Phytoestrogen For Cancer Prevention

Phytoestrogen are found in soy-based carbs. It work by attaching themselves to cancer cells and prevent real estrogen from entering the cells and allowing cancer to grow. It also act as antioxidants to fight free radicals that can lead to cancer.

Evidence of phytoestrogen to fight cancer are evidence among people who eat a lot of soy foods. Asian women for example, eat low- fat diets wit large amounts of tofu and other soy-based products. They have five times less the rate of breast cancer than women who eat a typical Western diet. As phytoestrogen also help in regulating action on hormones it might also help preventing prostate cancer another hormone-dependent cancer.

Here is some suggestion to increase intake of phytoestrogen in your daily diet:

Select foods that are high in phytoestrogen such as soy beans and soybean products
Use soy milk in your smoothie and blend into smoothies
Replace some of the flour in recipes with soy flour
Snack on soy based nutrition bars rather than on candy bars
Munch soy nuts or soy chips, available at most health food stores

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