What To Eat Now: soya, because new science says it helps prevent cancer

We nutrition professionals aren't known to be a rowdy bunch, not unless someone has slipped some vodka into a kale smoothie and so you wouldn't expect heckling at a nutrition workshop. Yet that's exactly what happened recently whilst an eminent researcher presented work about soya and the incidence of cancer as a well-known medic repeatedly interrupted him.No other plant-based foods have elicited such passion amongst consumers and a handful of my peers, so why all the controversy?

The issue centres on isoflavones, naturally occurring compounds that have a potential theoretical oestrogen-like effect in the human body. Some cells, including those in breast tissue, can be vulnerable to increased oestrogen levels, and based on animal and laboratory studies, phyto-oestrogens, such as isoflavones, do have that effect. However, it is important to note that all human studies to date highlight that isoflavones' actions differ significantly from human oestrogen, or oestradiol.

Source  - Telegraph