From The Soy Connection Oral and Topical Use of Soy May Provide Skin Benefits- Traditional Chinese medicine professes that topical soy provides skin care benefits. There are reportedly anecdotal accounts from scientists that Asian workers in soybean factories who handled soy regularly had hands that were especially smooth and even-toned and that women workers in the tofu industry had beautiful skin. While these types of observations may not stand up to modern day scientific scrutiny, cosmetics companies have certainly embraced soy. Should Patients with Gout Consume Soyfoods?- Gout, which is a form of arthritis, is caused by excess uric acid in the body, or hyperuricaemia. Dietary recommendations for gouty patients need to consider not only the effects of diet on gout but associated diseases. The consumption of soyfoods is consistent with both these considerations.
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