Product Description

Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year awards in the health category.

Finalist in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Health category.

Drawing on the authors' collective experience of over 75 years, Soy Smart Health accurately and easily breaks down the latest soy research, details how using soy can markedly improve your health, and includes dozens of delicious, easy recipes guaranteed to make you a soy lover! No matter how much you may have heard about soy, this book will provide answers to all you questions concerning soy's health benefits, safety and proper use.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2519945 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 303 pages

Review
A fantastic reference - comprehensive and complete in its discussion of soy's benefits. -- Jesse Hanley, M.D., co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause

About the Author
Neil Solomon, M.D., Ph.D., is a Johns Hopkins-trained physician, a New York Times best-selling author and a former L.A. Times syndicate columnist. He presently spends his time educating the public through writing a lecturing, and serves as a consultant to the United Nations and World Health Organization.

Rita Elkins, M.H., is the author of over 40 natural health titles, has written numerous magazine and other articles, and has been involved in the writing and production of many other health reference materials. Her 15 years of investigating and covering natural health topics make her a widely respected author in the health publishing world.

Richard Passwater, Ph.D., is the director of the Solgar Nutrition Research Center in Berlin, Maryland. Dr. Passwater has spent more than 40 years as a research scientist and has written 40 books and hundreds of articles on various aspects of nutrition.

Customer Reviews

Lots of information.
I was pleased with this book. I've been a vegetarian for about a year and I wanted to know if I was getting the right amount of protein in my diet. Now I have a thorough understanding of soy, its pros and cons. I passed the book along to my daughter.

Soy Smart Health: for women & men
Soy Smart Health comes across as slightly too simple.

They should have spent a bit more time editing the text... as there are plenty of opportunities for laying it out better or expressing ideas more clearly (expected more from a bunch of PH.D's): They tend to repeat themselves a lot in rapid succession but not in a way that is useful.

The book explains the different effects of phyto-estrogens & estrogens very well but they miss the opportunity to tie this in with xeno-estrogens neatly.

This information is very relevant to women with breast cancer who want to know whether or not Soy phyto-estrogens will make things better or worst. Unfottunately it seems to only highlight the positives and fails to contrast with any negative opinions.

It is also relevant to women with Estrogen Dominance Syndrome that might be suffering from Endometriosis: You gain a whole new respect and understanding for the balancing role of progesterone.

It does have a few negative things to say about Soy oil (Omega 6 oils)... but it's a bit short on detail.

The book is not just for women... although the author certainly gives this impression.

To balance it up a bit they could have added a section on men... as men too can have high estrogen levels (from xenoestrogens).

However the devil is in the detail with most things... soy as well... and it seems like there's still a bit more they need to explain... and which remains unexplained in this book. Not sure why they didn't go the extra mile as there's a lot more they could have (should have) added.

This book is mostly pro-soy and may leave those who want a balanced argument feeling slightly short changed.

:-)

The best soy book I've seen.
Soy Smart Health is the best book on soy I've seen so far. Solomon et al have explored areas of soy health benefits I haven't ever considered. Their research is complete and current, with citations as recent as March 2000. This book is definitely one of the best purchases I've made this year. All of my friends have one now.