Hi all I looked up soy oil in my TCM reference. It is listed as slightly toxic. That means you should not use it as the base for a salad dressing. Small amounts ingested with soybean products is fine, but to extract it and consume it is not a good idea. regards r Lisa Walford wrote: > Another angle on soy is the isoflavones that have recently been > discovered in soy and other products. <bold>Isoflanoves</bold> are > <italic>phytoestrogenes,</italic> with cancer preventative and estrogene > balancing properties. I have quit a bit of info on soy on my website > at: