http://www.bodiesofstone.homestead.com/asktheguru.html

I dunno... I dont think soy consumption even scratches the surface of the difference between north america and China/Japan.

Using that reasoning you could say that the entire reason they are shorter then us is probably because they drink more green tea.....

Seems more like a coincidentiall comparison then scientific. No offence meant, thats just my take on it.


Chris.

I personally eat a lot of soy products and don't consider them to be a danger to my health.

However, this aparently unbiased source is not convinced that soy is completely fantastic:

http://www.life.ca/nl/101/soy.html

It's from 2005; your link is from 2000.

Browse pubmed if you're curious.

Here's a study from 2007 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17416779&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum
CONCLUSION: Soy protein powder decreases serum testosterone levels in healthy men and acts as an ER-beta agonist; the significance of this biological effect with respect to cancer prevention needs further study. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(4):829-33).