Health and Wellbeing

Soy and Women's Health
Protein and Vitamins
Vitasoy and Children
Heart Health
Lactose Intolerance
Gluten Intolerance
Glycemic Index

Further reading

So(y) … what’s new? Nutrition: SOY, CHOICE magazine, June 2003, pp. 18-21.

The Health Benefits of Soy, J Challem and V Dolby, Keats Publishing Inc., Connecticut, USA. 1996.

Soyfoods Guide 2003, Soy Protein Partners, Stevens & Associates Inc., Indianapolis, USA, 2003. Email: info@soyfoods.com or www.soy bean.org

Soy references

Soy And Health 2002: Clinical Evidence – Dietetic Applications, Conference Proceedings: held at Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, May 30 & 31st,
2002.

Guide to Functional Food Ingredients, Ed. John Young, Leatherhead Publishers, England, 2001. pp 250-251

Concentrations of isoflavone phytoestrogens and their glucosides in Australian soya beans and soya foods, RA King and CM Bignell, Australian Journal of Nutrition & Dietetics, Vol 57, 2000. pp 70-78.

Soy and other legumes: ‘Bean’ around for a long time but are they the ‘superfoods’ of the millennium and what are the safety issues for their constituent phytoestrogens?
K Setchell & S Radd, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) 9 (Suppl):S13-S22

Food labelling, health claims, soy protein and coronary heart disease, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Register 1999; 57: pp. 699-733.

Overview of the proposed mechanisms for the hypo-cholesterolemic effect of soy, SM Potter, Journal of Nutrition, March 1995 Vol 125 (3 Suppl) pp.606-611.

Soy protein and cardiovascular disease: A statement for healthcare professionals from the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association, JW Erdman Jr., Circulation, 2000 102: pp. 2555-2559.

Trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease risk: report of the expert panel on trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995 62: (Suppl) S655-708.

Position Paper on trans fatty acids, ASCN/AIN Task Force on Trans Fatty Acids, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1996. 63: pp. 663-670.