I forwarded the recent soy article on this list to a veg list, and got this response: Mark James writes: >I would say a couple immediate things. > >First, using a drug induced DNA study to attribute claims to a natural >occuring version, as found in soybeans is flawed. > >Second, if this were true, it would be trivial to find epedemiological >studies where subjects in China, japan, and other heavy soy-based dietary >regions showed heavier brain damage/aging than countries with little or >no soy in the diet. There are no studies, either showing any relation >with soy and alzheimers, in fact, countries with heavy soy consumption >have lower incidences of alzheimers than, for instance, germany and the >US, where soy in the diet is minimal. > >So I think putting a warning on this news is a long long stretch. > >It is interesting news, and may be yet another instnace where synthesized >chemicals ahve a very different effect than "organically" occuring >versions of the same chemical. For all we know, the brain damaging effect >may be caused by left handed versions of the same molecule. Comments?