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Soy foods are associated with lower sperm concentrations

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Men who eat an average of half a serving of soy food a day have lower concentrations of sperm than men who do not eat soy foods, according to research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Re ...





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Superfood soy linked to reduction in smoker's lung damage risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A study published in BioMed Central's open access ...


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Healthful plant nutrients also found in meat and milk

Chemistry /

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Counterintuitive as it may seem, those healthful phytoestrogen nutrients that consumers usually associate with fruits and vegetables also exist in foods of animal origin. After all, "phyto" means "plant." ...


Friendly Bacteria Help with Healthy Soy Diet, Researcher Discovers

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soy is a staple of the Asian diet. Here in America, soy is considered a healthy addition to a diet, but sometimes it is not so easy on the stomach. Now, a University of Missouri researcher believes she has ...


Researcher develops power-packed soy breakfast cereal

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Breakfast of champions? That would be a soy protein-packed, low-fat, high-fiber cereal that meets the requirements for three different FDA health claims and leaves you feeling full so you won’t be tempted to eat again until ...


Women with breast cancer who consume soy food have lower risk of cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although there is a concern regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, researchers have found that women in China who had breast cancer and a higher intake of soy food had an associated lower ...


Scientists aim to overcome allergic reactions to soy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you’re allergic to soy, help is on the way. Two University of Illinois studies show that fermenting soy dramatically reduces its potential allergenicity and also increases the number of essential amino acids in soy products, ...


Integrative medicine: Soy offers natural estrogens

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you're like many women, you may be reluctant to take hormones during the menopausal years because past studies seemed to recommend against it.


A serving of soy a day can help keep breast cancer away

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is estimated that 40,170 women will die from breast cancer in 2009, and while much less common in men, they are not immune to the disease. It is estimated that 1,910 diagnoses of invasive breast cancer ...


Scientists discover soy component may be key to fighting colon cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland scientists identifies a new class of therapeutic agents found naturally in soy that can prevent and possibly treat colon cancer, the third most deadly form ...


Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation ...



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