From: Ian Goddard (Ian@goddard.net)
Date: Sat Dec 04 1999 - 00:50:09 MST
A second article in another Hawaiian paper on the tofu
study has been located. The papers published follow-ups
that sought to allay concerns about tofu, raising points
from the need for more research before coming to definitive
conclusions (obviously) to harming local tofu businesses.
Here are the articles I've found on the tofu study:
http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/19/news/story4.html
http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/22/news/story4.html
http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/24/news/story5.html
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/1999/Nov/20/localnews3.html
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/1999/Nov/26/localnews3.html
I contacted a researcher in a study I quoted showing that
the soy phytochemical genistein killed testicular cells.
I asked if those cells were normal or cancerous. He said
they were altered, but in other studies he has and/or is
working on, genistein is found to kill normal testicular
cells, yet increase their proliferation at lower doses.
While healthy folks may not need chemicals increasing
or decreasing the number of their cells, that evidence
suggests that if there's a toxic level, there may also
be a safe and possibly beneficial level of soy. With
respect to reducing rates of cancer and other major
illness, research suggests that soy works. The FDA
recently approved the use of health claims on soy
products.[*] PubMed searches find numerous studies
(see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed) over the
years that demonstrate an anti-cancer effect of soy
phytochemicals, and their cytotoxic effect appears
generally to be highly specific to cancer cells.
Of course, the possibility of a risk of brain atrophy
is not to be taken lightly. Of all organs, the brain
is arguably the most valuable and important to preserve.
[*] http://soy.com/Soy_Information/News/newfdaclaim/newfdaclaim.html
IS SOY SAFE?: http://users.erols.com/igoddard/soy.htm
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