The women in Setchell's program drank about 7.5 ounces of soy milk three times a day or they ate three handfuls of roasted soy nuts, providing 60-70 milligrams of isoflavones which contain phytoestrogen, a compound similar to but weaker than estrogen. High cholesterol increases the risk of heart diseases. People in Japan, China and Indonesia, who eat much more soy than Americans, have a lower incidence of breast cancer than people in the industrialized West. What To Do Don't go off your hormone replacement therapy just yet. This is a small study that lasted only three months.
Researchers agree that much more study is needed.
Check the U.S. Soy Foods Directory , to find much more about soy foods, including recipes. Talk Soy , is an extensive site put up by the United Soybean Board. Iowa State University's Database on the Isoflavone of Foods . You'll need Adobe Acrobat to view the reports, but you can download it from this site. This Web site is a free resource for everyone in Minnesota.