Re: soy and food preservation methods

[Guest guest]

" Even in the orient fermented soy products seem to be positively

associated with increased prostate cancer risk. Perhaps, again, it

is the fat component that is the problem, as it was in the Physicians

Health Study ....... not the soy protein. "

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Fermenatation always has the risk of contamination by unknown or

organisms. For example, aflatoxin, a toxin from a naturally

occurring mold, is a carcinogen proven to cause cancer in humans.

Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Aspergillus

ochraceous that has been known to cause kidney damage in animals and

is a suspected carcinogen.

Cancer caused by fermented foods may not be due to the components of

the food, but to the by-products produced by the fermenting organisms.

A. Zamora