>>5. Countries with high soy consumption have great mineral profiles (the
>>Japanese have one of the lowest rates of Osteoporosis).
This is not quite the case. The Japanese have LOWER bone density than
Europeans although they lose bone a bit more slowly. However, hip fracture
rates are less common in Japan which is largely unexpained.
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