Explain the Reduction in cancer risk?
Different cancers, especially colon and breast cancer, has been linked not only to phytates but also to protease inhibitors. In vitro studies show that they suppress malignant transformation of cells. Among the protease inhibitors, the most effective are those with chymotrypsin inhibitor activity in foods like soybean, chickpea and potato. Soybean also has the Bowman- Birk inhibitor which inhibits/prevents development of chemically induced liver cancer.