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...epidemiological studies in Asia, where people have routinely been eating soy for thousands of years and where women have markedly lower rates of breast cancer than in the U.S. But whether that's due to soy remains uncertain. "The cultures are just so different in so many ways, in diet and other lifestyle factors," says Mark Messina, a Port Townsend, Wash., nutritionist and an expert on soy. "By itself, the low breast-cancer rate in Asia doesn't provide much insight into the possible effect of soy on breast-cancer risk...
...most uncontested research suggests that soy is a good way to combat high cholesterol. The key, say nutritionists, is to eat soy as part of an overall heart-healthy diet. A study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that people with high cholesterol who ate a special vegetarian diet high in fiber and rich in foods known to lower cholesterol--such as soy, oats and almonds--reduced their cholesterol levels by 29%. That was almost as big as the 31% drop for subjects in a group that was given a simple low-fat vegetarian...
...some time before scientists can figure out whether soy lives up to its magical claims, but nutrition experts fully support adding soy to the average American diet--especially if it replaces something less healthful. For instance, consumers would do well to replace regular milk with fortified soy milk. "If it turns out that soy doesn't reduce breast cancer, for example, it's still a good source of protein that's low in saturated fat and cholesterol," says Messina. "To me, it's a complete no-brainer...
...locals will not understand that we are few and weak," a Bulgarian soldier now based in Karbala told a reporter for Trud, Bulgaria's largest daily. "This is my first mission and I am already scared." That concern is not limited to Central Europe. In Japan in July, Diet members attached to its pacifist tradition came to blows with those who ultimately won a precedent-shattering vote to authorize putting Japanese troops into Iraq without a U.N. mandate. And in Spain, Prime Minister José María Aznar accused opposition leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero...
...LOOK LAGERFELD Just in time for his 20th anniversary at Chanel, Lagerfeld goes on a yearlong diet and gets thinner and thinner, dropping a total...