Soybeans, Tofu

JCricket
JCricket Member Posts: 6
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I want to know what the Cancer Society's stand on tofu and soybeans. Are they bad for patients with breast cancer or are breast cancer survivors? I see conflicting articles on the internet. I appreciate your opinions

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  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #2
    My oncologist and most
    My oncologist and most everything you read will tell you to avoid soy, if at all possible. However, any oncologist realizes that it would be impossible to not get any soy in your diet at all, as, sometimes it is hidden in ingredients and you won't know. So, just be smart, and, if it says it has soy, don't eat or drink it.

    Hope that helped.

    Kylez
  • outdoorgirl
    outdoorgirl Member Posts: 1,565
    #3
    I know my cancer was
    estrogen fed(and soy is a natural estrogen)so I won't eat anything that has the word soy as part of the title of it(like soy milk,soy sauce,and tofu just because I think there's a lot of soy in there). But I don't think you could totally cut it out of your diet-a lot of things still seem to have a little bit of it in them.
  • JCricket
    JCricket Member Posts: 6
    #4
    outdoorgirl said:

    I know my cancer was
    estrogen fed(and soy is a natural estrogen)so I won't eat anything that has the word soy as part of the title of it(like soy milk,soy sauce,and tofu just because I think there's a lot of soy in there). But I don't think you could totally cut it out of your diet-a lot of things still seem to have a little bit of it in them.

    Thank your for your
    Thank your for your responses. I avoid tofu, soymilk......hmm. I forgot about the soy sauce. I live in Taiwan and soy sauce is staple here in food
  • outdoorgirl
    outdoorgirl Member Posts: 1,565
    #5
    JCricket said:

    Thank your for your
    Thank your for your responses. I avoid tofu, soymilk......hmm. I forgot about the soy sauce. I live in Taiwan and soy sauce is staple here in food

    You might want to ask your onc about soy sauce
    maybe it is alright! Wow,Taiwan-that's pretty neat,JCricket! Welcome.
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #6
    The medical jury is still
    The medical jury is still kinda out as far as soy is concerned, but as soy makes phyto-estrogen, and our bodies can't tell the difference between that andthat which is naturally produced, if our BC is estrogen positive, and therefore feeds on estrogen, we probably wisely avoid copious and obvious soy in our diets. As others have said, it is near impossible to avoid it altogether, but tofu,edamame, soy sauce,tofutti,soy burgers and things that are basically 100% soy, well, I don't "go there". Ditto soy boosts in smoothies, or soy milk. If you start reading labels, you might be amazed at just how much soy is in EVERYTHING! But, as with sugar and other things we may be trying to cut down on, where the soy is in the line-up on food labels will give you a good idea if it is a lot or scant.

    Hope this helps and isn't even more confusing! And, btw, it is considered a GOOD thing to prevent BC, but again, the story changes if we already had/have BC! Can't win for losing, it seems! LOL

    Hugs,
    Claudia

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