The Healing Power of Soy : The Enlightened Person's Guide to Nature's Wonder Food Book

	Preface
	Introduction
1	The Nutritional Wonder Bean	1
	Vitamins	1
	Minerals	4
	Proteins	6
	Fats	11
	Carbohydrates	14
	Fitting Soy into Your Diet	17
2	Something Special in the Bean	25
	Hormones and People and Plants	25
	Fabulous Phytoestrogens	28
	The Safety of Phytoestrogens	35
3	Soy and Your Heart	39
	Heart Disease and Its Victims	39
	Cholesterol and Your Heart	42
	Soy versus Cholesterol	45
	Soy's Cholesterol Busters	47
	Beyond Cholesterol	57
4	Soy, the Cancer Fighter	63
	The Statistics of Cancer	63
	Diet and Hormone-Related Cancers	66
	The Asian Experience	72
	How Soy Fights Cancer	79
	Is Soy Safe?	84
	A Practical Guide to Your Personal War on Cancer	86
5	Building Better Bones with Soy	93
	Your Hormones and Your Bones	93
	The Hormone Dilemma	95
	Soy and Your Bones	98
	Getting the Calcium You Need	101
6	Hot News About Hot Flashes	109
	What a Hot Flash Is	109
	Soy and Hot Flashes	110
	Other Plants That May Relieve Hot Flashes	113
	Vitamins, Minerals, and Hot Flashes	116
	Simple Lifestyle Changes	118
7	Cooking with Soy	121
	The Joy of Soy	121
	Whole Soybeans	122
	Tofu	129
	Tempeh	135
	Texturized Soy Protein (TSP)	140
	Soy Flour	142
	Soy Milk	145
	Soy Sauces	148
	Soybean Oil	150
	Miso	151
App. A	Shopping for Soy Through the Mail	155
App. B	Directory of Soy Manufacturers	159
App. C	Directory of Soy Researchers Whose Studies Are Included in This Book	173
	Sources	179
	Index	188