Soy foods have been praised and vilified by health researchers over the past decade. There is a significant number of practitioners who contend soy foods, particularly if you stick mostly to whole foods such as edamame (shelled pods), tofu, tempeh and miso, can be formidable protectors against heart disease and cancer.
In contrast, some health advisers warn that soy foods—especially processed soy products and/or isolated soy protein powders and supplements—can result in adverse outcomes if consumed in larger quantities. The hypothesis here is that soy isoflavones when concentrated can go into a sort of overdrive mode in your body.
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