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Good soy , flax, and fish oil for PCa patients

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I.P. Freely - 20 Feb 2007 23:44 GMT
I just left a class taught by a very impressive dietitian. She has at
least one advanced degree in the field, follows the research closely,
treats a *lot* of aging U.S. men (she works for the U.S.'s largest PCa
research agency, the VA), attends national and international conferences
on diet and nutrition, and is a hard-charging, motivated advocate for
healthy eating for both prevention and treatment of disease.

So I was surprised when she said soy and flax were good even for PCa
patients. When I said, "Doesn't emerging research say the opposite?",
she said, "That applies to products manufactured from soy and flax
(e.g., isoflavones, flaxseed oil), not to the soybeans and flaxseed.

She went on to emphasize that, as with most other food products
manufactured from actual plants, soy and flax *products* are a far cry
from Mother Nature's cupboard. Flaxseed oil, in particular, is so
unstable that it oxidizes more quickly than about any other oil known,
leaving essentially a jar of free radicals, which promote cancer. But
she insisted that fresh flax seed, whole or ground just before
consumption, is still the prostate-safe, cardiovascular system
wonder-food it always was. Ditto soy; the actual soy *food*, i.e.,
soybeans or tofu made directly from same, is great food with no threat
to PC patients. In fact it should help ADT pts mitigate drug-induced
lipids disasters.

Comments? Is she right?

If your non-enteric-coated fish oil capsules leave any fishy aftertaste
or burps, or if they are coated to prevent same, that's because they are
essentially aged, oxidized bilge-water from fishing trawlers, processed
for human consumption. If you watch the Discovery Channel, that should
alarm you. Picture a trawler returning to shore after a few days at sea,
unloading its catch at the fish factory, vacuuming the holds to recover
the oily sludge left there from on-board processing (gutting, scaling,
whatever), treating that sludge to kill or remove the TRULY alarming
stuff it may contain, and selling what's left as . . . ta daaaa . . .
fish oil capsules. That's what we buy, and it smells and tastes like old
fish 'cause that's what it is: old, oxidized fish oil.

Unless, that is, our fish oil comes from ships designed from the ground
up to collect, preserve, and transport fresh, unoxidized fish oil. The
dietitian listed four brands known to produce and sell only this real
McCoy loaded with unoxidized Omega-3 oils: Nordic Naturals, Pur,
Barlean's, and Icelandic. All but the Pur brand Google up easily; pick
your source. She says the good ones tend to cost about four times as
much as the "refined bilge oils".

Comments? She's convinced of this; do our experts concur?

I.P.
Just - 21 Feb 2007 09:43 GMT
>I just left a class taught by a very impressive dietitian.
snip...
>So I was surprised when she said soy and flax were good even for PCa
>patients. When I said, "Doesn't emerging research say the opposite?",
>she said, "That applies to products manufactured from soy and flax
>(e.g., isoflavones, flaxseed oil), not to the soybeans and flaxseed.
snip...
>Flaxseed oil, in particular, is so unstable that it oxidizes more quickly
> than about any other oil known, leaving essentially a jar of free
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
>Comments? Is she right?

What she says seems logical. However, it would be desirable that this
view is endorsed by other experts / professionals - and supported by
product analysis (e.g. presence / absence of  free radicals on oils is
easily detected). Did she put forward any supporting data?

Glad to see positive references to soy. I usually have one soy based
meal per day (instead of meat) and was running out of alternatives...

>If your non-enteric-coated fish oil capsules leave any fishy aftertaste
>or burps, or if they are coated to prevent same, that's because they are
>essentially aged, oxidized bilge-water from fishing trawlers, processed
>for human consumption.
snip...
>Unless, that is, our fish oil comes from ships designed from the ground
>up to collect, preserve, and transport fresh, unoxidized fish oil. The
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>your source. She says the good ones tend to cost about four times as
>much as the "refined bilge oils".

