[ElaineM]

There is something to be said about Asian women and soy. They eat much more of it than most Western women. Studies have been done on Asian women who moved to the West and switched to a Western diet. I think that study determined that Asian women started getting more cancer after they changed to a Western diet.
As far as I am concerned I do everything in moderation.
I became a vegetarian, so I don't eat anything with a face, and that includes chicken. I get all my protein from vegetable sources like various kinds of beans, grains, vegetables and small amounts of soy products. However, I do eat yoghurt and an occassional egg.
I lost weight on a vegetarian diet, especially after I reduced the amount of cheese I eat. My estrogen levels did not increase. They decreased. I read that estrogen can be stored in body fat. After the weight loss there was less fat to store the estrogen in my body. My cholesterol also decreased without medications.
There is still room for improvement in my diet, so I try to make adjustments whenever I can.