Soy Foods and Cancer Survey Results

Here are the results of the survey. (For you math people out there, our n=35 respondents).

Q1: Have you heard that soy foods affect risk of cancer?

  • 54.3% said Yes
  • 45.7% said No.

Q2: Have you heard that eating soy increases or decreases your risk of cancer?

  • 17.6% said it increases risk of cancer
  • 14.7% said it decreases risk of cancer
  • 35.3% said neither
  • 32.4% said they've heard both.

Q3: If you've heard that soy can increase or decrease risk of cancer, what type of cancer does it affect?

20 people responded to this one with risk associated with

  • breast (100%)
  • prostate (15%)
  • ovarian (20%)
  • colon (20%)

FYI, this one allowed for multiple answers.

Thank you to those who took the survey!

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