Instead of buying expensive fish oil capsules (and have doubts about
its quality) I rather go to the source. I have one fish meal a day,
usually at diner. Actually it is a pleasure for me. I live in an area
where you have always plenty of fresh fish. Grilled salmon: one of my
favourites!

Just
WhiteSoxFan - 21 Feb 2007 15:31 GMT
Ra ra ra IP!
Thank you, thank you.

I swear, I waffle on positions proposed here for just about every
post.
Soy-good. Soy-bad. Soy-good again.
I ate my sushi rolls the other night without the soy sauce.
I love the soy sauce!
I love Tofu!

Dear Universe, help me to get through this tribulation with a modicum
of sanity left over when its said and done.

and Hugh, dude, I'm  thinking of you.

WSF
I.P. Freely - 21 Feb 2007 18:09 GMT
> Ra ra ra IP!
> Thank you, thank you.
> I waffle on positions proposed here for just about every post.
> Soy-good. Soy-bad. Soy-good again.

Waffling is certainly in order in this sport, but I'd hold off on the
backflips until the local experts here and at s.m.d.c. chime in on this
particular unverified story.  But man *really* screws up Mother Nature's
packaging (e.g., white bread -- the vast majority of supermarket bread
regardless of its fancy names -- is little more than artificial crap
that happens to be manufactured from what was once wheat), I'm sure the
same goes for soy products.

> I ate my sushi rolls the other night without the soy sauce.
> I love the soy sauce!

Even if it isn't a problem with PC, it *is* a major problem if your BP
is over 120/75. Soy sauce could almost be regarded as liquid salt, and
the allowable healthy upper limit for BP drops with each new announcement.

I.P.
WhiteSoxFan - 21 Feb 2007 20:28 GMT
> > I ate my sushi rolls the other night without the soy sauce.
> > I love the soy sauce!
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> I.P.

OK, I love the low sodium Soy Sauce even better.

WSF
I.P. Freely - 22 Feb 2007 03:43 GMT
>>> I ate my sushi rolls the other night without the soy sauce.
>>> I love the soy sauce!
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> OK, I love the low sodium Soy Sauce even better.

That's better, as long as you know that an ounce of even that is all the
salt most of us should eat all day.

I.P.
I.P. Freely - 22 Feb 2007 03:37 GMT
> What she says seems logical. However, it would be desirable that this
> view is endorsed by other experts / professionals - and supported by
> product analysis (e.g. presence / absence of  free radicals on oils is
> easily detected).

Exactly why I asked this and the s.m.d.c. groups.

> Did she put forward any supporting data?

Not yet. We meet again next week.

> Glad to see positive references to soy. I usually have one soy based
> meal per day (instead of meat) and was running out of alternatives...

From what we've seen here lately, that much soy would worry me. If I
were willing to eat any one food that often for health reasons, it would
be fish . . . unless my PC were still in my face.

> Instead of buying expensive fish oil capsules (and have doubts about
> its quality) I rather go to the source. I have one fish meal a day,
> usually at diner. Actually it is a pleasure for me. I live in an area
> where you have always plenty of fresh fish. Grilled salmon: one of my
> favourites!

Never mind my last comment; you're covering both bases . . . and
preaching to the real foods choir. However, I would research fish and
mercury and PCBs and other pollutants much more before eating it every
day. All the lay literature I've seen summarizes that dilemma this way:
1) cold-water fish twice a week is worth the risk (of contaminants) for
adults who will not be bearing children and 2) the benefits peak at
twice per week. Thus eating cold-water fish more than twice a week adds
primarily contamination risk, not benefit.

Beyond that, I'd need to research more about claims such as Dr.
Mercola's advice (which some experts label as suspect) that all fish is
now too contaminated for anyone to eat safely and that it would take
pounds of salmon daily to supply enough Omega 3 (but he also sells fish
oil).

And  even though I'm also in a great location for fresh salmon and have
tried the Gold Standard -- Copper River salmon -- the best I've eaten
comes from Costco.

