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Is Soybeans Helping Women?
Soybeans have been intensively investigated either for their cancer protection properties or for their endocrine disruption properties. Soy extract, when given orally, causes a significant increase in body weight, testes weight, and circulating testosterone levels. It's increasing testosterone through some mechanism, perhaps through hyperplasia, which we're not 100% sure about here from this study alone. But overall, there's been a negative effect.