A recently published study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that soy intake leads to increased rates of colon cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. You can check out the article abstract here.
I really think the Soy industry has done a marvelous job in convincing us that soy is good for us. But I feel the exact opposite–soy is not only a nutritionally poor food choice, it is estrogenic and as you can see from the above article, increases the risk of cancer. The problem is that soy is now ubiquitous and it is difficult to find products without soy. How sad. (And scary).
With the growing estrogen dominance we are now seeing, my advice is to stay free and clear of soy.
PS: Next week I will be writing a series of posts centered on “How to choose the right supplements for me?”
Tags: colon cancer, estrogen dominance, prostate cancer, soy