I.P.
Just - 22 Feb 2007 10:55 GMT
snip
>> Glad to see positive references to soy. I usually have one soy based
>> meal per day (instead of meat) and was running out of alternatives...
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
>pounds of salmon daily to supply enough Omega 3 (but he also sells fish
>oil).

snip
>I.P.

One soy based meal per day: your comment - "that much soy would worry
me".

I have one fish meal a day:  your comment - "I would research fish
and mercury and PCBs and other pollutants much more before eating it
every day".

My friend: I need to eat something, or I will die (not from pca, I
agree...).

May I add that I never eat read meat and hardly eat meat at all.

I am just curious: what do you eat actually every day?

Just (curious)
I.P. Freely - 22 Feb 2007 23:03 GMT
> May I add that I never eat read meat and hardly eat meat at all.
>
> I am just curious: what do you eat actually every day?

After more than 20 years of studying nutrition (and still learning), my
diet is essentially "Mediterranean Diet" ingredients, used to prepare
dishes of several nationalities. My usual daily food comprises 1 to 2
pounds of vegetables, a pound of fruit, a small handful of walnuts,
whole grains in several forms, olive oil, peanut butter, 1/4-1/3 box of
whole grain cereal, 1% milk, yogurt, beans and legumes, meat (4-6 ounces
of meticulously trimmed lean red meat, 6-8 oz of skinless poultry
breast, or 8-12 oz of fish, mostly salmon), cup of OJ, cup or two of
grape and/or grapefruit juice, 2-3 eggs/week, wide variety of spices and
sauces. Any dessert at home is fat-free [don't gag; picture a quart of
lemon pudding under fat-free whipping cream and Saigon cinnamon, or a
mixing bowl of fresh homemade strawberry shortcake, or a few slices of
highly spiced homemade pumpkin pie sans crust], usually sugar-free. No
trans-fats, almost no sat fat (any salad dressing is canola-based),
30-40 gms fiber, minimal HFCS, no alcohol. [There's almost no ethnic
foods we can't make from those ingredients; we're big on Mexican and
stir frys.] We study food labels, reject trans and sat fats and refined
grains, buy zero junk food. Once-a-week restaurant meal, almost always
very healthy, sometimes includes a serious dessert. Haven’t eaten a
donut, a slice of bacon, a rib, a chicken skin, or more than a pound of
butter or margarine since 1980s. [I'll reintroduce some selected
unprocessed soy foods if I become convinced it's advisable for us.] All
our cheese, sour cream, sauces, etc. are fat-free. Rare refined-flour
meals such as pancakes are accompanied by Metamucil and fruit. My
primary daily food sin is salt, and that’s low-sodium and only of
debatable harm anyway if BP is under control, as mine is.

Unless they're careful to get nutrients common to red meat but not so
common elsewhere, red-meat-avoiders are missing some important
nutrients, and well-trimmed red meat is often less fatty than chicken
breast meat. I.e., some red meat is healthy stuff, depending on quantity
and fat content.

I.P.
Just - 23 Feb 2007 19:00 GMT
>> May I add that I never eat read meat and hardly eat meat at all.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
>
>I.P.

Thanks for sharing.

I notice that you value the "Mediterranean Diet" ingredients - so do I
as I was born and live in Portugal, where this type of diet is
standard. Unfortunately this didn't stop me being diagnosed with pca
at the age of 53.

RED MEAT
- I worked for many years at a food company with the main focus on
fats (margarines, oils, olive oil) so I have heard a lot about fats &
health - and took notice of the different and / or conflicting views
over the years.
- One thing that I believe didn't change over time was the distinction
between visible and invisible fat on meat. Even if you manage to
remove all the visible fat you still have some 10% of invisible fat on
regular beef that you cannot remove. Something to consider.
- An interesting quote from the Prostate Cancer Foundation site:
"Although the role of dietary fat and red meat in the fight against
prostate cancer remains somewhat unclear, findings to date seem to
indicate that limiting the intake of red meat might decrease the risk
of developing prostate cancer. Start experimenting with new methods
for cooking lean red meat-stewing, roasting, or even broiling-and
begin to incorporate more fish into your diet. Keep in mind, however,
that fish at the top of the food chain, such as king mackerel,
tilefish, shark, and swordfish, have high levels of mercury and should
therefore be eaten in moderation". Shark and swordfish are much bigger
than salmon (and more at the top of the food chain). Not sure about
the others.
http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/c.itIWK2OSG/b.788359/k.6989/Dietary
_Fats_and_Red_Meat.htm


