Posts Tagged ‘soy’
Soy-chemo cocktail blocks cancer spread
U. ILLINOIS (US) — The soy peptide lunasin is able to prevent highly metastatic colon cancer from attaching to the liver, particularly in patients who have developed a resistance to chemotherapy. Continue…
Friday, September 23, 2011 9:47 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Aug 4, 2011 12:31 - 2 Comments
Soy snacks combat hunger in India
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Adding curry to protein-rich soy is giving hungry children in India a healthy snack that tastes good and is good for them. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 8, 2010 14:16 - 3 Comments
Soy may halt cancer in its tracks
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A new, nontoxic drug made from a chemical in soy could prevent the movement of cancer cells from the prostate to the rest of the body. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 3, 2010 16:36 - 2 Comments
Soy does little to stop bone loss
IOWA STATE (US)—Consuming modest amounts of soy protein has little effect on bone loss in postmenopausal women, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2009 13:29 - 2 Comments
Soy peptide fights inflammation, leukemia
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)
