October 23, 2023

Is Soy Healthy for Breast Cancer Survivors?

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, | By NutritionFacts.org | NUTRITIONFACTS.ORG is a science-based nonprofit organization founded by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM,

Doctors Notes:

- - Flaxseeds are so protective for likely the same reasons. See my videos Flaxseeds and Breast Cancer Survival: Epidemiological Evidence and Flaxseeds and Breast Cancer Survival: Clinical Evidence.
    What about women who carry breast cancer genes? I touched on that in BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy and Should Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer Avoid Soy?.
    What about genetically modified soy? See GMO Soy and Breast Cancer.
    Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy? An excellent question I answer in my video.
    For even more information on soy, see:
    Not all phytoestrogens may be protective, though. See The Most Potent Phytoestrogen Is in Beer and What Are the Effects of the Hops Phytoestrogen in Beer? for more information.
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