FAT-FREE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM, SAUCES
- I think we don't have those over here. Are you mentioning 0% fat?
And does it have an acceptable taste with 0% fat?
- I know of low fat cheese - but it still has some 20-30% fat... I
will have to check at the supermarkets again!

Could you please advise what is:
- OJ
- Metamucil

Just
I.P. Freely - 23 Feb 2007 21:46 GMT
>  Even if you manage to
> remove all the visible fat you still have some 10% of invisible fat on
> regular beef that you cannot remove.

Good. We need some sat fat in our diets.

> findings to date seem to
> indicate that limiting the intake of red meat might decrease the risk
> of developing prostate cancer.

Key word: "limiting". No one I've seen recommends eliminating it for
medical reasons.

Start experimenting with new methods
> for cooking lean red meat-stewing, roasting, or even broiling-and
> begin to incorporate more fish into your diet.

Another key word: "more". Studies repeatedly show that beyond a couple
of days a week, the cold-water fish benefit tapers off. OTOH, at least
one individual here saw obvious benefits from eating salmon most days of
the week, even though it didn't displace red meat often.

>fish at the top of the food chain, such as king mackerel, [salmon]
> tilefish, shark, and swordfish, have high levels of mercury and should
> therefore be eaten in moderation".

That's why I'm considering adding some high-quality fish oil. The
mercury issue opinions are all over the map for men.

> FAT-FREE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM, SAUCES
> - I think we don't have those over here. Are you mentioning 0% fat?
> And does it have an acceptable taste with 0% fat?
> - I know of low fat cheese - but it still has some 20-30% fat

I've heard that about the UK. Here we can find fat-free *fat*, because
they get to call stuff fat-free if it contains less than half a gram of
fat per serving. (It's AMAZIN' how they can cram 1,237 servings of the
stuff into a 2-ounce can.)  ;-)

And I notice a big difference in the availability of low-fat and
fat-free foods on the shelves just in different parts of the U.S. It all
depends on what sells region by region. Besides, we *must*have* fat in
our diet, even if we're recovering from a heart transplant.
Tongue-in-cheek, zero-fat foods exist for two reasons: a) they sell
(i.e., make money) and b) they give us room in our diet for cheesecake,
ice cream, pizza, etc.

> Could you please advise what is:
> - OJ

A football player who murdered . . . Oh, you mean orange juice.

> - Metamucil

Psyllium husk fiber.

I.P.
Hugh Kearnley - 23 Feb 2007 22:14 GMT
>> Could you please advise what is:
>> - OJ
>
> A football player who murdered . . . Oh, you mean orange juice.

AW! That made me giggle!
Thanks!
Hughie.
Bob Anthony - 21 Feb 2007 15:49 GMT
Now I've almost heard everything! I saw an article in this weeks
Newsweek (2/26) about "soy shorts". It is supposed to be environmentally
friendly and even provides a lift similar to that of a Wonder Bra. They
are even UV protected just in case you happen to take off your pants on
a sunny day. I wonder if these will have any impact on the "to soy or
not to soy question." By the way, they are not edible. ;)

B.A.
Claude - 21 Feb 2007 16:41 GMT
> Now I've almost heard everything! I saw an article in this weeks Newsweek
> (2/26) about "soy shorts". It is supposed to be environmentally friendly
> and even provides a lift similar to that of a Wonder Bra. They are even UV
> protected just in case you happen to take off your pants on a sunny day. I
> wonder if these will have any impact on the "to soy or not to soy
> question." By the way, they are not edible. ;)

Damn!  There's goes the "Eat my shorts." response.
WhiteSoxFan - 21 Feb 2007 17:05 GMT
40% of the deforestation of the South American rainforest goes to grow
Soy crops.

