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Soy: cutting through the confusion.

Consumer Reports

| July 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Fifteen years ago, U.S. consumers didn't care beans about soy. Now they're swallowing soy pills, soy milk, soy energy bars, soy smoothies, soy pasta, and even a vodka distilled from soy.

By 2005, Americans are expected to spend $4.7 billion on soy foods, an 844 percent increase over 1990, according to Soyatech, a publishing and consulting firm that tracks the soybean and oilseed industry. Sales of soy-supplement pills rose more than 500 percent between 1997 and 2002, the latest year for accurate estimates, according to data from the Nutrition Business Journal, which follows the supplement industry.

No wonder: A large body of evidence shows that soy can be ...

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