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*** quote "Real men should eat soy," said Kenneth Setchell,
professor of pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Medical
Center, who has studied soy for 30 years. "Generally, men
are put off by soy. It tends to be sort of a woman's thing.
That's a great pity, because the evidence that soy protects
against prostate cancer is quite strong." *** endquote
Kenneth D.R. Setchell, Ph.D., Clinical Mass
Spectrometry Center, Children's Hospital Medical
Center, Cincinnati. Research on isoflavone content of
infant formulas and the metabolic fate of these
phytoestrogens in early life supported in part by Wyeth
Laboratories, and Protein Technologies International.
(Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1998;68(suppl):1453S-61S)
*** quote "Soy is a very healthy food," said physician James
Anderson, who has studied soy for 15 years at the University
of Kentucky in Lexington and is convinced enough of its
benefits to eat about a dozen servings per week. "It's very
safe." *** enquote
James W. Anderson, University of Kentucky and the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Lexington. Research on the cholesterol-
lowering effects of psyllium funded by Procter & Gamble
Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;71:1433-8) Research on
psyllium on glucose and serum lipid responses in men with
type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, funded by Procter
& Gamble Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;70:466-73)
Research on the difference in cognitive development between
breast-fed and formula-fed children, funded by Martek
Biosciences Corporation and HCF Nutrition Foundation. (AM.
J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;70:525- 35) Research on using Orlistat
for weight maintenance funded by F Hoffmann-La Roche. (Am.
J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;69:1108-16)Research on yogurt and
cholesterol supported by Campina Melkunie. (J. Am. Col. of
Nutr. 1999;18:43-9) Research on type 2 diabetes mellitus
supported in part by Roche Vitamins. (J. Amer. Coll. Nutr.
1999;18:451-61)
*** quote Most concerns about soy have centered around the
fact that it is a rich source of isoflavones, substances
that mimic the effects of the female hormone estrogen. To
determine what these plant-based chemicals might do, Steven
Zeisel and his colleagues at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill fed megadoses of soy to men as part
of a recent National Cancer Institute study.
Nipple discharge, breast enlargement and slight decreases in
testosterone occurred with the megadoses. But "we still
couldn't find anything that was serious, and we went up to
doses that are probably 30 times what you could get from
normal foods," Zeisel said. *** endquote
Steven H. Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and chairman,
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. Scientific Council, Dannon Institute, 1998.
(Dannon Institute ad, J. Am. Diet. Asso. 11/98)
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