That little kid has to change his plea to Shoeless Jackson to "Soy it
aint so, Joe"

WSF
Hugh Kearnley - 21 Feb 2007 17:10 GMT
This is getting ridiculous, or just slightly amusing.
Four fu****g times now I've changed that project of mine because one day
Soya is good and the next day bad. ad infintum.
I tossed out all my soya stuff a week past. (Including three jars of the
just bought Isoflavones)
BOLLOX.
Hughie

>I just left a class taught by a very impressive dietitian. She has at least
>one advanced degree in the field, follows the research closely, treats a
[quoted text clipped - 44 lines]
>
> I.P.
xuvt99@gmail.com - 22 Feb 2007 07:23 GMT
> I just left a class taught by a very impressive dietitian.
[...]
> So I was surprised when she saidsoyand flax were good even for PCa
> patients. When I said, "Doesn't emerging research say the opposite?",
> she said, "That applies to products manufactured fromsoyand flax
> (e.g., isoflavones, flaxseed oil), not to the soybeans and flaxseed.
[...]

> Comments? Is she right?

The various consituents would be known but I am not sure that the
overall
effect of the differences is really understood.  The Australian
Cancer
Council report on soy notes that

"studies vary as to whether they report on the following exposures:
- Fermented vs non-fermented soy,
- Total soy vs soy protein,
- Dietary soy consumption vs urinary isoflavones"

There is some discussion and links to some primary research for soy
and
omega-3 fatty acids (flax) as they relate to prostate cancer and links
to
credible reviews on my blog.  Also there is a post on the 3  places on
earth
with highest longevity and 2 of the 3 have soy as part of their
regular diet:

Soy
http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com/2007/02/soy.html

Omega-3 Fatty Acids
http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com/2007/02/omega-3-fatty-acids.html

Longevity
http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com/2007/02/longevity.html

---
The Palpable Prostate
http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com
I.P. Freely - 23 Feb 2007 16:58 GMT
>  there is a post on the 3  places on earth
> with highest longevity and 2 of the 3 have soy as part of their
> regular diet:

I'd guess they also eat little meat; my dietitian should recognize them,
as she actually visits some of these global regions with unique diets to
observe them first hand; she's really into this stuff. Given that soy is
purported to help prevent PC while exacerbating it once it begins, I
wonder whether its preventative side, if any, is of any use to this
club. As Steve Kramer points out, once we join the club, we're lifetime
members; i.e., very, very few of us, if any, have no remaining PC
"seedlings" in our bodies.

Thanks for the links. I'll add 'em to my list of sources.

I.P.
xuvt99@gmail.com - 23 Feb 2007 20:11 GMT
On Feb 23, 12:03 pm, "I.P. Freely" <fuhgheddabou...@noway.nohow>
wrote:
> xuv...@gmail.com wrote:
> >  there is a post on the 3  places on earth
> > with highest longevity and 2 of the 3 have soy as part of their
> > regular diet:
>
> I'd guess they also eat little meat; my dietitian should recognize them,

The diagram referenced in the Longevity post on my blog
says that all three have a plant based diet.

> as she actually visits some of these global regions with unique diets to
> observe them first hand; she's really into this stuff. Given that soy is
> purported to help prevent PC while exacerbating it once it begins, I

I don't think your understanding of what is purported is correct.  One
study
specifically showed benefit against PC progression in PC patients.
See first link under Sources in the Soy post on my blog.  The
potential
problems are as described in the Soy post on my blog.

---
The Palpable Prostate
http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com
I.P. Freely - 23 Feb 2007 21:46 GMT
> I don't think your understanding of what is purported is correct.  One
> study
> specifically showed benefit against PC progression in PC patients.
> See first link under Sources in the Soy post on my blog.  The
> potential
> problems are as described in the Soy post on my blog.

I'm not referring to your blog; I haven't looked there yet. I'm
referring to Ed, Matti, etc., who have shown some very convincing
evidence that soy exacerbates PC.

