Press Releases
Make a New Year’s ReSOYlution to Eat More HealthfullyIf you and your family are already enjoying soyfoods such as soymilk, edamame and...
A Dozen Soyfoods Ideas for a Healthy 2012
If you’ve just made a New Year’s resolution to eat more healthfully in 2012,...
Soyfoods Ideas for Holiday Small Plates Offerings
Restaurant customers have a year-round appreciation for snacks and small plates,...
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Soy Oil
An overview of soy oil and its role in foodservice applications.By Christopher Koetke, CEC, CCE, HAAC. Courtesy of QUALISOY Soy has a long...
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Soy Good Health Information
Soyfoods Protective against Endometrial CancerInterest in the anti-cancer effects of soy spans more than two decades. Most of the attention has focused on potential protective effects of soy against breast cancer, due in part to the low rates of breast cancer in countries like Japan, where soyfoods are a regular part of the menu. More recently, though, research has put the spotlight on a possible... [Read more of this review]
Can Phytoestrogens Increase Lifespan for Men?
Why women live longer than men isn’t known. While there has been some speculation that it has more to do with social interactions than biology, this doesn’t explain why females of other species also typically live longer than males. Estrogen production may be one factor that gives women the longevity edge. And it’s possible that soy isoflavones—which... [Read more of this review]
New Research Suggests that Soyfoods Are Protective Against Prostate Cancer
Two new studies add to the existing evidence that eating soyfoods can reduce risk for prostate cancer in men at risk for this disease or aid treatment for prostate cancer patients. The possible protective effects of soy against prostate cancer have been rigorously studied for two decades. Although prostate cancer is the sixth most common cause of... [Read more of this review]
Soy improves skin health
Over the past few years, several studies have hinted at the possibility that soy is good for the skin but this research has been limited in scope. However, two new studies present the strongest evidence to date that soy reduces wrinkles in menopausal women. In one study, which was published in the journal Menopause, 101 postmenopausal Japanese... [Read more of this review]
Soyfoods protect against heart disease
Hundreds of human intervention studies evaluating the health effects of soyfoods and various soybean components have been conducted over the past 20 years. But a recent study published in the journal Stroke is among the most important and exciting. Led by Dr. Howard Hodis from the USC Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, the Women’s Isoflavone... [Read more of this review]
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