Is soy causing your fatigue and weight gain?

Health experts continue to debate the health benefits of soy. Some studies say soy is good for you. Other studies say soy can have negative effects on your health. I try to bring you both sides of the soy controversy, give you my own medical opinion, and let you decide whether to eat soy or not. Now there’s another study that warns about soy’s impact on your thyroid.

In this study, the researchers followed people with borderline thyroid function at the start of the study. The researchers gave the participants either a “low dose” of soy phytoestrogens (2 mg) or a high dose (16 mg) every day. The researchers chose these doses because the typical American diet has about 2 mg of phytoestrogens. But vegetarians consume up to 16 mg daily.

The study revealed that soy phytoestrogens can have a negative impact on the thyroid of some people. The researchers said soy can increase the risk of overt hypothyroidism in those who have a thyroid that’s borderline. 

The simple way to reduce your breast cancer risk by 43% 

Women have about a one-in-seven risk of getting breast cancer. With such a high risk, taking steps to prevent the disease is absolutely vital. On Wednesday, I told you that women with the worst hot flashes have a lower risk of breast cancer. I also gave you two supplements that can calm hot flashes and lower your risk. And, in the past, I’ve told you about selenium and iodine for breast-cancer prevention.

But there’s no easier way to reduce breast cancer risk than eating the right diet. In fact, making one small adjustment to your diet can lower your risk of getting breast cancer by a stunning 43%.

Researchers at Boston University tracked over 50,000 African-American women and their diets. The study followed them for 12 years. Some 1,300 developed breast cancer. One third of them were estrogen-receptor negative. That’s a cancer type, which is more difficult to treat conventionally. It’s also more deadly.

Memory super-nutrient stops damage
that leads to dementia 

Are you concerned about developing dementia? Is your spouse or are your friends starting to notice that you are repeating yourself? Does dementia run in your family? If so, then a new super-nutrient may stop and even reverse the devastating slide into never-ending forgetfulness.

A new double-blind, placebo-controlled study shows that this new nutrient really packs a punch against memory loss.