
Matters, Inc. organized the 6th Annual Symposium on the Role of Soy
in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease, bringing together scientists
from all over the world.
Dr. Messina
answers questions about soyfoods and their role in preventing and
treating chronic disease. CLICK HERE for
the complete interview.
Healthy Eating
CLICK HERE for recent
articles about soy.
Making Sense of Nutrition Advice
CLICK
HERE to get guidance
on what to look for, in an article by Virginia Messina, RD, MPH
and Mark Messina, Phd, MS.
|
