09-01-2013, 14:58
It's probably worth making the point that the country with the highest natural consumption of phytoestrogens, Japan, also has the lowest rate of breast cancer. Plus women of Japanese origin who live in the USA and have a typical American diet have typical Western rates of breast cancer. Countries where most people eat little or no phytoestrogens in their diets have something like double the breast cancer rate of Japan.
Obviously everyone has to see things in their own way and make their own decision, but I personally would not avoid phytoestrogens because I think it would be too big a risk to do so. When breast cancer rates are so high in Western countries I see phytoestrogens as something which offers real hope of protection.
Obviously everyone has to see things in their own way and make their own decision, but I personally would not avoid phytoestrogens because I think it would be too big a risk to do so. When breast cancer rates are so high in Western countries I see phytoestrogens as something which offers real hope of protection.