Does Soya Products Lead To Cancer Of Uterus?

Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2014

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Question : Since estrogen, combined with harmful stressors leads to cancer of the uterus, and that soyproducts mimic estrogen, what will be the result if a woman post complete hysterectomy takes soy milk, tofu, etc.?

Answered by Dr. Vidya KR (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Not much effect from estrogen content

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic .

I went through your query and understood your concerns.

As such soya products have good health benefits . It do contains products similar to plant estrogen . which may not active in our body. Because chemical composition differs. So there not much deleterious effects due to estrogen content.

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