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Westerners usually don’t eat Asian food for Christmas dinner, but maybe we SHOULD, and there’s no more need to be afraid of Chinese cuisine: It used to be feared that soy products (such as tofu) promoted breast cancer, but now nutritionists say that including soyfoods in a balanced diet will improve nutrient intake among the US population. A review of data suggests that there is no increased risk of breast cancer linked to moderate soy consumption.
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Eating even moderate amounts of soy can cut a man’s sperm concentration in half, because foods like tofu and soy milk contain estrogen. And two hormone-like compounds linked to the consumption of soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty.

Researcher Jorge Chavarro says that he has seen this happen even more in obese men, probably because our bodies manufacture estrogen in fat.
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A lot of women are taking soy supplements to help with the symptoms of menopause, because it contains a vegetable form of estrogen. However, new tests show it can reduce normal sexual behavior as much as 70%. Women may accept the end of fertility, but few want this to include the end of their sex lives as well.
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