Soy in Health and Disease Prevention presents the very latest health and nutrition research and findings available on soy products.

Features:

• Summarizes information not found anywhere else in English
• Includes contributions from 17 leading researchers in various disciplines including cardiology, oncology, pharmacology, and nutrition
• Provides tremendous insight into Japan's progress in the study of functional foods
• Covers the evaluation, and symptoms of soy allergies, and the creation of hypoallergenic products
• Reviews intervention studies and the status of human trials
• Explores the relationship between soy consumption and reduced incidences of breast cancer

Contents

• Nutritional Implications of Soy
• Soy in Health and Disease Prevention
• Soy and Breast Cancer Prevention
• Adipocytokines
• Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Using Isoflavone
• Supplements and Proposal for Future Studies
• Soy for "Health for All": Message from WHO CARDIAC Study and Dietary Intervention Studies
• Soy Allergy
• Longevity and Age-Related Disease
• Soy Saponin
• Role of Soy Lecithin in Lipid Metabolism
• Soy Sterols
• The Status of Human Trials Utilizing Bowman-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate from Soybeans
• Bioactive Peptides Derived from Soy Protein
• Soy Peptides as Functional Food Material
• Fermented Soybean Components and Disease Prevention
• Soybean Components and Food for Specified Health Uses (FOSHU)
• Soy in Health and Disease: Perspectives

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