I.P.
xuvt99@gmail.com - 23 Feb 2007 23:33 GMT
> xuv...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I don't think your understanding of what is purported is correct.  One
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> referring to Ed, Matti, etc., who have shown some very convincing
> evidence that soy exacerbates PC.

OK. Your message quoted mine and was listed as a reply to mine
and there are no messages that I can see in this thread by anyone
called Matti or Ed so perhaps some specific links to what you
are intending to reference would help clarify your comments.
I.P. Freely - 24 Feb 2007 00:45 GMT
> OK. Your message quoted mine and was listed as a reply to mine
> and there are no messages that I can see in this thread by anyone
> called Matti or Ed so perhaps some specific links to what you
> are intending to reference would help clarify your comments.

Once I get further along with this project I'll be posting much more
info here. It's all piecemeal and far from complete now. Ed is a cancer
researcher and math-modeler well-known to the PC research world and who
often posts here, Matti is a cancer guru often on s.m.d.c., and there
are a few other, similar such people we bow down to here who have
discussed soy vs PC at length (and condemn its ingestion by PC
patients), but not, to my knowledge, any differences between true soy
foods and commercial stuff man makes from soy. The latter is much more
likely to be at best stripped of its synergistic nutrients, at worst
oxidized to the point of being laden with free radicals. And so far soy
in general is emerging as food and encouragement for PC cell growth, as
discussed far more elegantly and accurately a month or so ago here
without distinction between soybeans and products manufactured from them.

I.P.
I.P. Freely - 24 Feb 2007 18:38 GMT
And it keeps getting more confusing. The s.m.d.c. gurus concurred that
flax was a definite no-no for PC pts, yet at
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021111065526.htm we see it
praised as a benefit to us. The article is four years old whereas Matti
et.al. decried flax just weeks ago; is this newer information?

Who's got time to follow or sort out all the opposing viewpoints? We got
lives to live -- often shortened ones at that -- and unless we get lucky
and pick a blend of supplements that actually work, we've wasted more
time than we'd ever get back. Soy and flax and Omega 3s are great for
the cardiovascular system; why not just reach for a *known* benefit and
hope we survive the cancer long enough to benefit from the
cardiovascular improvement?

I.P.
I.P. Freely - 27 Feb 2007 19:05 GMT
> There is some discussion and links to some primary research for soy
> and
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> The Palpable Prostate
> http://palpable-prostate.blogspot.com

Sorry to take so long to get to it, but glad I got there. Excellent
resource, X*, especially in that it presents authoritative pro and con
references [heh heh . . . it's like a Fox News Corp Medical Channel]
plus bonus bottom line general conclusions. I'm sure my dietitian will
appreciate these references, presuming she hasn't already reviewed them.

When she discussed the regions with outstanding longevity (she has
visited one or more of them), I suggested that maybe their soy diet is
simply showing both sides of its face as gleaned from these and other
references: it's probably protective until PC occurs, then harmful.

And thanks for opening my eyes to the bright side of "bloggery". I have
never visited any blogs, 'cause a) who's got time?, b) I presume most of
 them are unfiltered vanity diaries at best, misleading diatribes or
even vitriol at worst, and biased all. Presuming yours has no axe to
grind, it's refreshing, informative, and encouraging. Thanks for the
pointer and the effort.

* What's with these guys who hide behind made-up names?  ;-)

I.P. Freely
Gary - 22 Feb 2007 17:25 GMT
> I just left a class taught by a very impressive dietitian. She has at
> least one advanced degree in the field, follows the research closely,
[quoted text clipped - 45 lines]
>
> I.P.

As an avid soy milk drinker, I've been watching this controversy with
great interest.  Your dietician/speaker's explanation makes the most
sense of anything I've read; it's logical but is there also research
to back it up?

Also, which soy products are supposed to be helpful and which
harmful?

