Why have the benefits of soy only recently broken onto the American health food scene?
Credit the world wide web, for one thing – as well as the increased interest in Asian health secrets and alternative therapies. In countries such as Japan, soy-based foods such as Miso and Tofu are daily staples. Remarkably, women in Asian countries have been much less likely to experience the menopausal symptoms and the broadscale risks of breast cancer that American women unfortunately consider part of normal life.