Everyone is encouraged soybean mengasup 50-90 mg per day. However, the Japanese soybean mengasup far above the average, 200 mg per day. These healthy habits to fruition. The Japanese have a lower risk of several diseases such as breast cancer and prostate cancer. In fact, Japanese women have higher bone health, so the risk of osteoporosis is lower. They also experienced various symptoms of menopause is lower than women in the United States.

Habit of eating soy in the diet has many benefits. Soybeans are rich in isoflavones. Role of soy isoflavones in them reduces the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer, decreased total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol and raising HDL (good cholesterol) and lowers blood pressure, preventing the gene mutation, to prevent osteoporosis in women postmenopausal.

Not difficult for Indonesian people to eat soy. Because tempeh and tofu has become a favorite daily menu of Indonesia. That is, the familiar taste of soy in the tongue of Indonesia. Only levels of isoflavones in tofu and tempeh are still small, each 30 mg and 50 mg. Therefore, soy isoflavone intake should be increased from a wide selection of raw foods such as soybeans, soy flour, soy protein concentrate, miso, soy milk till.

Women need to eat soy
Prof. Dr. Ir Made Astawan, MS, professor in the Department of Science & Food Technology IPB, explain Japanese women experience menopause at the age of 57. Habits mengasup soy regularly by Japanese women also influenced the age of menopause is slowing.

"Soy consumption is also important during puberty girls, to reduce the risk of breast cancer," explained Prof Made on the sidelines of the launch of the program Soyjoy Healthylicious 2 at the Hotel Nikko, Jakarta, Tuesday (04/12/2011) then.

Prof Made explained, the rate of deaths from breast cancer in Japan is smaller than in the United States. Risk of breast cancer in the United States four times larger than China and Japan. For comparison, the rate of deaths from breast cancer in America 21 people per 100,000 population, in England 27 of 100,000 people, and in Japan 7 out of 100,000 population. The death rate from breast cancer in Asian countries were also lower due to the habit of eating soy. The average Asian soybean mengasup 20-200 mg per day.

"Good habits mengasup more soy to your diet. So, if Japanese people living in America, for instance, he did not necessarily have a lower cancer risk. If the pattern changes when eating Japanese people living in America, he could have had cancer risks similar to those America, "explained Prof Made.

A total of 18 studies from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine found that healthy women who eat soy may reduce breast cancer risk by 14 percent. This risk can be minimized if parents provide complete balanced nutrition, including soy, in children at puberty.