Yes, Yes, and I have 100 tofu recipes to share with our dear MOLERS. No
joke, I truly do. Wish I could find an update on seaweed and how they made
it marketable to the palette? Anyone out there who knows about seeweed and
its benefits? Lillian
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Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 10:21 AM
Subject: [MOL] Relationship of Soy Products and Cancer
>Good Sunday morning to all my friends. Thought this would be of interest
>to you and to think about for your deitary needs and good health.
>
>God Bless
>marty auslander
>
>
>California Study Finds Evidence That Soy May Protect Against Cancer;
>Genistein Cited as Anti-Cancer Agent
>
>WASHINGTON, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A new university study on the anti-
>cancer effects of soy has found that one of soy's components, genistein,
>may inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
>
>"Soy products contain high levels of genistein, a phytoestrogen that is
>a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation," the study said. It noted
>that genistein has been found to inhibit both growth of
>carcinogen-induced cancers in rats, and human leukemia cells
>transplanted into mice.
>
>The new study is from the University of Southern California's School of
>Medicine and is titled "Mechanism for the Suppression of the Mammalian
>Stress Response by Genistein, an Anti-cancer Phytoestrogen from Soy."
>It found that genistein suppresses the production of harmful stress
>proteins in cells; these stress proteins, which include heat shock
>proteins (HSPs) and glucose- regulated proteins (GRPs), normally help
>cancer cells survive destruction by the immune system.
>
>"Genistein used either intravenously...or orally...offers an
>alternative, pharmacologic approach for the suppression of the mammalian
>stress response," the study, which has been published in the Journal of
>the National Cancer Institute, said.
>
>Dr. Amy S. Lee, one of the authors of the study, also found that "the
>anti-cancer effects of genistein may be related to its ability to reduce
>the expression of stress response-related genes."
>
>Genistein is one of several isoflavones found in soy.
>
>Isoflavones are compounds with properties that can positively affect
>many biological and physiological processes. Scientists have attributed
>the soybean's positive health effects to its high concentration of
>isoflavones.
>
>In 1997, a study by the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii found that
>isoflavones in soy, including genistein and daidzein, may reduce the
>risk of uterine cancer. Other studies have also found that soy may help
>prevent heart disease, osteoporosis, bone disease and other forms of
>cancer, including kidney cancer and breast cancer.
>
>The University of Southern California study compared Asia diets, which
>are high in soy intake, to the diets of Americans, which are low in soy
>intake.
>
>"The much lower risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers in Asians
>who
>consume 20 to 30 times more soy per capita than Americans has raised the
>question whether compounds in the soy diet may be acting as a natural
>chemopreventive agent," Dr. Lee, of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer
>Center at the University of Southern California School of Medicine,
>said.
>
>"Soy products such as tofu contain high levels of several isoflavonoids
>including genistein, which has been identified as a potent inhibitor of
>cell proliferation ...with antioxidant properties," Dr. Lee wrote in the
>Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
>
>"Furthermore, studies using animal models of cancer showed that both a
>soy diet and dietary genistein itself may confer a protective effect on
>mammary, colon and skin tumors," she said.
>
>The California study recommended more study of soy and genistein to
>determine their anti-cancer properties.
>
>"The effectiveness of genistein as an anti-cancer agent in humans awaits
>further preclinical, clinical and epidemiologic testing," the study
>concluded.
>
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>T. Dean Reed Company and is supported by U.S. agribusiness.)
>
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