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• Soy food may lower certain type of prostate cancer risk.
• Large-scale Japanese study finds soy protective against localized prostate cancer, but not advanced.

Soy food may lower certain type of prostate cancer risk.
NaturalNews.com, Tuesday, May 12, 2007 by: David Gutierrez

A Japanese study published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention found a correlation between increased intake of soy isoflavones and decreased risk of localized prostate cancer. The same study found, however, that a high intake of these compounds correlated with more severe cases of advanced prostate cancer.

Large-scale Japanese study finds soy protective against localized prostate cancer, but not advanced.
Source: News-Medical.Net, Published: Thursday, 15-Mar-2007

The largest study examining the relationship between the traditional soy-rich Japanese diet and development of prostate cancer in Japanese men has come to a seemingly contradictory conclusion: intake of isoflavone chemicals, derived largely from soy foods, decreased the risk of localized prostate cancer but increased the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
 

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