Risks and Benefits of Soy
September 15, 2004
By: Dr. Sonja Pettersen

Some say its health food and should be consumed regularly, even supplemented, others say its dangerous - hide the children, lock the doors and protect yourself from the soy!!!!

Lets look at the recent literature about soy. Soy contains phyto-estrogens, which are the plants hormones that are molecularly very similar to human hormones. They can bind weakly to estrogen receptors in the body. For people with estrogen-sensitive tumors (e.g. some breast cancers of prostate cancer) its not such a good idea to have these receptor sites over-stimulated.

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