Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Soy Milk and Breast Cancer

Half the people who talk about this think soy may cause breast cancer; the other half think soy may prevent breast cancer. The bottom line is that no one knows for sure. To me that says there probably isn't a strong effect either way. The general advice seems to be that if you like soy products, don't stop eating them for fear they'll hurt. If you don't like soy products, don't start eating them in hopes they'll help. In other words, soy is a food, not a medicine or a toxin.

Here's one Website that has a pretty clear explanation of where things now stand, but if you do a Google search on "soy breast cancer" (don't use the quotes) you'll get over 2 million hits so you can read up on it and make your own decision.

I have a history of breast cancer and of thyroid problems. I use rice milk - I don't drink milk or use it on cereal, so I only need it for cooking and there I don't taste a difference between rice milk and soy milk. I do use soy ice cream and soy sour cream because I prefer them to the rice alternatives and don't consume a lot of them.

HTH.

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