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Question: I had breast cancer and was told to avoid soy, but I also read that soy reduces risk of developing breast cancer.  Should I eat soy or avoid soy?

Answer: Soy and breast cancer is a complex issue.  However, looking at the population that eat high amount of soy appears to have lower levels of breast cancer.  For prevention of developing breast cancer in the first place, soy appears to have a protective effect. 

More complex issues is eating soy after developing breast cancer.  Soy contains many chemicals including isoflavone which appears to modulate estrogen receptor activities.  Clinical data show that isoflavones such as genistein and daidzein, were able to prevent the growth of estrogen-receptor positive and negative breast cancer cells in vitro.

Some breast cancer survivors fear that eating foods containing soy will increase the risk of a cancer recurrence, but new research suggests that those worries appear to be unfounded.

My recommendation is to eat soy in the food form such as soy, miso, or edamame bean form and avoid supplements at this time.

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