Researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute found soy glucosylceramide (soy GlcCer) reduced the formation and growth of tumour cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of mice.

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"Soy is known to have a number of health benefits, including the suppression of cancer. Based on our results, some of this benefit may be due to a group of molecules known as sphingolipids," Georgia Tech researcher Al Merrill said in a prepared statement.

First study that points to this benefit
Soy GlcCer is one of many kinds of sphingolipids found in animals and plants. In previous research, Merrill and his colleagues found that milk sphingolipids suppress tumour formation. This new study is the first to show that plant sphingolipids also inhibit cancer.

Along with soybeans, other foods rich in sphingolipids include cheese, eggs and wheat flour.

In this new study, the researchers found massive amounts of soy GlcCer weren't required to achieve an anti-cancer effect. The amounts of soy GlcCer effective in suppressing cancer in the mice were similar to those naturally found in soybeans. - (HealthDayNews)

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