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>>248965 They eat less soy than you think. This addresses soy in Asia, in America, and what it does to your thyroid, relevant to OP.
Soy in the Asian diet According to a spokesman for Cancer Research UK Theres a lot of research that countries with a high intake of soy in their diet, such as Japan, tend to have lower rates of prostate cancer and some other types, with the active ingredients in soy thought to be isoflavones. (1). Sounds very compelling, however lets elaborate how much soy is actually in the Japanese and Asian diet. According to the soy industrys own figures Asians eat very little soy; around 9.3 to 36grams per day in China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan. In comparison a cup of Tofu is 252grams, or soy milk 240 grams (6). More importantly the quality is hardly comparable, with the Asian countries generally eating their soy already fermented like miso soup, not as tofu, sausages or meat replacement foods. According to Sally Fallon from Weston A Price foundation (leading independent health group) approximately 65% of Japanese calories come from fish while in China the same percentage from Pork. So it is far from the backbone of their diet (8).
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