All Videos for Soy

How to Block Breast Cancer’s Estrogen-Producing Enzymes

What happens to hormone levels in women and men randomized to drink soy milk?



Is Miso Healthy?

Miso is packed with sodium, which is linked to both stomach cancer and high blood pressure, so is it safe to consume?



How to Treat Endometriosis with Seaweed

Five cents’ worth of seaweed a day may dramatically improve a major cause of disability and compromised quality of life among women.



Should Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer Avoid Soy?

Which dietary changes could reduce free radical damage and also improve DNA repair in women with mutated BRCA genes?



Is Soy Healthy for Breast Cancer Survivors?

What role do soy phytoestrogens play in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer?



Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea

One third of men in their 30s may already have tiny, cancerous tumors in their prostates. How much tea would we have to drink to build up cancer-suppressing levels in our prostate tissue?



Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy?

How can soy foods have it both ways with pro-estrogenic effects in some organs that can protect bones and reduce hot flash symptoms, yet also anti-estrogenic effects in others that protect against breast and endometrial cancer?



Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer

Pomegranate juice for prostate cancer was finally put to the test in a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.



The Hispanic Paradox: Why Do Latinos Live Longer?

Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health care, U.S. Hispanics tend to live the longest. Why?



What Are the Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer?

When it comes to breast cancer risk, does the phytoestrogen in beer act more like the animal estrogens in Premarin or the protective phytoestrogens in soy?



The Most Potent Phytoestrogen Is in Beer

The reason women who handle hops start menstruating is because of a phytoestrogen that ends up in beer, called 8-prenylnaringenin (8-PN).



Prunes for Osteoporosis

Vegetables and fruit, such as dried plums, may help build stronger bones.



What Diet Best Lowers Phthalate Exposure?

The highest levels of phthalates, hormone-disrupting plastics chemical pollutants, are found in meats, fats, and dairy.



Preventing Gout Attacks with Diet

If the uric acid crystals that trigger gout come from the breakdown of purines, should gout patients avoid even healthy, purine-rich foods, such as beans, mushrooms, and cauliflower?



Treating Infant Colic by Changing Mom’s Diet

Cow’s milk proteins can pass through breast milk—which may explain why maternal dairy-free diets are so effective in treating infant colic.



Industry Response to Plants Not Pills

The whole food is greater than the sum of its parts: how unscrupulous marketers use evidence that ties high blood levels of phytonutrients with superior health to sell dietary supplements that may do more harm than good.



Which Type of Protein Is Better for Our Kidneys?

Anti-inflammatory drugs abolish the hyperfiltration and protein leakage response to meat ingestion, suggesting that animal protein causes kidney stress through an inflammatory mechanism.



Treating Dry Eye Disease with Diet: Just Add Water?

Causes of dry eye disease include LASIK laser eye surgery, but there are dietary approaches to prevention and treatment.



Boosting Brown Fat Through Diet

The fat-burning properties of brown adipose tissue can be boosted by cold exposure, certain flavor molecules, and arginine-rich foods.



Fish Consumption and Suicide

The mercury content in fish may help explain links found between fish intake and mental disorders, depression, and suicide.



Turmeric Curcumin, MGUS, & Multiple Myeloma

Which plant and animal foods are associated with the development of multiple myeloma, and what effect might the spice turmeric have on the progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance?



Why Was Heart Disease Rare in the Mediterranean?

What was it about the diet on the Greek isle of Crete in the 1950s that made it so healthy?



GMO Soy and Breast Cancer

The hormonal effects of the Roundup pesticide on GMO soy put into perspective.



Is the Pesticide Glyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup Safe?

Higher levels of pesticides on GMO soy is a concern since Monsanto’s Roundup has been shown to have adverse effects on human placental tissue.



Are GMOs Safe? The Case of Roundup Ready Soy

Genetically engineered soybeans have significantly higher pesticide residues than organic or conventional non-GMO soy.



Childhood Constipation and Cow’s Milk

The elimination of all dairy products was found to cure constipation in up to 100% of kids tested, leading to a resolution of rectal inflammation and complications such as anal fissures.



Prevent Cancer from Going on TOR

Suppressing the engine-of-aging enzyme TOR (Target of Rapamycin) by reducing intake of leucine–rich animal products, such as milk, may reduce cancer risk.



Cholesterol Feeds Breast Cancer Cells

Cholesterol appears to stimulate the growth of human breast cancer cells—which may explain why phytosterol-rich foods, such as pumpkin seeds, are associated with reduced breast cancer risk.



Treating Asthma with Plants vs. Supplements?

Whole fruits and vegetables were compared to both antioxidant pills, as well as supplements containing fruits and vegetable extracts, for their ability to treat seasonal allergies, improve lung function, and control asthma.



Preventing Asthma with Fruits and Vegetables

A study involving more than a million kids suggests the striking worldwide variation in childhood rates of allergies, asthma, and eczema is related to diet.



Taxpayer Subsidies for Unhealthy Foods

What if billions in tax dollars were invested in healthier options, rather than given to corporations to subsidize the very foods that are making us sick?



Dietary Sources of Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors

Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.



Turmeric Curcumin and Osteoarthritis

The yellow pigment curcumin in the spice turmeric may work as well as, or better than, anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.



Spicing Up DNA Protection

The DNA of those cooking with spices such as ginger, rosemary, and turmeric appears less susceptible to breakage.



BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy

One reason why soy consumption is associated with improved survival and lower recurrence rates in breast cancer patients may be because soy phytonutrients appear to improve the expression of tumor-suppressing BRCA genes.



Increased Lifespan from Beans

The intake of legumes—beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils—may be the single most important dietary predictor of a long lifespan. But what about concerns about intestinal gas?



Methionine Restriction as a Life-Extension Strategy

Plant-based diets may prove to be a useful nutrition strategy in both cancer growth control as well as lifespan extension, because these diets are naturally lower in methionine.



Tricks to Get Adults to Eat Healthier

Changing food perceptions and incorporating puréed vegetables into entrees can improve the dietary quality of kids and grown-ups.



Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics?

Though prebiotics may be preferable, probiotics may reduce the risk of upper respiratory tract infections.



Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Epidemiological Evidence

Lignan intake is associated with improved breast cancer survival in three recent population studies following a total of thousands of women after diagnosis.