Anyway, great entry, I.P.   Thanks.
I.P. Freely - 22 Feb 2007 23:33 GMT
> As an avid soy milk drinker, I've been watching this controversy with
> great interest.  Your dietician/speaker's explanation makes the most
> sense of anything I've read; it's logical but is there also research
> to back it up?

She's asked me to provide references for my soy concerns, and I've asked
her to provide references for her approval of minimally-processed soy
foods for PC pts. With luck we'll meet at the OK Corral next week.

> Also, which soy products are supposed to be helpful and which
> harmful?

a. The balance of the literature concurs that soy products in general
are of little special benefit to anyone, that its ship sailed upon the
arrival of significant studies, that at best it's just another option in
the food pyramid with no magical qualities. (We're talking the modern
world; it may still be a fine source of protein in third world societies.)
b. The tide is swinging -- the sharpest tacks in a.s.c.p. and s.m.d.c.
say it done swung -- to the conclusion that soy exacerbates existing PCa
(which any dude over, what? . . . 40? . . . probably has at some level).
c. Soy beans and Soy Silk and tofu made from fresh minimally processed
soy may be sufficiently unprocessed to still be considered *food* rather
than just some crap a company manufactured from raw materials extracted
from a soy plant (think: most supermarket bread and wheat).
d. Until I've researched it further (I sure wish some of our experts
like Ed or Leonard would respond; maybe Matti and/or his peers in
s.m.d.c will soon), I'm not going out of my way to eat soy.

I.P.
callalily - 23 Feb 2007 04:09 GMT
> I>
> So I was surprised when she said soy and flax were good even for PCa
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> > >
> Comments? Is she right?

What do you mean by isoflavones being manufactured?  I eat edamames
(boiled Japanese soybeans in the pod), and the label says they contain
isoflavones.  It's part of the vegetable.  I think.

Anyway, for me the proof is in the pudding:  Michael Milken.  I have
read a number of times that he followed a heavily soy-weighted diet.
Here's something that was mentioned here:

"There is also the legendary story of Michael Milken who in 1993, at
age 46, was diagnosed with prostate cancer (PSA 24, Gleason 9, spread
to lymph nodes).  Along with radiation and hormone therapy (as I
recall) he changed to a vegetarian, soy-based ultra low fat diet (no
more than 10 grams a day), including other modalities such as
meditation and massage.  He has had undetectable PSA levels since."

Leah
I.P. Freely - 23 Feb 2007 06:20 GMT
>> I>
>> So I was surprised when she said soy and flax were good even for PCa
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> more than 10 grams a day), including other modalities such as
> meditation and massage.  He has had undetectable PSA levels since."

All that proves about soy is that it is not always fatal within 14 years.

I.P.
I.P. Freely - 23 Feb 2007 06:42 GMT
>> I>
>> So I was surprised when she said soy and flax were good even for PCa
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> (boiled Japanese soybeans in the pod), and the label says they contain
> isoflavones.  It's part of the vegetable.  I think.

In this case, I mean "separated from by significant processing". Plants
contain hundreds of compounds, and extracting/isolating some of them a)
isolates them from the synergistic compounds Mother Nature
"deliberately" packaged them with and b) often involves heat or
chemicals that alter the plant or its "manufactured products". Man
doesn't *know* what the hell he's doing when he breaks down plants into
their hundreds of compounds, and food manufacturers don't *care*. That's
why what your supermarket calls "wheat bread" or "7-grains bread" or
"high fiber 20-grain whole health superbread" is just so much white
bread (i.e., sugar) plus a few chemicals they put back in the product to
 fulfill government requirements and dupe buyers into thinking it's
healthy because it's brown and contains the word "what" somewhere on its
label. Understand this: it is not whole grain. Similarly, very, very few
chemicals extracted/isolated from plants function in the way Mother
Nature intended.

> Anyway, for me the proof is in the pudding:  Michael Milken.  I have
> read a number of times that he followed a heavily soy-weighted diet.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> more than 10 grams a day), including other modalities such as
> meditation and massage.  He has had undetectable PSA levels since."

All that proves about soy is that it is not always fatal within 14 years.

I.P.

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